[Hugin]

I’ve always considered Coral Sea and Midway as almost one battle with a one month pause. Both were part of a response to one overall campaign by Japan consisting of diversionary attacks in New Guinea and the Aleutians followed by the main attack on Midway.

[Pelham]

Have you read the Ian Toll books on the Pacific War? They get great reviews on Amazon. His Pacific Crucible and The Conquering Tide go from 1941 to 1944.

Hornfischer’s books on the Pacific War are gems. ‘The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors’ is as good as a book gets.

[archy]

I’ve always considered Coral Sea and Midway as almost one battle with a one month pause. Both were part of a response to one overall campaign by Japan consisting of diversionary attacks in New Guinea and the Aleutians followed by the main attack on Midway.

And, of course, to Japan's suddenly-discovered need to extend their aircraft interception zone for their Home Islands from another Doolittle Raid. Which was in many ways the first opening shots of the Battle of Midway. War without end: The Battle of Shanghai, 1937 --