December 1941, Japanese victory against US) Attack on Prince of Wales and Repulse (10 December 1941, decisive Japanese victory; destruction of the British Royal Navy (RN) Z force) Battle of Balikpapan (23–24 January 1942, Allied tactical victory, Japanese strategic victory) Battle off Endau (26–27 January 1942, Japanese victory against Allies) Battle of Makassar Strait (4 February, 1942, Japanese victory against Allies) Attack on Darwin (19 February 1942, Japanese victory against Allies) Battle of Badung Strait (18–19 February 1942, Japanese victory against Allies) First Battle of Rabaul (20 February 1942, US tactical victory, Japanese strategic victory) First Battle of the Java Sea (27 February 1942, major Japanese victory against Allies; IJN sinks five warships without loss) Battle of Sunda Strait (28 February–1 March 1942, major Japanese victory against Allies; IJN destroys Allied fleet) Second Battle of the Java Sea (1 March 1942, decisive Japanese victory; destruction of Allied naval force in Indonesia) Battle of Salamaua-Lae (8-13 March 1942, Allied tactical victory, Japanese strategic victory) Indian Ocean raid (31 March 1942, Japanese victory against Allies) Battle of the Coral Sea (4-8 May 1942, Japanese tactical victory, Allied strategic victory) Battle of Madagascar (5 May–6 November 1942, Allied victory against Vichy French and small contingent of Japanese submarines) Attack on Sydney Harbour (31 May–8 June 1942, Japanese victory against Allies) Battle of Midway (5 June 1942, major US victory; IJN loses four carriers, while USN loses one carrier) Battle of Savo Island (9 August 1942, major Japanese tactical victory against Allies; IJN sinks four heavy cruisers without loss, strategically inconclusive) Battle of the Eastern Solomons (24 August 1942, US victory) Battle of Cape Esperance (11-12 October 1942, US tactical victory, strategically inconclusive) Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands (26 October 1942, Japanese tactical victory, US strategic victory) Battle of Guadalcanal (12 November 1942, major US victory; USN repulses major IJN troop convoy) Battle of Tassafaronga (30 November 1942, Japanese tactical victory against US, strategically inconclusive) Battle of Rennell Island (29-30 January 1943, Japanese defensive victory against US) Battle of the Bismarck Sea (2-4 March 1943, major Allied victory; Allied aircraft destroy major IJN troop convoy) Battle of Blackett Strait (6 March 1943, US victory) Battle of the Komandorski Islands (26 March 1943, tactically inconclusive, US strategic victory) Operation I-Go (1-16 April 1943, Japanese tactical victory against Allies, strategically inconclusive) Battle of Kula Gulf (6 July 1943, US tactical victory, strategically inconclusive) Battle of