The Japanese government ended the student deferment for conscription.
I am surprised to learn, frankly, that they had been deferred.
Japan had 45 universities and other additional institutions of higher education at the start of the war, and the number actually expanded during it. The university system itself only extended back to 1877, to this was quite an expansion over a short period of time.
The Second Battle of Smolensk ended in a victory for the Red Army.
The Soviets gave Romanian POWs the choice of joining a Soviet formed Romanian division or remaining POWs.
Sweden issued a proclamation welcoming Danish refugees. Sarah Sundin notes on her blog:
Today in World War II History—October 2, 1943: During the night of Oct. 1-2, the Nazis arrest Danish Jews, but most are in hiding, and only 284 are arrested.
The German governor of Poland Hans Frank created a court staffed by the Gestapo, which was authorized to carry out sentences immediately.
The Australians took Finschafen, New Guinea.
The U.S. 6th Corps took Benevento, Italy. The British 78th Division crossed the Biferno. British commandos occupied Termoli.
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