Aircraft Carrier VS Aircraft Carrier. Or Airplanes launched from the decks of carriers against airplanes launched from the decks of opposing aircraft carriers.
The Battle of the Coral Sea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea happened between May 4th and May 8th in 1942. This battle was a large naval battle fought in the Pacific Ocean during WWII.
Coral Sea was the first time that aircraft carriers fought each other in a naval battle. Coral Sea was a tactical victory for the IJN and a strategic victory for the USN. The IJN sunk more ships but they aborted their mission. Midway was a decisive naval victory for the USN.
Battle of the Coral Sea.
Battle of Trafalgar fought by wooden ships in 1805; Battle of Tsushima fought by steel battleships in 1905.
The Battle of the Coral Sea (1942) was the first Naval battle in which neither of the two opposing surface fleets either saw or shot at each other. Everything was done with carrier-based aircraft.
Besides normal naval warfare, the Battle also involved U.S. Naval Intelligence reading the secret coded Japanese radio messages to help the Americans to defeat their navy.
The first naval battle in history between aircraft carriers was the battle of the Coral Sea in 1942.
A naval and air battle.
The Battle of Coral Sea.
The IJN stopped expanding towards Australia. Carrier men now knew how to fight naval aerial warfare; and applied this NEW experience to the next sea battle at Midway the following month.
The Battle of the Coral Sea. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
Troops fight on land. The Battle of the Coral Sea was a naval engagement in which Australian naval and air units participated.
ZERO. This was a Naval battle.
The Battle of the Coral Sea happened between May 4th and May 8th in 1942. This battle was a large naval battle fought in the Pacific Ocean during WWII.
The Battle of the Coral Sea was revolutionary. Coral Sea was the first naval clash of carriers, and the first naval battle in history in which all fighting (combat) was conducted by flying machines instead of warships.
steel-hulled ships