A similarity between the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Coral Sea is that both

Both battles were fought mainly by aircraft launched from aircraft carriers, with opposing fleets often never seeing each other directly. The Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway were both major carrier-based battles. Island-hopping was a later Allied strategy, and the Coral Sea battle was not a clear Allied victory in the same way Midway was.

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