The Battle of Coral Sea took place in May of 1942 and was not remembered as much as other battles in World War 2. Although it was remembered by Australia and the ships still lie beneath the Ocean of Coral Sea. Coral Sea is located between Australia, New Guinea, and The Solomon Islands. Australia and the U.S. faced the Japanese in this battle and it was known to be a major Naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War 2. The Japanese aircraft flew in and attacked two U.S. aircraft carriers, Lexington and Yorktown. They both were heavily damaged, While Shoho, a Japanese light carrier was sank by the U.S. and Shokaku was damaged. The Japanese sank a destroyer, a ship with big guns and aircraft, and damaged a fleet oiler, a naval ship that carried fuel and oil for the other ships to keep going. The Battle of Midway took place the next month.
The Battle of Midway took place in June of 1942 when America and Japan fought for the Pacific. Japanese thought they could win because the have already been winning so they put together a powerful task force that got ready to take on the weakened U.S. Navy. America knew it was coming so they waited hoping to ambush the Japanese at Midway. The Americans were of course losing the battle and Japans plan was to lure U.S. planes into a trap. Sure enough though America won the battle and there were Japanese in the water that committed suicide. It was hard for Japan to replace the equipment they lost and America kept getting stronger.
Personal thoughts: I thought that it was all very interesting but very broad. I could tell they weren't as important battles as Pearl Harbor which happened 6 months before The Battle of Midway. I think that the Japanese were very good at attacking in battles with planes because it seems as if all the battles about Japan I read about they use aircraft. I liked my topics.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj-bAJgwej4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKXVTZo6gIg
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Good but a tad brief.