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- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea abstract "The Battle of the Coral Sea, fought during 4–8 May 1942, was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. The battle was the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other, as well as the first in which neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon the other.In an attempt to strengthen their defensive positioning for their empire in the South Pacific, Japanese forces decided to invade and occupy Port Moresby in New Guinea and Tulagi in the southeastern Solomon Islands. The plan to accomplish this, called Operation MO, involved several major units of Japan's Combined Fleet, including two fleet carriers and a light carrier to provide air cover for the invasion fleets, under the overall command of Japanese Admiral Shigeyoshi Inoue. The US learned of the Japanese plan through signals intelligence and sent two United States Navy carrier task forces and a joint Australian-American cruiser force, under the overall command of American Admiral Frank J. Fletcher, to oppose the Japanese offensive.On 3–4 May, Japanese forces successfully invaded and occupied Tulagi, although several of their supporting warships were surprised and sunk or damaged by aircraft from the US fleet carrier Yorktown. Now aware of the presence of US carriers in the area, the Japanese fleet carriers entered the Coral Sea with the intention of finding and destroying the Allied naval forces.Beginning on 7 May, the carrier forces from the two sides exchanged airstrikes over two consecutive days. The first day, the US sank the Japanese light carrier Shōhō, while the Japanese sank a US destroyer and heavily damaged a fleet oiler (which was later scuttled). The next day, the Japanese fleet carrier Shōkaku was heavily damaged, the US fleet carrier Lexington was critically damaged (and was scuttled as a result), and the Yorktown was damaged. With both sides having suffered heavy losses in aircraft and carriers damaged or sunk, the two fleets disengaged and retired from the battle area. Because of the loss of carrier air cover, Inoue recalled the Port Moresby invasion fleet, intending to try again later.Although a tactical victory for the Japanese in terms of ships sunk, the battle would prove to be a strategic victory for the Allies for several reasons. The battle marked the first time since the start of the war that a major Japanese advance had been checked by the Allies. More importantly, the Japanese fleet carriers Shōkaku and Zuikaku – one damaged and the other with a depleted aircraft complement – were unable to participate in the Battle of Midway, which took place the following month, ensuring a rough parity in aircraft between the two adversaries and contributing significantly to the US victory in that battle. The severe losses in carriers at Midway prevented the Japanese from reattempting to invade Port Moresby from the ocean. Two months later, the Allies took advantage of Japan's resulting strategic vulnerability in the South Pacific and launched the Guadalcanal Campaign that, along with the New Guinea Campaign, eventually broke Japanese defenses in the South Pacific and was a significant contributing factor to Japan's ultimate defeat in World War II.".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea causalties "1 destroyer sunk,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea causalties "1 fleet carrier damaged,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea causalties "1 fleet carrier scuttled,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea causalties "1 oiler sunk,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea causalties "656 killed".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea causalties "69 aircraft destroyed.".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea combatant "Empire of Japan".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander Aritomo_Got%C5%8D.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander Aubrey_Fitch.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander Ch%C5%ABichi_Hara.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander Frank_Jack_Fletcher.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander George_Brett_(general).
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander John_Gregory_Crace.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander Kiyohide_Shima.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander Shigeyoshi_Inoue.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander Takeo_Takagi.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander Thomas_C._Kinkaid.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea date "1942-05-08".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea isPartOfMilitaryConflict Pacific_War.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea place Coral_Sea.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea place New_Guinea.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea place Solomon_Islands.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea result "*Allied strategic victory".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea result "*Japanese invasion repelled".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea result "*Japanese tactical victory".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "1 light carrier,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "1 oil tanker,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "1 seaplane tender,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "12 transports,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "127 carrier aircraft.".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "128 carrier aircraft.".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "13 destroyers,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "15 destroyers,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "2 fleet carriers,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "2 minelayers,".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "2 oilers,".
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- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "3 gunboats,".
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- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea strength "9 cruisers,".
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- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea combatant "Empire of Japan".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander "Aritomo Gotō".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander "Aubrey Fitch".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander "Chūichi Hara".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander "Frank J. Fletcher".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander "George Brett".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander "John Crace".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander "Kiyohide Shima".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander "Shigeyoshi Inoue".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander "Takeo Takagi".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea commander "Thomas C. Kinkaid".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea conflict "Battle of the Coral Sea".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea date "--05-08".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea date "March 2012".
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- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea partof "the Pacific Theater of World War II".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea place "Coral Sea, between Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands".
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea result "*Japanese tactical victory *Allied strategic victory *Japanese invasion repelled".
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- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea subject Category:1942_in_Australia.
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- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea subject Category:Pacific_Ocean_theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea subject Category:South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II.
- Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea subject Category:World_War_II_battlefields.
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