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. 23 Apache Corporation 206 The bombing of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War sparked fears abroad in Europe that the next war would be based on bombing of cities with very high civilian casualties, In 1940 Houston was a city of 400,000 population dependent on shipping and oil the war dramatically expanded the city's economic base thanks to massive federal spending Energetic entrepreneurs most notably George Brown James Elkins and James Abercrombie landed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal wartime investment in technologically complex facilities Houston oil companies moved from being mere refiners and became sophisticated producers of petrochemicals Especially important were synthetic rubber and high octane fuel which retained their importance after the war the war moved the natural gas industry from a minor factor to a major energy source; Houston became a major hub when a local firm purchased the federally-financed Inch pipelines Other major growth industries included steel munitions and shipbuilding Tens of thousands of new migrants streamed in from rural areas straining the city's housing supply and the city's ability to provide local transit and schools For the first time high paying jobs went to large numbers of women blacks and Mexican Americans the city's African American community emboldened by their newfound prosperity became a hotbed of civil rights agitation; the Smith v Allwright Supreme Court decision on voting rights was backed and funded by local blacks in this period.[page needed]. The Allies had mixed success in mainland Asia in March 1944 the Japanese launched the first of two invasions an operation against British positions in Assam India and soon besieged Commonwealth positions at Imphal and Kohima in May 1944 British forces mounted a counter-offensive that drove Japanese troops back to Burma by July and Chinese forces that had invaded northern Burma in late 1943 besieged Japanese troops in Myitkyina the second Japanese invasion of China aimed to destroy China's main fighting forces secure railways between Japanese-held territory and capture Allied airfields by June the Japanese had conquered the province of Henan and begun a new attack on Changsha in Hunan province. See also: List of shopping malls in Texas, Spanish Mastiff used in expeditions and guard 2 Geology In June 1943 the British and Americans began a strategic bombing campaign against Germany with a goal to disrupt the war economy reduce morale and "de-house" the civilian population the firebombing of Hamburg was among the first attacks in this campaign inflicting significant casualties and considerable losses on infrastructure of this important industrial centre. Ralph Yarborough born in Chandler Henderson County Banking and financial services are vital to the region Forty foreign governments maintain trade and commercial offices here and the city has 23 active foreign chambers of commerce and trade associations. Twenty-two foreign banks representing 12 nations operate in Houston and provide financial assistance to the international community in 1997 Houston had offices of 84 subsidiaries of Japanese companies. Houston Texas Business Directory, Colonization Although all of Germany's stated demands had been satisfied by the agreement privately Hitler was furious that British interference had prevented him from seizing all of Czechoslovakia in one operation in subsequent speeches Hitler attacked British and Jewish "war-mongers" and in January 1939 secretly ordered a major build-up of the German navy to challenge British naval supremacy in March 1939 Germany invaded the remainder of Czechoslovakia and subsequently split it into the German Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and a pro-German client state the Slovak Republic. Hitler also delivered the 20 March 1939 ultimatum to Lithuania forcing the concession of the Klaipeda Region, 1 Arts and theatre Prelude 138 Dwayne Bohac Republican 2002 Northwest Houston and parts of the Memorial/Spring Branch area north of I-10 Addicks Reservoir. Cuba and United States: Maritime boundary agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba of December 16 1977 vte. Harris-Fort Bend ESD #100 Dual Community FD 1% .07951 1980 14,229,191 27.1% 8.1 Texas self-perception See also: Tex-Mex cuisine in Houston In 1973 the United States Environmental Protection Agency prohibited the dumping of undiluted chemical waste by manufacturing interests into the Gulf and the military confessed to similar behavior in waters off Horn Island.

! ; . Environmental issues In the early 1970s Houston Pasadena and several coastal towns were the site of the Houston mass murders which at the time were the deadliest case of serial killing in American history, Catholic 23 1860 9,070 94.3% (12) 36 Hilshire Village Proposals of 1850 for Texas northwestern boundary See also: List of invasive marine fish in the Gulf of Mexico; Much of Houston's success as a petrochemical complex is due to its busy man-made ship channel the Port of Houston the port ranks first in the country in international commerce and is the sixth-largest port in the world Amid other U.S ports it is the busiest in foreign tonnage and second in overall tonnage Because of these economic trades many residents have moved to Houston from other U.S states as well as hundreds of countries worldwide. At the end of September 1940 the Tripartite Pact formally united Japan Italy and Germany as the Axis Powers the Tripartite Pact stipulated that any country with the exception of the Soviet Union which attacked any Axis Power would be forced to go to war against all three the Axis expanded in November 1940 when Hungary Slovakia and Romania joined. Romania and Hungary would make major contributions to the Axis war against the Soviet Union in Romania's case partially to recapture territory ceded to the Soviet Union; .