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Noun: battle of the Coral Sea
  1. A Japanese defeat in World War II (May 1942); the first naval battle fought entirely by planes based on aircraft carriers
    - Coral Sea

Type of: naval battle

Part of: Second World War, World War 2, World War II

Encyclopedia: Battle of the Coral Sea

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