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| 1942 July |
| | | Russia's new heavy industry is relocated to the east to escape the German advance | |
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| 1942 July 4 |
| | | Auchinleck finally stops Rommel's advance, in the first battle of El Alamein | |
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| 1942 August |
| | | US general Dwight Eisenhower is appointed to command Allied landings in north Africa | |
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| 1942 August 7 |
| | | US and Japanese forces begin a violent six-month struggle for Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon Islands | |
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| 1942 August 13 |
| | | Bernard Montgomery is appointed commander of the demoralized British and Commonwealth Eighth Army in North Africa | |
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| 1942 August 19 |
| | | Canadian troops provide most of the assault force in a disastrous raid on Dieppe | |
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| 1942 August 30 |
| | | Rommel's new thrust towards Alexandria is halted by the British at Alam al-Halfa, a ridge near El Alamein | |
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| 1942 September 13 |
| | | A desperate battle begins for the city of Stalingrad, with house-to-house fighting between Germans and Russians | |
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| 1942 October 3 |
| | | The German V-2 rocket is successfully tested by Wernher von Braun and his team at Peenemünde | |
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| 1942 October 23 |
| | | Montgomery launches the second battle of El Alamein against Rommel | |
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