battle of the coral sea

Noun
  1. A Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942);
    The first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers (synset 101278687)
    domain region: coral sea - an arm of the South Pacific to the northeast of Australia
    is an instance of: naval battle - a pitched battle between naval fleets
    is a part of: second world war, world war 2, world war ii - 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
    same as: coral sea

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