By coincidence, September 1942 was also the time when the German Wehrmacht was closing in on Stalingrad.
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But in June 1942, Japanese forces suffered the humiliating defeat in the Battle of Midway, and in August the U.S. forces initiated the counteroffensive against the Solomon Islands, with a landing at Tenaru River, Guadalcanal (Operation Watchtower).
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