John Crace's Task Force 44 was assigned to block the main path of invasion during this battle.
John Crace's Task Force 44 was assigned to block the main path of invasion during this battle. At the beginning, the Zuikaku disappeared into a squall, although it later assisted another ship to retreat. The Shoho was sunk and the Shokaku forced to retire, though it would be sunk a month later. The defensive forces, led by Frank Fletcher, rallied successfully around the Yorktown after the loss of the Lexington, and were able to defend Port Moresby, and therefore New Guinea, from a Japanese invasion. For ten points, identify this 1942 aerial and naval engagement between the United States and Japan fought one month before Midway, a victory for the Allies in its namesake body of water.
John Crace's Task Force 44 was assigned to block the main path of invasion during this battle.
the Battle of {Coral Sea}