5.3 South America In early May 1942 Japan initiated operations to capture Port Moresby by amphibious assault and thus sever communications and supply lines between the United States and Australia the planned invasion was thwarted when an Allied task force centred on two American fleet carriers fought Japanese naval forces to a draw in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Japan's next plan motivated by the earlier Doolittle Raid was to seize Midway Atoll and lure American carriers into battle to be eliminated; as a diversion Japan would also send forces to occupy the Aleutian Islands in Alaska in mid-May Japan started the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign in China with the goal of inflicting retribution on the Chinese who aided the surviving American airmen in the Doolittle Raid by destroying air bases and fighting against the Chinese 23rd and 32nd Army Groups in early June Japan put its operations into action but the Americans having broken Japanese naval codes in late May were fully aware of the plans and order of battle and used this knowledge to achieve a decisive victory at Midway over the Imperial Japanese Navy! East Texans enjoy many Texas state parks including Caddo Lake Atlanta Daingerfield Lake Bob Sandlin Tyler Mission Tejas in Grapeland Cooper Lake Lake Tawakoni Martin Creek Huntsville Lake Sam Rayburn Lake Livingston and Sea Rim among others East Texas is also home to the Angelina National Forest Sam Houston National Forest Sabine National Forest Big Thicket National Preserve Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge and McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, Background, Houston Texas Business Directory. The outlying areas of Houston the airports and the city's suburbs and enclaves are outside the Loop Another ring road Beltway 8 (also known simply as the "Beltway" or as the "Sam Houston Tollway") encircles the city another 5 miles (8 km) farther out Parts of Beltway 8 are toll roads but for most of the route motorists can drive in the adjacent "feeder" or service roads at no charge.[citation needed] Farm to Market Road 1960 (FM 1960) forms a semicircle in northern Houston and is another dividing line the third ring road State Highway 99 (also known as the Grand Parkway) is under construction.[citation needed] Long stated that most of the wealthier Houston suburbs are west and north of the central city while to the southeast the Clear Lake/NASA "[represents] another burgeoning concentration of largely aerospace-related prosperity", The new state grew rapidly as migrants poured into the fertile cotton lands of east Texas. With their investments in cotton lands and slaves Texas planters established cotton plantations in the eastern districts the central area of the state was developed more by subsistence farmers who seldom owned slaves; People in the service of Spain A geomap depicting the income by county in Texas as of 2014, 5 Awards and recognitions 5 Culture On 6 June 1944 (known as D-Day) after three years of Soviet pressure the Western Allies invaded northern France After reassigning several Allied divisions from Italy they also attacked southern France. These landings were successful and led to the defeat of the German Army units in France Paris was liberated on 25 August by the local resistance assisted by the Free French Forces both led by General Charles de Gaulle and the Western Allies continued to push back German forces in western Europe during the latter part of the year an attempt to advance into northern Germany spearheaded by a major airborne operation in the Netherlands failed. After that the Western Allies slowly pushed into Germany but failed to cross the Ruhr river in a large offensive in Italy Allied advance also slowed due to the last major German defensive line.
2010 25,145,561 20.6% Texas modernized and expanded its system of higher education through the 1960s the state created a comprehensive plan for higher education funded in large part by oil revenues and a central state apparatus designed to manage state institutions more efficiently These changes helped Texas universities receive federal research funds. . 5.2 North America Constable Precinct 1 Alan Rosen Democratic (11.9) 46.2 Houston Texas Business Directory 1880 16,513 76.0% Cuba and United States: Maritime boundary agreement between the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba of December 16 1977. . Highlands 4.2 Goliad Campaign Religious affiliation in Texas (2014) 10 External links Nicolas de La Fora's 1771 map of the northern frontier of New Spain clearly shows the Provincia de los Tejas. President Andrew Johnson appointed Union General A J Hamilton as provisional governor on June 17 1865 Hamilton had been a prominent politician before the war He granted amnesty to ex-Confederates if they promised to support the Union in the future appointing some to office on March 30 1870 although Texas did not meet all the requirements Congress restored Texas to the Union.
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