Regional1942

Battle of Coral Sea

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Papua New Guinea

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Coral Sea (1942), part of the World War II. United States defeated Japan.

Belligerents2

United States
Japan

ON THE MAPEmpire of Japan (peak, 1942)

Conflict graph

PART OFWorld War II

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Coral Sea (1942). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-coral-sea · Sources & methodology