Timeline Monday 4 May 1942

Events on Monday 4 May 1942 1

• 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea First naval battle fought entirely by aircraft carriers American and Australian naval forces met a Japanese fleet sent to support an invasion of Port Moresby. The opposing ships never came within sight of each other, and all the fighting was done by carrier aircraft. The result was a tactical draw but a strategic Allied success, because the invasion was called off.