. 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. . In August 2017 Houston experienced record flooding as a result of Hurricane Harvey the damages due to flash flooding are estimated at or above $50 billion making it one of the worst and costliest natural disasters in the United States Relief efforts are currently underway and are expected to last for years to come, 16.2 Geography and environment The Harris County Fire Marshal's Office operates an Investigative Branch an Emergency Response Branch (Hazardous Materials Response) and Prevention Branch (Inspections) the office is headquartered at 2318 Atascocita Road in an unincorporated area. Incorporated cities operate their own fire departments, German panzers of the Afrika Korps advancing across the North African desert 1941. .
! . ! Champions Forest 1950 7,711,194 20.2% As early as October 27 Mexican president Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna had been preparing to quell the unrest in Texas in early 1836 Santa Anna personally led a 6,000-man force toward Texas His force was large but ill-trained. Santa Anna led the bulk of the troops to San Antonio de Bexar to besiege the Alamo Mission while General Jose de Urrea led the remaining troops up the coast of Texas. Urrea's forces soon defeated all the Texian resistance along the coast culminating in the Goliad Massacre where they executed 300 Texian prisoners of war. After a thirteen-day siege Santa Anna's forces overwhelmed the nearly 200 Texians defending the Alamo and killed the prisoners "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!" became a battle cry of the Texas Revolution. .
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