Definitions for battle of the Coral Sea
bat·tle of the coral sea

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1. Coral Sea, battle of the Coral Seanoun

   a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers

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1. battle of the coral sea

   The Battle of the Coral Sea was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. Fought from 4–8 May 1942, it was the first fleet action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other and the first naval battle in history where neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon the other. This battle is historically significant because it stopped the Japanese expansion in the South Pacific and marked a turning point in the war.

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1. Battle of the Coral Sea

   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 Allied 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, Imperial 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 Shigeyoshi Inoue. The U.S. 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 U.S. fleet carrier Yorktown. Now aware of the presence of U.S. carriers in the area, the Japanese fleet carriers entered the Coral Sea with the intention of finding and destroying the Allied naval forces.

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