The naval Battle of the Eastern Solomons took place on 24–25 August 1942 and was the third carrier battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II and the second major engagement fought between the Uni
USS Enterprise maneuvering radically under aerial attack and afire on 24 August 1942. Anti-aircraft shell bursts are visible above the carrier.
U.S. carriers Wasp (foreground), Saratoga, and Enterprise (background) operating in the Pacific south of Guadalcanal on 12 August 1942
Shōkaku, photographed from Zuikaku, underway during the battle, 24 August 1942
The disabled Ryūjō (just right of center) under high-level attack by B-17 bombers. The destroyer Amatsukaze (bottom left) is moving away from Ryujo at full speed and the Tokitsukaze is backing away from the bow of Ryūjō to evade the falling bombs.
Battle of the Coral Sea
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The Battle of the Coral Sea, from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces of the United States and Australia. Taking place in the Pacific
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
…and the second major engagement fought between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Guadalcanal campaign. As at the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, the ships of the two adversaries were never within sight of each other. Instead, all attacks were carried out by carrier-based…
The American aircraft carrier USS Lexington explodes on 8 May 1942, several hours after being damaged by a Japanese carrier air attack.
Japanese advances in the Southwest Pacific from December 1941 to April 1942
Frank Jack Fletcher, commander of US Task Force 17
Shōkaku and Zuikaku off Hitokappu Bay, 19 November 1941