(WHTM) — It was the first sea battle in history where the warships never saw each other. The battle of the Coral Sea would be fought almost entirely by airplanes launched from aircraft carriers. As ...

On the desk in the breezy, rambling headquarters building in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard lay charts, reconnaissance reports, intelligence advices. These charts, reports, advices were the hither end of a ...

The skirmish was one of the major naval battles in the Pacific during World War II, despite naval ships never actually firing on each other. A Japanese invasion fleet was headed for Port Moresby ...

“The Battle of the Coral Sea is not getting the level of recognition it deserves from the government,” he said. “It was equally as important as Kokoda and Gallipoli.” Mr Johnson, from Canberra, said ...

During the battle of the Coral Sea, both the U.S. Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy were searching for each other’s carriers. On May 7, a critical miscommunication occurred within the Japanese command, ...

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book." Preface, dated 1953, refers to corrections checked and collated "since the first edition." -- P. xi. Task organizations containing lists of American and Japanese ...

In a series of engagements of the United States and Australian Navies against the Imperial Japanese Navy from May 4-8, the Japanese experienced their first failure of a major engagement since they ...

Introduction -- 1. Part 1. Winning the unwinnable war (1936-December 1941) -- Part 2. South to Rabaul (1 January-20 February 1942) -- 2. Beyond Rabaul (21 February-10 March 1942) -- 3. Setting the ...