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	Battle of the Coral Sea, 4-8 May 1942 - Japanese intentions [Australian War Memorial]
		In the South Pacific the Japanese Army was keen to extend the perimeter to provide defence in greater depth for the base at Rabaul and also to cut the lines of communication between Australia and the west coast of the United States.
		Meanwhile, the Japanese Carrier Strike Force had moved rapidly down the eastern flank of the Solomons and by midday on the 5th they were to the east of San Christobal Island, covering what they anticipated to be the US carriers' line of retreat.
		The Japanese force tasked with the occupation of Tulagi was sighted en route to its destination by aircraft and, on 2 May, by coastwatcher D. Kennedy on Ysabel Island.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/coral_sea/doc.htm (3164 words)

	The Battle of the Coral Sea
		The Japanese Port Moresby attack was called Operation MO. The landbased air force consisted of 150 planes, the carrier striking force had heavy cruisers Myoko and Haguro, six destroyers, an oiler and the two big carriers, Shokaku and Zuikaku which had participated in the raid on Pearl Harbor.
		The total casualties of the battle against the Japanese and the battle against the sea were 8%.
		The significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea was that the Americans had foiled the occupation of Port Moresby and the knockout of Australian air power.
	users.pandora.be /dave.depickere/Text/coral.html (3854 words)

	Military History Online
		The Battle of Tsushima marked the change of the balance of power in the Pacific in the early 20th century.
		The land campaign began in earnest then, culminating in a major Japanese victory at the Battle of Mukden, considered by some historians to be the first 'modern' battle; more than 400,000 Japanese and 350,000 Russian troops participated and there were in excess of 200,000 casualties.
		Furthermore, the Japanese used a new explosive formula in their shells, firing at the upper works of the Russian vessels and causing fire to break out all over any ships that were hit.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /russojapanese/articles/tsushima.aspx (1648 words)

	::The Battle of Coral Sea::
		If the Japanese had succeeded at Coral Sea, the way would have been open for the Japanese to have captured New Guinea and leave Australia isolated from Allied help and more open to a Japanese attack.
		The Japanese labelled the attack on Port Moresby as ‘Operation MO’ and the force that was to attack it was 'Task Force MO'.
		The main part of the Japanese plan was for its invading force (the Port Moresby Invasion Force) to move through the Jomard Passage, to the south-east of New Guinea, unhindered by the Americans, allowing it to attack Port Moresby.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /battle_of_coral_sea.htm (1776 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea
		The Battle of the Coral Sea, in early May 1942, was the first major aircraft carrier engagement of the Second World War, and one of the half-dozen most significant battles of the Pacific war.
		In April 1942, Japanese forces left their stronghold of Rabaul (on New Britain, just north of New Guinea) and launched a two-pronged amphibious invasion of Port Moresby (Operation MO), and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
		In practice, Japanese military planning structure was complex, had ill-defined areas of responsibility, and was crippled by endless bitter debates between army and navy.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/b/ba/battle_of_the_coral_sea.html (1522 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea: Summary
		The Battle of the Coral Sea was fought between the Japanese and Allied navies from May 4 through May 8, 1942 in the Coral Sea, about 500 miles northeast of Australia.
		The Japanese war plan, developed in the months before the Pearl Harbor attack, was to invade southeast Asia and Indonesia, securing their oil fields and other precious natural resources, then turn towards the southwest in Burma and India.
		Although it was a tactical victory for the Japanese, the battle was a strategic victory for the Americans.
	www.delsjourney.com /uss_neosho/coral_sea/battle_of_coral_sea/summary.htm (2302 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea: Action on May 8, 1942
		After the Japanese planes eluded the scant American air patrol, the fight quickly became a duel between the Japanese planes and the anti-aircraft batteries on the American carriers, cruisers, and destroyers.
		Two Japanese torpedoes blasted the Lexington on her port side, one forward and one amidships, and several bombs exploded through the flight deck, killing dozens of men and starting vicious fires.
		The returning Japanese pilots were ecstatic, reporting that they had sunk two American carriers, including a large carrier which they believed to be the Saratoga and a medium carrier, which was either the Yorktown or Enterprise.
	www.delsjourney.com /uss_neosho/coral_sea/battle_of_coral_sea/may_08_to_end.htm (1385 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Sea-Air Operations \| Battle of the Philippine Sea: Operation A-Go (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Battle of the Philippine Sea: Operation A-Go Operation A-Go was meant to trap the U.S. Fifth Fleet in the Marianas.
		Japanese naval leaders patiently waited for an opportunity to deliver that decisive defeat, and by the middle of 1944, with their carrier strength rebuilt, they saw their chance in an expected American move against either the Caroline or Palau islands north of New Guinea, or against the Marianas.
		The Japanese had divided their forces in other major naval engagements, such as Midway, and had reinforced their use of that tactic as recently as May, when a captured Japanese document emphasized the use of feinting to the middle while a flank attack darted around the end.
	www.historynet.com /air_sea/sea-air_operations/3036896.html (1531 words)

	The Battle of Port Arthur
		Unaware that the Russian fleet was ready for battle and that some of the forts were manned and ready.
		As the Japanese got the range, hits began to come quickly, and the dense smoke from the firing of the guns soon made it difficult to distinguish one Russian ship from another.
		In the first five minutes of the battle Mikasa was hit by a ricocheting shell, which burst over her, wounding the Chief-Engineer, the Flag-Lieutenant, and five other officers and men, while wrecking the after bridge.
	www.russojapanesewar.com /battle-pa.html (943 words)

	Japanese Battle Fleet of WW2
		Japanese cruisers usually carried torpedos, depth charges and did not carry aircraft.
		One that is interesting is "The End of the Imperial Japanese Navy" by Masanori Ito.
		It is from the Japanese perspective, in which, "Four enemy cruisers were sunk" means that American ships were lost.
	www.ww2pacific.com /japbb.html (216 words)

	Battle of Midway
		The Coral Sea Battle was hardly a major victory for the US navy, but finally, for the first time, navy pilots and aircraft carriers met the enemy in battle and came out with some success.
		On the face of it, the Battle of the Coral Sea appeared to be a victory for the Japanese.
		The Japanese began their attack on Midway island, but when they figured out that all the scout planes and attack planes could not be coming from Midway alone, they relaized the American fleet must be nearby.
	www.willamette.edu /~rloftus/midwaypage.html (1796 words)

	May 4 - 8, 1942 Battle of Coral Sea
		By the Spring of 1942, the Japanese have taken the Philippines, Malaysia, and the Dutch East Indies.
		The bulk of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) fleet is to be used in the Midway and Aleutian Island operations.
		The Battle of Coral Sea marks the first time in the history of naval warfare that opposing ships are never in sight of each other, and no shots are exchanged.
	www.bluejacket.com /ww2_05-04-42_coral-sea.html (2404 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea
		Japanese naval officers in all staffs were unaware of the danger they were facing.
		While Fletcher showed the Japanese that they were not alone, the Port Moresby Invasion Group had departed Rabaul on May 4th, and turned west-south-west, toward the Jomard Passage between New-Guinea and the Louisiade Archipelago.
		Over the next day, May 6th, both groups were prowling the Coral Sea, and the night from 5th to 6th had seen the two foes pass each other at a mere 70 nautical miles, half-an-hour of flying time for the Japanese.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/battles/coral_sea.htm (2979 words)

	The Battle for Australia - Battle of the Coral Sea
		The Battle of the Coral Sea was a series of naval engagements off the north-east coast of Australia between 4 and 8 May 1942.
		The battle took place in the Coral Sea, in an area separating the Solomon Islands, the eastern tip of New Guinea, and the north-eastern coast of Australia from Townsville to Horn Island.
		Japanese fighters and bombers took off, but the spotter pilot was so anxious to make sure that they found their targets that he guided them back, despite knowing that he would not have enough fuel to return to his carrier and land.
	www.anzacday.org.au /history/ww2/bfa/coralsea.html (4073 words)

	The Battle of the Yellow Sea
		With the Japanese Army tightening it's grip on Port Arthur Admiral Togo expected an attempted breakout by the Russian squadron and positioned his divisions accordingly.
		The Battle of the Yellow Sea was the closest and, except for Tsushima, the most decisive naval engagement of the war.
		The result was not merely the death of Vitgeft, of whom all that was later found was a part of one leg, but the death or incapacitation of every one else on the bridge or in the conning tower beneath it.
	www.russojapanesewar.com /bttl-yellow-sea.html (1154 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Battle of the Java Sea, in which Exeter was sunk-
		This is the report by the Captain of Exeter, covering the Battle of the Java Sea, in which Exeter was sunk, and Captain O.L.Gordon RN was taken a POW by the Japanese.
		He recorded the event some three weeks after the action, and hid his notes over his 3.5 years of captivity in a hollowed out shaving cream tube, and then based this despatch to the Admiralty on his long hidden notes after he was freed at the end of WW2.
		Her ultimate fate was not seen because of smoke, but a Japanese officer subsequently stated that this destroyer's stern was iblown off killing 70 men.
	ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/BattleoftheJavaSeainwhich.html (5212 words)

	Coral Sea; naval battle that 'saved' Australia
		In the battle, the Japanese lost the light carrier Shoho and the U.S. lost the carrier, USS Lexington (CV 2).
		The action was precipitated by Japanese attempts to send an invasion force by sea to capture Port Moresby, the major Allied airbase in the region.
		We are grateful for American intervention in the Battle of the Coral Sea but the fact is that only the ANZAC force stood in the way of a Japanese capture of Port Moresby and the complete isolation of Australia from the rest of the world.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-battles/ww2/coral_sea.htm (2521 words)

	Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita
		Therefore, Japanese naval strategy used highly intricate maneuvers that relied upon deception, diversion, and division of the enemy's forces to open a path to deliver one decisively powerful victorious blow.
		The Battle of Midway was an excellent example of this strategy where the Japanese tried to lure the American carriers into a position where the Japanese Fleet could destroy the entire American fleet in a single battle.
		At the Battle of the Philippine Sea, he was one of the first senior officers to advocate retreat.
	www.battle-of-leyte-gulf.com /Leaders/Japanese/Kurita/kurita.html (523 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot Battle Of Coral Sea WW2
		The Japanese force consisted of seven transports, five destroyers, a light aircraft carrier, the Shoho, and the fleet carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku.
		On the Japanese side the Shokaku was severely damaged and the Zuikaku lost nearly all its aircraft.
		The Battle for the Solomons, in August 1942, was significant among the many sea battles in the South West Pacific Area.
	www.gunplot.net /coralsea/coralsea.html (1723 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea -- Events of 8 May 1942
		At that time the Japanese were partially concealed by thick weather, while the Americans were operating under clear skies.
		The Japanese struck the American carriers shortly after Eleven, and, in a fast and violent action, scored with torpedoes on Lexington and with bombs on both carriers.
		The Japanese sent Zuikaku back for a few days, even though her aircraft complement was badly depleted, but they had already called off their Port Moresby amphibious operation and withdrew the carrier on May 11th.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/coralsea/cs-5.htm (793 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea - Fought off Townsville
		Japanese intelligence knew that USS Lexington was in Pearl Harbor so that left only one aircraft carrier, the Yorktown in the South Pacific.
		But, during the Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4th to 8th May 1942, they were each issued with 20 rounds of ammunition and sent to the coast near Alligator Creek, just south of Townsville, and told to fix bayonets and face out to sea.
		During the Battle of the Coral Sea, the US radar station at Paluma manned by the 565th Signal Battalion tracked a target aircraft early one afternoon coming in from the ocean and crossing the coast about 30 miles north of Paluma.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/coralsea.htm (2539 words)

	World War 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Battle of Midway -June, 1942-Japanese tried to take Midway Island in their second attempt to invade Hawaii.
		Philippines -The Battle of Leyte Gulf-October, 1944-was the greatest naval-air battle in history.
		Japanese sea power was broken when they were defeated by American planes and ships.
	library.thinkquest.org /5640/ww2.htm (329 words)

	1944: LEYTE GULF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The carriers had no aircraft because the enormous Japanese losses at the Battle of the Philippine Sea and elsewhere could not be replenished, but even without aircraft it was hoped they would be an irresistible lure to the Americans.
		By the next morning, 25 October, at Cape Engaño, a lopsided battle was fought resulting in the loss of most of the Japanese Northern Force to Halsey's carrier planes and battleships' guns, the third engagement.
		The battle cost the Japanese Navy 26 vessels, most of its remaining warships, including three battleships, one of which was the huge Musashi.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944leyte.php (1598 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea
		The Japanese plans for a Battle at Midway had already been drawn up when the two fleets, the Japanese and American, began manoeuvring towards each other in the Coral Sea on the morning of the 4th May, 1942, when a Japanese covering force comprising the carrier Shoho supported by cruisers, entered the Coral Sea.
		At this time, neither side was certain of the other's position and the initial stages of the battle were dominated by land and carrier-based aircraft searching for signs of the opposition as the carriers closed for combat.
		Also, the Japanese carrier Shokaku from the Carrier Striking Force, under the command of Vice Admiral Tagaki was seriously damaged to an extent that it was removed from the battle and sent back to its base in Truk (Chuuk).
	www.janesoceania.com /oceania_coral_sea (751 words)

	Battle of the Coral Sea - American Embassy Canberra
		The Battle of the Coral Sea, fought in the waters southwest of the Solomon Islands and eastward from New Guinea, was the first of the Pacific War’s six fights between opposing aircraft carrier forces.
		Though the Japanese could rightly claim a tactical victory on “points”, it was an operational and strategic defeat for them, the first major check on the great offensive they had begun five months earlier at Pearl Harbor.
		The diversion of Japanese resources represented by the Coral Sea battle would also have immense consequences a month later, at the Battle of Midway.
	usembassy-australia.state.gov /coralsea (354 words)

	Ghost of Bataan
		In the above 2-1/2 years, Sgt Abraham was the key witness against Supreme Japanese Commander Lt. General Matasura Homma who was found guilty of war crimes and shot by a firing squad.
		During exhuming of graves on Bataan, a Japanese-Filipino came over to Abraham stating that the Japanese in the jungles wanted to surrender knowing the war was over and many were sick.
		Abraham called the Army camp at the San Fernando, telling them about the Japanese wanting to surrender two days later a platoon from the anti-tank company arrived and took the Japanese to a prison camp.
	ghostofbataan.com (487 words)

	Amazon.com: Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy's Story: Books: Mitsuo Fuchida,Masatake ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The authors tell us about the dithering of the Japanese commander as to whether to strike Midway again, or to strike the American fleet, or do a hasty strike against the American fleet before all his planes were recovered--and how this indecision helped lose a battle that almost could not be lost.
		This is a fine analysis of the most important battle of the Pacific War and constitutes essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the Battle of Midway and the reasons that Japan was defeated in both the battle and the war.
		This classic work of the battle of Midway is basically an entertaining and well written account of the Japanese view of the battle as voiced by the opinions and personal observations of Fuchida.
	www.amazon.com /Midway-Battle-Doomed-Japanese-Navys/dp/1557504288 (2552 words)

	The Battle at Sea: Battle of the Coral Sea
		A Japanese air base there would threaten northeastern Australia and support plans for further expansion into the South Pacific, possibly helping to drive Australia out of the war and certainly enhancing the strategic defenses of Japan’s newly-enlarged oceanic empire.
		The Japanese operation included two seaborne invasion forces, a minor one targeting Tulagi, in the Southern Solomons, and the main one aimed at Port Moresby.
		However, the Japanese were forced to cancel their Port Moresby seaborne invasion.
	usembassy-australia.state.gov /coralsea/sea_battle.html (392 words)

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