The IJN started the fight when they aggressively moved into that region, landing forces to take Port Moresby, moving warships into the Coral Sea to support those operations. The USN simply counter attacked with two flat-tops; the USS Yorktown and USS Lexington, along with their accompanying escorts.
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The Battle of the Coral Sea was May 4-8, 1942.
See website: Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of Coral Sea
how many were killed on the allies side of the battle of the coral sea
The website:"Battle of the Coral Sea" lists all of that data.
That data is documented on the Battle of the Coral Sea website.
Battle of the Coral Sea - film - was created in 1959-11.
The duration of Battle of the Coral Sea - film - is 1.43 hours.
The Coral Sea was the location of the USA VS. Japan battle that started USA's victory streak vs. Japan. USA would ended up beating Japan and ending WWII!