Battle of the Coral Sea

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Date	May 4, 1942 - May 8, 1942
Location	Coral Sea • Pacific Ocean • Solomon Sea
Participants	Japan • United States
Context	Pacific War • World War II

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Pearl Harbor attack

December 7, 1941

Battle of Wake Island

December 8, 1941 - December 23, 1941

Bataan Death March

April 9, 1942

Battle of the Coral Sea

May 4, 1942 - May 8, 1942

Battle of Midway

June 3, 1942 - June 6, 1942

Battle of Guadalcanal

August 1942 - February 1943

Battle of the Philippine Sea

June 19, 1944 - June 20, 1944

Battle of Leyte Gulf

October 23, 1944 - October 26, 1944

Battle of Okinawa

April 1, 1945 - June 21, 1945

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Chester W. Nimitz

United States admiral

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