Oran, Algeria, surrenders to United States forces. United States Naval Station, Puerto Castillo, Honduras, is established German submarine lays mines off New York, east of Ambrose Light. Casablanca surrenders to United States forces. Allied-French armistice is signed. United States Naval Operating Base, Oran, is established.
German troops occupy France, south to the Mediterranean Sea.
Italian troops land on Corsica and move into France. The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, which will rage for the next four days, opened today as transports under command of Rear Admiral R. K. Turner, while unloading troops in Lunga Roads, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, under the protection of air and surface forces, came under attack by Japanese aircraft. Heavy damage was inflicted on the United States force before the Japanese Raiding Group retired northward. A US carrier force, under command of Rear Admiral T. C. Kinkaid, arrived close to the battle area and launched air search and attacks against the enemy in the continuing naval Battle of Guadalcanal. The same aircraft sank seven Japanese transports during the afternoon.