Australian troops debarking from LST landing ships for the occupation of Lae, New Guinea, September 1943 (US Army Center of Military History)
75 Years Ago—Sept. 16, 1943: Australians take Lae on New Guinea.
Soviets take Novgorod and Novorossisk, Russia.
Danish Freedom Council (Frihedsrådet) established to organize resistance groups, with British SOE support.
