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| rdfs:comment | - Although the Battle of the Coral Sea saved Port Moresby from invasion by the Japanese, it saw the sinking of the USS Lexington, and the USS Yorktown severely damaged. 543 men were reported dead, along with the loss of a destroyer, a fleet oilier and 66 US planes, which was rather embarrassing for US President Franklin Roosevelt. Despite the US Navy insisting that the Japanese had taken higher casualties, many were no longer willing to believe anything the Roosevelt administration said as the truth.
- The Battle of the Coral Sea was a battle which took place in the South Pacific from May 4, 1942 to May 8, 1942. The participants of the battle were Australia, the United States, and Japan. The battle was extremely important because if it were to result in a Japanese victory, the path would be clear to an invasion of Australia, however, if it were to result in an Allied victory as it did, Japan would be for the first time in the war be stopped and it would mark Japan's transition into the defensive from Midway on.
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| Commander | - 15
- Aubrey Fitch
- Frank J. Fletcher
- George Brett
- Thomas C. Kinkaid
- Shigeyoshi Inoue
- Takeo Takagi
- Aritomo Gotō
- Chūichi Hara
- Kiyohide Shima
- John Crace
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| Result | - *Japanese tactical victory
*Allied strategic victory
*Japanese invasion repelled
- - Allied strategic victory
- - Japanese tactical victory
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| Place | - Coral Sea
- Coral Sea, between Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands
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| abstract | - The Battle of the Coral Sea was a battle which took place in the South Pacific from May 4, 1942 to May 8, 1942. The participants of the battle were Australia, the United States, and Japan. The battle was extremely important because if it were to result in a Japanese victory, the path would be clear to an invasion of Australia, however, if it were to result in an Allied victory as it did, Japan would be for the first time in the war be stopped and it would mark Japan's transition into the defensive from Midway on. One of the more notable things about the battle is that the battle was fought entirely by aircraft with not a single pair of enemy ships making contact with each other. All the ships sunk were due to aircraft bombardment. In total, Japanese casualties consisted of one light aircraft carrier (the Shōhō) and the regular aircraft carrier Shokaku being heavily damaged. Additionally, 1 Japanese destroyer was destroyed and another destroyer damaged along with 92 aircraft and 966 killed. The Allied casualties consisted of the loss of the USS Lexington (CV-2), a destroyer, and an oiler destroyed along with 69 aircraft destroyed and 656 killed. The battle result is inconclusive and is often dubbed a Japanese tactical victory because of the damage inflicted to the Allies, it is also dubbed an Allied strategic victory because it stopped the Japanese invasion of Australia.
- Although the Battle of the Coral Sea saved Port Moresby from invasion by the Japanese, it saw the sinking of the USS Lexington, and the USS Yorktown severely damaged. 543 men were reported dead, along with the loss of a destroyer, a fleet oilier and 66 US planes, which was rather embarrassing for US President Franklin Roosevelt. Despite the US Navy insisting that the Japanese had taken higher casualties, many were no longer willing to believe anything the Roosevelt administration said as the truth.
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