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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. ; 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]. 14 Further reading Japanese foreign affairs minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on board USS Missouri 2 September 1945!

Three community college districts exist with campuses in and around Harris County the Houston Community College System serves most of Houston the northwestern through northeastern parts of the county are served by various campuses of the Lone Star College System while the southeastern portion of the county is served by San Jacinto College the Houston Community College and Lone Star College systems are within the 10 largest institutions of higher learning in the United States. Bronze figure of a Portuguese soldier made by Benin culture in West Africa around 1600 3.4 Deep East Texas. Spanish possessions in Asia and Oceania 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, Throughout the night Mexican troops worked to fortify their camp creating breastworks out of everything they could find including saddles and brush at 9 a.m on April 21 Cos arrived with 540 reinforcements bringing the Mexican force to 1,200 men which outnumbered the Texians. Cos's men were raw recruits rather than experienced soldiers and they had marched steadily for more than 24 hours with no rest and no food. As the morning wore on with no Texian attack Mexican officers lowered their guard by afternoon Santa Anna had given permission for Cos's men to sleep; his own tired troops also took advantage of the time to rest eat and bathe.