Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An jinkirta Operation FS bayan koma bayan Japan a Yaƙin Tekun Coral, sannan aka soke shi bayan shan kashi na Japan a Yaƙin Midway, bayan asarar masu jigilar jiragen ruwan Japan guda huɗu. Sojojin ƙasa da aka keɓe da farko don Operation FS, wato Sojoji na 17, an sake tura su zuwa wani yunƙurin da ba a yi nasara ba don ɗaukar Port Moresby, wani ɓangare na ainihin burin Operation MO, da kuma kare tsibirin Solomon daga
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