Steel is an alloy of iron and other elements, primarily carbon, that is widely used in construction and other applications because of its high tensile strength and low cost.
The turning point of the Pacific Campaign of World War II was the naval Battle of Midway, which occurred between June 4 and June 7, 1942.
Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: Turning Point in the Pacific War. At dawn on Friday, November 13, 1942, burning, wrecked ships littered the waters of Guadalcanal. At a cost of five ships and thousands of lives, the U.S. Navy had blunted Japanâs drive to break the Guadalcanal stalemate. Despite the strategic defeat and loss of the battleship Hiei, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of Japanâs Combined Fleet, was determined to try again to break the deadlock and win the war.