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How did the Battle of the Coral Sea impact Japan’s war strategy?
The warring ships were so far apart that they never saw each other.
It prevented Japan from attacking Australia.
Japan’s uninterrupted string of victories was broken.
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All three statements are correct.
- The opposing fleets never saw each other—the battle was fought entirely by carrier aircraft, so ships engaged one another only via planes.
- It stopped Japan’s seaborne plan to capture Port Moresby, which would have allowed a direct threat to Australia, so it prevented the immediate attack/invasion of Australia.
- It ended Japan’s uninterrupted run of victories: Coral Sea was the first major check on Japanese expansion and marked a strategic turning point (setting the stage for the subsequent Battle of Midway).
- The opposing fleets never saw each other—the battle was fought entirely by carrier aircraft, so ships engaged one another only via planes.
- It stopped Japan’s seaborne plan to capture Port Moresby, which would have allowed a direct threat to Australia, so it prevented the immediate attack/invasion of Australia.
- It ended Japan’s uninterrupted run of victories: Coral Sea was the first major check on Japanese expansion and marked a strategic turning point (setting the stage for the subsequent Battle of Midway).
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