Undeterred by its losses in the Coral Sea, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) prepared to invade Midway Atoll- 1,300 miles northwest of Hawaii – in a final effort to defeat the US Pacific Fleet. Committing their largest naval operation of the war, the Japanese were unaware that the Americans had already decoded their messages andContinue reading “The end of Yorktown, 4th June 1942”
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The Coral Sea, 7th May 1942
In May 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) prepared to capture Port Moresby on New Guinea. Its airfield could be used to dominate the Coral Sea and isolate Australia from the United States. The invasion force – spearheaded by aircraft carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku – was unaware that the Americans had cracked their codes andContinue reading “The Coral Sea, 7th May 1942”
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