The Battle of Coral Sea

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Battle of Coral Sea
War has always been a negative social issue among the citizens of America. Some believe we should be involved in everything so we can to show our dominance around the world and others see it as a big problem. War World Two is a different story. After we realized that Hitler was close to succeeding in his plan of imperialism most people were on board to going to war.
The Battle of the Coral Sea was fought in May 1942. This was a major naval battle that took place in the Coral Sea. This was in an area separating the Solomon Islands, eastern tip of New Guinea, and the northeastern coast of Australia. During World War Two, this area was fought between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the United States and Australia. This battle was fought entirely by planes. The ships on either side made no visual contact with each other.
By the spring of 1942, the Japanese made great gains in the Far East. By May 1, the conquest of the Philippines, Burma, Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies had cost the Japanese Navy only 23 warships and none were larger than a destroyer. Only 67 transport ships had been lost. Their naval command had expected far greater losses and looked to expand even further in the Far East. However, the senior officers of the Japanese Navy argued on what was the next best objective to carry out. One school of thought was for the navy to continue with territorial gains. Admiral Yamamoto wanted to carry on an all out attack on America’s aircraft carriers in the Pacific because they feared these ships were the key success in the Pacific. Admiral Yamamoto believed that the destruction of the American’s aircraft carriers would ensure the security of Japan, so he wanted an attack o...

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...launch a major offensive. The Japanese had lost an important battle, but the strategic initiative still remained in their hands until the Battle of Midway.
The Battle of the Coral Sea turn out the way it did because a large part of the outcome was due to Japanese complacency and failure of naval intelligence. They underestimated the strength of the forces the Americans had. Also, the Japanese made tactical mistakes. They wasted valuable searching hours while attacking a relatively unimportant target, which was a tanker. The Americans had advantages of knowing what the enemy were planning due to being able to intercept and decode their signals. Also, they had radar that could identify incoming enemy aircraft in time for them to scramble their own fighters into the air to attack them. In the long run, the Allies gained far more from the engagement than the Japanese.

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