What the records say
- When
- 4 May 1942 – 8 May 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 16.27° S, 162.33° E
- Description
- 1942 major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
- Naval
- yes
- War
- World War II
Battle of the Coral Sea
Major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
The Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces of the United States and Australia. Taking place in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, the battle was the first naval action in which the opposing fleets neither sighted nor fired upon one another, attacking over the horizon from aircraft carriers instead.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese and American/Australian fleets”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht im Korallenmeer südwestlich der Salomonen und östlich von Neuguinea ist die erste einer Reihe von sogenannten Trägerschlachten”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Сражение в Коралловом море, первое в истории морское сражение, в котором сражающиеся суда не видели друг друга, боевые действия вела авиация”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “日本和澳洲爆發珊瑚海戰役。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “珊瑚海海戦（〜5月8日）”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page