Slaget om Koralhavet
| Slaget om Koralhavet | |||||||
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| Del af Stillehavskrigen under 2. verdenskrig | |||||||
_blows_an_aircraft_over_her_side%2c_8_May_1942_(80-G-7413).jpg) En eksplosion på USS Lexington d. 8. maj 1942 set fra krydseren Minneapolis. | |||||||
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| Allierede styrker, herunder: |  Japan | ||||||
| Ledere | |||||||
 Frank J. Fletcher |  Shigeyoshi Inoue
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| Styrke | |||||||
| 2 hangarskibe, 9 krydsere, | 2 hangarskibe, 1 let hangarskib, | ||||||
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| 1 hangarskib, 1 destroyer, | 1 hangarskib, 1 let hangarskib, | ||||||
Slaget om Koralhavet 4. – 8. maj 1942 mellem USA/Australien og Japan var et af vendepunkterne i Stillehavskrigen under anden verdenskrig. Det var det første slag hvor hangarskibe kom i kamp med hinanden, og det første søslag hvor de involverede parter ikke affyrede skud direkte mod hinanden. Slaget endte uden nogen klar vinder, men erfaringerne fra slaget lagde grunden til Slaget om Midway en måned senere.
Se også
Kilder og referencer
- ^ The smaller warships included five minesweepers, 2 minelayers, 2 subchasers, and three gunboats.
- ^ Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopedia (New York, 1986), Volume 7, p. 209, "Coral Sea, Battle of the".
- ^ Lundstrom, Guadalcanal Campaign, p. 92. Breakdown of aircraft losses: 19 “Zero” fighters, 19 “Val” dive bombers, and 31 “Kate” torpedo bombers.
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A heavy explosion on board USS Lexington (CV-2) blows an aircraft over her side, 8 May 1942 (80-G-7413).jpg
A heavy explosion on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) blows an aircraft over her side, 8 May 1942. This is probably the great explosion from the detonation of torpedo warheads stowed in the starboard side of the hangar, aft, that followed an explosion amidships at 1727 hrs. At left is the destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412), which was backing away with a load of the carrier's survivors on board. The photo was taken from the heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36).
A heavy explosion on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) blows an aircraft over her side, 8 May 1942. This is probably the great explosion from the detonation of torpedo warheads stowed in the starboard side of the hangar, aft, that followed an explosion amidships at 1727 hrs. At left is the destroyer USS Hammann (DD-412), which was backing away with a load of the carrier's survivors on board. The photo was taken from the heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis (CA-36).