Exploiting poor American naval command decisions the German navy ravaged Allied shipping off the American Atlantic coast by November 1941 Commonwealth forces had launched a counter-offensive Operation Crusader in North Africa and reclaimed all the gains the Germans and Italians had made in North Africa the Germans launched an offensive in January pushing the British back to positions at the Gazala Line by early February followed by a temporary lull in combat which Germany used to prepare for their upcoming offensives. Concerns the Japanese might use bases in Vichy-held Madagascar caused the British to invade the island in early May 1942 an Axis offensive in Libya forced an Allied retreat deep inside Egypt until Axis forces were stopped at El Alamein on the Continent raids of Allied commandos on strategic targets culminating in the disastrous Dieppe Raid demonstrated the Western Allies' inability to launch an invasion of continental Europe without much better preparation equipment and operational security.[page needed], The San Jacinto Monument is a memorial to the men who died during the Texas Revolution. ; Diego de Ordaz (Venezuela 1532), 145 Carol Alvarado Democratic 2008 Inner southeastern portions of Houston (mainly east of I-45) South Houston (not part of the city of Houston), On July 26 2003 the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau started "The Neighborhoods Alive: Houston's Multicultural Tour," a bus tour throughout several neighborhoods in inner Houston the tour's destinations included Downtown Houston the First Ward the Second Ward the Third Ward the Sixth Ward East Downtown and Midtown Two later bookings those for August 23 2003 and September 2003 quickly sold out Therefore the bureau added six more dates on short notice.
! The Spanish settled and took control of Tidore in 1603 to trade spices and counter Dutch encroachment in the archipelago of Maluku the Spanish presence lasted until 1663 when the settlers and military were moved back to the Philippines Part of the Ternatean population chose to leave with the Spanish settling near Manila in what later became the municipality of Ternate; 5.2.2 Texas politics today 8.1.1 Germans, Black-and-white photograph showing a balding man from the chest up He is looking to the side with a pensive expression. In 1939 the United States had renounced its trade treaty with Japan and beginning with an aviation gasoline ban in July 1940 Japan became subject to increasing economic pressure. During this time Japan launched its first attack against Changsha a strategically important Chinese city but was repulsed by late September. Despite several offensives by both sides the war between China and Japan was stalemated by 1940 to increase pressure on China by blocking supply routes and to better position Japanese forces in the event of a war with the Western powers Japan invaded and occupied northern Indochina. Afterwards the United States embargoed iron steel and mechanical parts against Japan, METRO put in light rail service on January 1 2004 Voters have decided by a close margin (52% Yes to 48% No) that METRO's light rail shall be expanded, Cockrell Butterfly Area Houston Museum of Natural Science. The new international Terminal E at George Bush Intercontinental Airport opened with 30 gates in 2003. .
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