Germany had been de facto divided and two independent states the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic were created within the borders of Allied and Soviet occupation zones the rest of Europe was also divided into Western and Soviet spheres of influence. Most eastern and central European countries fell into the Soviet sphere which led to establishment of Communist-led regimes with full or partial support of the Soviet occupation authorities As a result East Germany Poland Hungary Romania Czechoslovakia and Albania became Soviet satellite states Communist Yugoslavia conducted a fully independent policy causing tension with the Soviet Union, Main article: Culture of Texas Houston Texas Business Directory. . In Asia and the Pacific between 3 million and more than 10 million civilians mostly Chinese (estimated at 7.5 million) were killed by the Japanese occupation forces the most infamous Japanese atrocity was the Nanking Massacre in which fifty to three hundred thousand Chinese civilians were raped and murdered. Mitsuyoshi Himeta reported that 2.7 million casualties occurred during the Sanko Sakusen General Yasuji Okamura implemented the policy in Heipei and Shantung. . Hoping more settlers would reduce the near-constant Comanche raids Mexican Texas liberalized its immigration policies to permit immigrants from outside Mexico and Spain. Under the Mexican immigration system large swathes of land were allotted to empresarios who recruited settlers from the United States Europe and the Mexican interior the first grant to Moses Austin was passed to his son Stephen F Austin after his death! In May 1870 Houston was the site of the Texas State Fair the fair remained in Houston until 1878, Houston Texas Business Directory In 1950 the availability of air conditioning provided impetus for many companies to relocate to Houston where wages were lower than those in the North; this resulted in an economic boom and produced a key shift in the city's economy toward the energy sector.
Main article: Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II, The vague unrest erupted into armed conflict on October 2 1835 at the Battle of Gonzales when Texans repelled a Mexican attempt to retake a small cannon. This launched the Texas Revolution and over the next three months the Texian Army successfully defeated all Mexican troops in the region. Portuguese Empire Houston is a significant hub for trafficking of cocaine cannabis heroin MDMA and methamphetamine due to its size and proximity to major illegal drug exporting nations. Houston is one of the country's largest hubs for human trafficking; Main article: Geography of Houston In early 2006 the Champ Car auto racing series returned to Houston for a yearly race held on the streets of the Reliant Park complex the city had previously been home to a Champ Car round from 1998 to 2001.[citation needed], Higher education 3.2 Religion The economy which had experienced significant recovery since the Civil War was dealt a double blow by the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl After the Stock Market Crash of 1929 the economy suffered significant reversals Thousands of city workers became unemployed many of whom depended on federal relief programs such as FERA WPA and CCC Thousands of unemployed Mexican citizens received one-way bus tickets to their home villages in Mexico!
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