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World War II: Australian troops led by Gordon Grimsley King defeated Imperial Japanese forces at the Battle of Kaiapit in New Guinea.
World War II: Nazi forces began a mass extermination campaign against the civilian residents of around 20 villages on the Greek island of Crete, eventually killing more than 500 men.
Second World War: The German Army began the Massacre of the Acqui Division on the Greek island of Cephalonia, executing 5,155 Italian soldiers in the next five days.
World War I: The Battle of Nazareth ended with the British Empire victorious over the Ottomans.
World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
First World War: The German submarine U-9 sank three Royal Navy cruisers, resulting in approximately 1,450 deaths.
World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
World War I: The Battle of Haifa takes place in present-day Israel, part of the Ottoman Empire at that time.
World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby.
World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
Second World War: British troops began their withdrawal from the Battle of Arnhem in the Netherlands, ending the Allies' Operation Market Garden in defeat.
World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
World War II: The Soviet Red Army completed the Tallinn offensive, driving German forces out of Estonia.
World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood, part of the Battle of Passchendaele, began near Ypres, Belgium.
World War II: Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
World War II: The Greek National Liberation Front is established with Georgios Siantos as acting leader.
World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
SS Patrick Henry, the first of 2,710 Liberty ships built during World War II by the United States, was launched.