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Battle of the Coral Sea

4 mai 1942 – 8 mai 1942 · 16.27° S, 162.33° E

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4 mai 1942 – 8 mai 1942
Type
Bataille
Coordonnées
16.27° S, 162.33° E
Description
1942 major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
Naval
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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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