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...came from the Pacific. The U.S. victories there absorbed the interest of the Allied peoples. But the men in Washington, London and Moscow who direct the master strategy of the United Nations could not let themselves lose perspective. In their long view of World War II, Midway and the Coral Sea loomed no larger than the Eden-Molotov-Roosevelt agreement. They knew that Midway and the Coral Sea—great victories though they were—were essentially defensive actions; the U.S. was still a long way from a real offensive in the Pacific...
They have achieved a formal unity of command in specific theaters-MacArthur in Australia, Admiral Nimitz in the Pacific, General Andrews in the Panama Canal area, etc. Yet in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Army bombed the Jap Fleet for three days without knowing, till Army pilots found the Navy in action, that the Navy was coming in too. Last fortnight came evidence that the Navy is keeping secrets from its Army superiors even in the vital Canal Zone (TIME, June 1). The minds of generals and admirals, although much improved by six months' education in real...
Ever since the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese and ' Australian airmen had darted back & forth trading inconclusive blows at each other's outposts. It was a waiting game, with the opposing navies screened by islands and ocean wastes. Then this week the Japanese sent three two-man submarines nosing into the harbor of Sydney, third largest city (pop. 1,305,040) of the British Empire...
...however, for Australia. Such tiny craft are of extremely limited range, as little as 200 miles by U.S. Navy estimates. The obvious conclusion was that the Japanese Navy had a force off Australia's southeast coast, perhaps 1,000 miles farther south than it had penetrated during the Coral Sea engagement. Vital sea routes to the U.S. and New Zealand, as well as Australia's economic heart, were again threatened...
...unavoidable that in the course of such a campaign the innocent Indian people would also be made acquainted with the horrors of war." Premier Tojo described Australia as "the orphan of the Pacific," declared she was "now helplessly expecting Japan's attack after the battle in the Coral Sea wiped away naval units put up for the defense of Australia...