| 1 | How: Fly to the capital, Port Moresby, from Australia. | |
| 2 | New Guinea was in danger of falling and with it Port Moresby, and from there the Imperial Japanese Army could invade Australia. | |
| 3 | In the battle, planes launched from Allied aircraft carriers stopped Japanese forces from seizing Port Moresby, New Guinea, Japan's first unsuccessful invasion attempt. | |
| 4 | The Battle of the Coral Sea inflicted a rare reversal on the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), blunting a thrust against Port Morseby, New Guinea. | |
| 5 | In the battle, planes launched from Allied aircraft carriers stopped Japanese forces from seizing Port Moresby, New Guinea, Japan's first unsuccessful invasion attempt. |