Japanese invasion of Port Moresby
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_operation
|
| gptkbp:date |
May 1942
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Japanese invasion of Port Moresby
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Papua_New_Guinea
|
| gptkbp:objective |
capture Port Moresby
|
| gptkbp:opposedBy |
gptkb:Allied_forces
gptkb:Australia gptkb:United_States |
| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War |
| gptkbp:plannedBy |
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Army
gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy |
| gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
|
| gptkbp:result |
Allied victory
Japanese defeat |
| gptkbp:significance |
first major naval battle where opposing ships never sighted each other
prevented Japanese advance to Australia |
| gptkbp:status |
aborted
|
| gptkbp:target |
Port Moresby
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
|