Today in World War II History—September 29, 1943

Italian Premier Pietro Badoglio and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower on battleship HMS Nelson for Italian surrender to Allies at Malta, 29 September 1943 (US Army Center of Military History)
80 Years Ago—Sept. 29, 1943: Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and Italian premier Pietro Badoglio sign the official Italian armistice on battleship HMS Nelson at Malta.
US 100th Infantry Battalion (Japanese-Americans primarily from Hawaii) is attached to the US Fifth Army in Italy.
In morning pre-Rosh Hashanah service in Copenhagen, Denmark, Rabbi Marcus Melchior warns the congregation about the round-up planned for the night of October 1-2.
Half-Jewish Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr & his wife flee from Copenhagen to Sweden at night.