battle of the Coral Sea
Noun
Meaning
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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Examples
One of the first printed maps to show the Pacific Ocean citation USS Lexington under air attack on 8 May 1942 during the Battle of the Coral Sea Important human migrations occurred in the Pacific in prehistoric times.
During the Battle of the Coral Sea one month earlier, USS had been sunk and USS damaged so severely that the Japanese believed she too had been lost.
These single-carrier formations would often be paired or grouped together for certain assignments, most notably the Battle of the Coral Sea and Midway.