Map of Japanese military advances through mid-1942 2.7 1970s and integration, At the Casablanca Conference in early 1943 the Allies reiterated the statements issued in the 1942 Declaration and demanded the unconditional surrender of their enemies the British and Americans agreed to continue to press the initiative in the Mediterranean by invading Sicily to fully secure the Mediterranean supply routes. Although the British argued for further operations in the Balkans to bring Turkey into the war in May 1943 the Americans extracted a British commitment to limit Allied operations in the Mediterranean to an invasion of the Italian mainland and to invade France in 1944. The architecture of Houston includes a wide variety of award-winning and historic examples located in various areas of the city of Houston Texas From early in its history to current times the city inspired innovative and challenging building design and construction as it quickly grew into an internationally recognized commercial and industrial hub of Texas and the United States, 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]. ; 3.3 Treaties Houston has four major bayous passing through the city: Buffalo Bayou which runs into downtown and the Houston Ship Channel; and three of its tributaries: Brays Bayou which runs along the Texas Medical Center; White Oak Bayou which runs through the Heights and near the northwest area; and Sims Bayou which runs through the south of Houston and downtown Houston the ship channel goes past Galveston and into the Gulf of Mexico!
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