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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (11th September
1943)
In the Arctic...
Kriegsmarine ASW vessel UJ-1217 sunk by Soviet submarine M-107
On the Russian Front...
Soviet North Caucasus Front is heavily engaged with the German 17th Army in the Kuban.
In the Black Sea...
Kriegsmarine S-boat S-46 is sunk by Soviet aircraft
On Rhodes...
Italian Regina Infantry Division surrenders to German StormDivision Rhodos
In the Adriatic...
Italian transport Leopardi with 700 troops on board captured by Kriegsmarine S-boats S-54 and S-61
Italian gunboat Aurora sunk by Kriegsmarine S-boats S-54 and S-61 off Ancona
Italian destroyer Sella sunk by Kriegsmarine S-boats S-54 and S-61 off Venice
In Italy...
British 1st Airborne Division, advancing from Taranto, enters Brindisi unopposed
British 8th Army reaches Crotone, Castrovillari, and Belvedere
US 5th Army heavily engaged at Altavilla, Ponte Sele, Sele River, Montecorvino, and Battipaglia
In a combined Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine attack on Salerno, USN destroyer Rowan is sunk by S-boats and cruiser Savannah is damaged by aircraft
In the Atlantic...
U-107 conducts minelaying operations off Charleston, South Carolina
U-617 is severely damaged by RAF aircraft
In the Pacific...
USN LCT-71 sinks in a storm off the Aleutians
IJN cruiser Abukuma damaged by US 11th Air Force aircraft off Paramushiru Island
Japanese vessel Yoko Maru sunk by USN submarine Harder
Japanese vessel Hokusho Maru sunk by USN submarine Narwhal
US vessel Navajo is sunk by IJN submarine I-39
Japanese vessel Tsuyama Maru is sunk by USN submarine Spearfish off Japan
US 27th Infantry
Regiment is transported to Arundel Island and begins attacking Japanese positions
in conjunction with 172nd Infantry Regiment
In New Guinea...
An Australian patrol discovers that Salamaua has been abandoned by the Japanese, and 29th Infantry Brigade secures the airfield. 9th Infantry Division continues a difficult crossing of Busu River east of Lae, whilst USN Task Group 76.2 bombards Japanese positions at Lae.
In the Indian Ocean...
Five U-Boats rendezvous with German tanker Brake to refuel and replenish
Today's Air Raids...
Beaumont-Le-Roger Airfield and Le Trait by US 8th Air Force
Northern France and Bay of Biscay RAF Fighter patrols
Vila, Kolombangara Island by US AirSols
Kahili, Bougainville Island by US AirSols
Makassar, Celebes Island by US 5th Air Force, sinking IJN minesweeper W-16
Hankow and Wuchang, China by US 14th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Gardening
Bookwriting
Meditation
Missus Time
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
With the house to myself all day and no pressing domestic tasks, it's a golden opportunity for contemplation and inspiration! I will enjoy the opportunity for solitude and simply contentedly being, truly living life.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
When it's quiet, are you bored or fulfilled?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cool, cloudy and dry in the morning
Rain arriving in the afternoon will be persistent and often heavy
Rain will peter out around dusk
Cool and overcast after dark, with fog setting in after midnight
A cool moderate north-westerly will ease to become negligible by dusk
Max Temp = 11 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 06:32
Sunset at 19:34
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If you're in Central Europe and you see men who've gone bankrupt jumping up and down, they're bouncing Czechs : D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI: The interleaved phone directories
8. TRIVIA
Grapes and raisins are poisonous to dogs
9. ZEN WISDOM
To give up even before you’ve begun is actually arrogance—an affront to
the wondrous power of life within you and disrespectful to yourself.
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