On May 4th, airplanes launched from U.S.S. Yorktown attacked the invasion fleet at Tulagi, and the Battle of the Coral Sea was on in earnest. On the Japanese side, fleet carriers Shōkaku and ...

The Battle of the Coral Sea (May 4–8, 1942) has always been portrayed as the prologue to Midway—a sort of Midway-lite. Like Midway, it was a battle sparked by deciphered Japanese codes.

On May 6, 1942, in the early months of World War II, the American flag was hauled down on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines.

On my way to Australia last week for an investor conference, I flew over the Coral Sea, the water east and north of Sydney and Brisbane. After arrival I discovered that Australians were observing ...

The aircraft carrier burns and sinks after being abandoned by the crew on May 8, 1942 during the Battle of Coral Sea. Note planes parked aft, untouched by the fire. (U.S. Naval History and ...

This year is 75 years since the beginning of Australia's military relationship with America. Australia and the US first teamed up on the 4th of May 1942 to fight Japan in the Battle of the Coral Sea.

The USS Lexington (CV-2) was recently found in the waters of the Coral Sea just 500 miles off the eastern coast of Australia. The aircraft carrier was scuttled following the Battle of Coral Sea in ...

The Coral Sea battle occurred between May 4-8 1942 in a series of naval engagements by US and Australian and Japanese aircraft against four groups of warships.