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| 1942 | Battle of Coral Sea |  |
| 1st May Coral Sea Ordered by Yamamoto to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby |
| 1st May Port Moresby Ordered by Yamamoto to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby |
| 3rd May Tulagi Captures the Island of Tulagi in the Coral Sea |
| 7th May Coral Sea The Shoho is sunk |
| 8th May Coral Sea Calls off the plan to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby |
| 8th May Port Moresby Calls off the plan to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby |
| 8th May Coral Sea Inouye is forced to call off his planned capture of Port Moresby in the Solomon's |
| 8th May The air-sea battle of the Coral Sea comes out as an tactical victory but strategical defeat for Japan |
| 1942 | Capture of Port Moresby | |
| 1st May Port Moresby Ordered to capture Port Moresby in the Solomons |
| 1942 | Capture of Tulagi | |
| 3rd May Tulagi Captures the Island of Tulagi in the Coral Sea |
| 3rd May Tulagi Japanese forces occupy the island of Tulagi without opposition |
