In Rome… Italian General Badoglio publicly announces the Italian surrender. The Italian Fleet (3 battleships, 6 cruisers, 9 destroyers) leaves port, from La Spezia and Genoa, to surrender to the Allies.
In Italy… The British 8th Army captures Locri and takes Pizzo in an amphibious operation.
On the Eastern Front… Soviet forces occupy Stalino as well as Yasinovataya nearby and Krasnoarmeisk.
In the Solomon Islands… American and Japanese reinforcements arrive on Arundel. Fighting continues.
In New Guinea… Australian forces advancing on Lae from the east capture Saingaua but are held by Japanese resistance at Busu River. The Japanese begin to withdraw from Salamaua under Australian pressure. For US destroyers shell Lae.