(WHTM) — It was the first sea battle in history where the warships never saw each other. The battle of the Coral Sea would be fought almost entirely by airplanes launched from aircraft carriers. As ...

At dawn on May 8, 1942, the Japanese fleet launched a search mission to locate the U.S. carriers, with aircraft deployed from various bases and accompanied by additional screening forces. By ...

During the battle of the Coral Sea, both the U.S. Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy were searching for each other’s carriers. On May 7, a critical miscommunication occurred within the Japanese command, ...

Introduction -- 1. Part 1. Winning the unwinnable war (1936-December 1941) -- Part 2. South to Rabaul (1 January-20 February 1942) -- 2. Beyond Rabaul (21 February-10 March 1942) -- 3. Setting the ...

"An Atlantic Monthly Press book." Preface, dated 1953, refers to corrections checked and collated "since the first edition." -- P. xi. Task organizations containing lists of American and Japanese ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The costs were high as the Navy learned how to fight this new kind of war. Yet the battle would set the stage for Midway. In the first five months of the Pacific War, ...

The costs were high as the Navy learned how to fight this new kind of war. Yet the battle would set the stage for Midway. Here's What You Need to Remember: The challenges of this new form of warfare ...

On the desk in the breezy, rambling headquarters building in Pearl Harbor Navy Yard lay charts, reconnaissance reports, intelligence advices. These charts, reports, advices were the hither end of a ...