Both sides had conducted exercises and war games before the war. Both sides think they find each other on may 7th, so both launch a full strike. The problem with throwing a punch like that is you know all the right common sense reasons to take them out before they take you out. But what this does is it puts a real emphasis on,. you like a nail ting emphasis on finding the enemy and then immediately crippling them. Gives you an itchy trigger finger.
Coral Sea, Midway and Guadalcanal are three of the most famous battles of the Second World War. Together they will shift the momentum in the Pacific theater and usher in the era of modern naval and amphibious warfare.