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==Japanese intentions==
==Japanese intentions==
The Coral Sea action resulted from a Japanese amphibious operation intended to capture [[Port Moresby]], located on New Guinea's southeastern coast. A Japanese air base there would threaten northeastern [[Australia]] and support plans for further expansion into the South Pacific, possibly helping to drive Australia out of the war and certainly enhancing the strategic defenses of Japan's newly-enlarged oceanic empire.
The Coral Sea action resulted from a Japanese amphibious operation intended to capture [[Port Moresby]], located on New Guinea's southeastern coast. A Japanese air base there would threaten northeastern [[Australia]] and support plans for further expansion into the South Pacific, possibly helping to drive Australia out of the war and certainly enhancing the strategic defenses of Japan's newly enlarged oceanic empire.
The Japanese operation included two seaborne invasion forces, a minor one targeting [[Tulagi]], in the Southern Solomons, and the main one aimed at Port Moresby. These would be supported by land-based airpower from bases to the north and by two naval forces containing a small aircraft carrier, several cruisers, seaplane tenders and gunboats. More distant cover would be provided by the big aircraft carriers ''Shokaku'' and ''Zuikaku'' with their escorting cruisers and destroyers. The [[U.S. Navy]], tipped off to the enemy plans by superior communications intelligence, countered with two of its own carriers, plus cruisers (including two from the Australian Navy), destroyers, submarines, land-based bombers and patrol seaplanes.
The Japanese operation included two seaborne invasion forces, a minor one targeting [[Tulagi]], in the Southern Solomons, and the main one aimed at Port Moresby. These would be supported by land-based airpower from bases to the north and by two naval forces containing a small aircraft carrier, several cruisers, seaplane tenders and gunboats. More distant cover would be provided by the big aircraft carriers ''Shokaku'' and ''Zuikaku'' with their escorting cruisers and destroyers. The [[U.S. Navy]], tipped off to the enemy plans by superior communications intelligence, countered with two of its own carriers, plus cruisers (including two from the Australian Navy), destroyers, submarines, land-based bombers and patrol seaplanes.