2 Oct 1943
- USS Cod arrived at Brisbane, Australia. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Eight of the ten sections of USS ABSD-1 arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Orders were given by the German government to deport Danish Jews to concentration camps. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- RAF aircraft bombed München, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- Louis Mountbatten departed Northolt, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- USS Ancon arrived at Algiers, French Algeria. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Balikpapan, Dutch Borneo. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Ar 234V-2 jet bomber suffered a fire in its wing and crashed at Rheine Airfield north of Munster, Germany, killing test pilot Flugkapitän Selle. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- British commandos landed near Termoli, Italy. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH, CPC]
- Winston Churchill cabled Chiang Kaishek, informing the Chinese leader that Louis Mountbatten would soon be dispatched to Chinese to discuss an Anglo-American-Chinese joint offensive against Japanese forces in Burma. This followed another message dated 23 Sep 1943 from King George VI regarding the same topic. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

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