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The Battle of Coral Sea: A Retrospective Often overshadowed by the Battle of Midway, the hard-fought carrier naval battle in May 1942 in the waters of the Coral Sea north of Australia marked the end of the phase of Japanese triumphs in the Pacific War and proved to be of strategic significance.
Nov 5, 2009 · On May 3, 1942, during World War II, the first modern naval engagement in history, the Battle of the Coral Sea, begins. A Japanese invasion force succeeds in occupying Tulagi of the Solomon ...
Mar 28, 2020 · Learn about the decisive Battle of the Coral Sea, where strategic intelligence, naval air power, and Allied unity halted Japanese expansion, altering the course of the Pacific War.
Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942: Summary. By April 1942 the Japanese had formed a defensive perimeter, which stretched from the Kuriles southward through the Marshall Islands to New Britain, then westwards to Java, Sumatra, the Andaman Islands, and Burma.
The Battle of the Coral Sea. As a Japanese invasion force attacked Port Moresby, New Guinea, a skeleton crew of two American aircraft carriers moved to confront the invaders. This article appears in: August 2011. By John Wukovits.
The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first engagement in modern naval history in which opposing warships do not exchange a shot; all damage was inflicted by carrier aircraft. In halting the...
May 4, 2017 · The Battle of the Coral Sea was the first carrier-versus-carrier battle in history; opposing surface forces never sighted each other.
