Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, May 7 – 13, 1942

May 7, 1942: US, Japanese Navies clash in Coral Sea

May 8, 1942: Coral Sea battle result in strategic defeat for Japanese side

May 9, 1942: Survivors are fished out of water after battle of the Coral Sea

May 10, 1942: US troops on island of Corregidor, Philippines, enter into captivity

May 11, 1942: Japanese Admiral Inoue Shigeyoshi orders last naval units to leave Coral Sea, marking end of battle in the waters

May 12, 1942: In response to Doolittle raid, with participating US planes landing mostly in East China, Japanese army launches massive offensive in Chinese Zhenjiang province. Thousands of civilians are killed

May 13, 1942: Rear echelon of US Army’s 41st Division arrives in Australia

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