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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (15th July 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Battle of Kursk:
German 4th Panzer Army, having abandoned the Kursk offensive, retreats to its start line. - The Kursk offensive was in reality doomed before it started. British Intelligence had broken the Germans' highest security codes and supplied the Soviets with the entire German order of battle. The Soviets exploited the opportunity to wear down German armour and so ensure the success of their own offensive on the Orel Salient.

Soviet Central Front attacking the German 9th Army.

In London...
The first draft plan for the invasions of Northern France (Operation Overlord) and Southern France (Operation Anvil) are completed and submitted for approval.

In Sicily...
General Hube's XIV Panzer Korps HQ arrives to take command of German forces on the island
British 8th Army captures Grammichele and Caltagirone and attacks around Primosole bridge
US 7th Army forms Provisional Corps to push west and north toward Palermo

In the Atlantic...
U-135 sunk by USN aircraft and RN warships
U-509 sunk by USN aircraft from escort carrier Santee
U-159 sunk by USN aircraft off Haiti
British vessel Harmonic sunk by U-572
In the Pacific...
USN destroyer Monaghan bombards Kiska Island
USN submarine Narwhal bombards Matsuwa Island
US fighters claim 45 Japanese aircraft downed against three losses in intense dogfighting over the central Solomons.
IJN cruiser Nagara damaged by mine at Kavieng on New Ireland

In the Indian Ocean...
British vessel Empire Lake sunk by U-181

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Montebeliard, Northern France by RAF Bomber Command
Villa San Giovanni and Foggia, Italy by USAAF
Northern Italy on power-stations by RAF Bomber Command
Palermo and military targets, Sicily by USAAF
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Orodubi, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
 
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Bath
Follow up client enquiry
Organize a new phone for Sebastian
Housework
Meditation
Online Marketing
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Another day in the "bubble of bliss" that is home life. I intend to make best use of it to make a difference - to myself, others and the environment. That's all! It's not that my life has reached "happily ever after" point, for no life actually does, but rather that I know who and what I am on every level, and what I want to do. My life at this point is free of suffering and confusion, enabling me to fully experience it to the full. Of course it is the very fact that I have experienced suffering and confusion aplenty that makes me fully appreciative.

I don't forget either that I am vulnerable. No matter how robust I may become, I can still be broken by adversity. Since what happens to me is not wholly under my control, I will "make hay while the sun shines" and make the most difference I can with what I have now.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you responding in the best way to today?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Warm, dry and sunny all day
Clear overnight
A moderate westerly wind will blow throughout
Max Temp = 22 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 04:55
Sunset at 21:30

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I'm trying to give up making sexual innuendos but it's really hard : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Nina Conti on Russell Howard's Good News

8. TRIVIA
Women attempt suicide three times more than men do, but men are three times more likely to succeed.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Nothing can match the strength of those whose lives have been shaped and forged through challenging and overcoming hardships. Such people fear nothing.