珊瑚海海戦
One of the first battles of the Pacific theatre of operations in [[World War II]].

Fought between the [[United States]] and the [[japan|Empire of Japan]] in May 1942, it was the first naval battle between aircraft carriers and their air groups. It was fought without the [[ship]]s engaging each other directly. 

It ended in an apparent Japanese [b]tactical[/b] [[victory]], but also in a decisive, but costly, American [b]strategic[/b] [[victory]] that helped their later success during the [[Battle of Midway]].
battle of the coral sea