Australasia, 08 May 1942: Battle of the Coral Sea
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Political map of Australia, New Zealand & the Southwest Pacific on 08 May 1942 (The War in the Pacific: Battle of the Coral Sea), showing the following events: Battle of the Java Sea; Allied surrender in Java; Invasion of Salamaua–Lae; US occupation of New Caledonia; Doolittle Raid; Battle of the Coral Sea.

A u s t r a l i a(Br. dom.)

(Japanese
occupied)

New
Zealand(Br. dom.)

D u t c h E a s t I n d i e s(Jap. occ.)

Aboriginal
tribes

British

Western

Pacific

Territories

Territory of
New Guinea(Jap. occ.)

Western
Samoa(NZ mand.)

British
Solomon
Islands(Jap. occ.)

New
Caledonia(US occ.)

New
Hebrides(US occ.)

New South
Wales

Western
Australia

Australian
New Guinea(Aus. terr.)

Dutch
New Guinea(Neth.)

South
Australia

Northern
Territory(Aus. terr.)

Port.
Timor(Jap. part. occ.)

Sara
-wak(Jap. occ.)

Nauru(Aus. mand.)

Gilbert Is.(Jap. occ.)

Ellice Is.(Br.)

Union Is.(NZ terr.)

Phoenix Is.(US pres.)

Wallis &
Futuna(VFr.)

Norfolk I.(Aus. terr.)

Canton & Enderbury(US adm.)

Auckland Is.(NZ)

Kermadec Is.(NZ)

Chatham Is.(NZ)

Tonga
(Friendly Is.)(Br. prot.)

Lord Howe I.(NSW)

27 Feb 1942Japan destroys
Allied fleet in
the Java Sea

8 Mar 1942Dutch surrender
East Indies

8 Mar 1942Japanese land
in New Guinea

12 Mar 1942US occupies
New Caledonia

18 Apr 1942US hits Tokyo
with Doolittle Raid

4–8 May 1942Battle of the
Coral Sea

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