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1942
May
08
Key event
The carrier clash in the Coral Sea
On 8 May 1942 US and Japanese carriers struck at each other. Lexington sank, Shōkaku was damaged and the landing at Port Moresby was called off.
25
Preparations for Midway
At the end of May 1942 Japanese forces sailed for the Aleutians and Midway, while the Americans, knowing their plan, repaired the Yorktown in three days.
August
07
Key event
The landing on Guadalcanal
On 7 August 1942 US Marines landed on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, Gavutu and Tanambogo. The first American land offensive of the Pacific War had begun.
08
The Battle of Savo Island
On the night of 8/9 August 1942 Mikawa's cruisers surprised the Allied screen of the Guadalcanal landing off Savo and sank four heavy cruisers.
24
The Battle of the Eastern Solomons
On 24–25 August 1942 US aircraft sank the carrier Ryūjō and turned back a Japanese reinforcement convoy, but Enterprise was hit by three bombs.