battle_of_the_coral_sea (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *battle of the Coral Sea*:
NOUN	act	battle of the Coral Sea, Coral Sea	a Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942)

English > *battle of the Coral Sea*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	A Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers.
Synonym	Coral Sea
Instance of	naval battle	A pitched battle between naval fleets
Part of	World War II, World War 2, Second World War	A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
Region	Coral Sea	An arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia

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