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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (25th November 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Byelorussian Front crosses the Berezina and captures Propaisk
Soviet West Front opens a new offensive against the German 4th Army
German 4th Panzer Army's counter-offensive is halted well-short of Kiev 

In the Black Sea...
German vessel Wolga-Don is sunk by Soviet submarine L-6 

In Italy...
Headquarters of the Free French Expeditionary Force is relocated to Italy

In Egypt...
Cairo conference continues with Churchill, Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai-shek

In the Atlantic...
U-600 is sunk by RN frigates Bazely and Blackwood
U-849 is sunk by USN PB4Y aircraft

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Kenzan Maru is sunk by USN submarine Albacore
Japanese vessel Toa Maru is sunk by USN submarine Searaven 
IJN submarine I-19 is sunk by USN destroyer Radford  

Elements of US 6th Marine Regiment search for Japanese stragglers on outlying parts of Tarawa Atoll   

Japanese aircraft attack USN forces at Makin Atoll, and USN Lt Commander Butch O'Hare is lost during interception

IJN submarine RO-100 is sunk by mine off Bougainville Island 

Battle of Cape St George: Five IJN destroyers, returning to Rabaul from Buka Island, are intercepted by USN Destroyer Squadron 23. In the ensuing exchange of fire, three Japanese destroyers are sunk and one damaged. This marks the end of the "Tokyo Express", the Japanese resupply of its forces in the Solomon Islands. With the Americans' development of radar, Japanese ships are no longer able to evade interception.

In New Guinea...
Australian 26th Infantry Brigade captures Sattelberg

In China...
Changte Operation: Japanese 11th Army attacks Changte against strong resistance by 57th Infantry Division of Chinese 74th Army 

Today's Air Raids...
Frankfurt, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
St. Omer and Lille, France by US 8th Air Force Fighters
V-1 sites in France by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force Fighters
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Sarajevo and Travnik, Yugoslavia by US 12th Air Force
Italy German front line by US 12th Air Force
Taroa Island by US 7th Air Force
Mille Atoll by US naval aircraft
Bogadjim Road, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Formosa Island by US 14th Air Force - 40 Japanese aircraft are destroyed on the ground
Rangoon, Burma by US 10th Air Force and the RAF

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Housework
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,698 (down 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 1
Unfollowers eliminated = 0

New followers = 0
 


3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
After an uneventful and trouble-free weekend full of blessing and bonding, the week begins with my focus firmly on my prime life objective: making a difference. In this aim I am always campaigning on two fronts - externally doing things that achieve my purpose and internally keeping focus in place, because it doesn't stay there by default! 

My mind left to itself will invariably look for trouble, often in the hurts of the past. I do not have an "autopilot" - my mind heads for the rocks every time my focus eases. Daily rituals and disciplines, the "insulin of the mind" are therefore essential to my wellbeing!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you keeping mind and body well-maintained and tuned-up?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, clear and cold up to mid-evening
Freezing fog thereafter
A light westerly will swing north-westerly by late morning
Max Temp = 3 degC
Min Temp = -2 degC
Sunrise at 07:51
Sunset at 15:56

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If a big white bird with long legs keeps following you, you're being storked : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!   
QI: The right number of kisses

8. TRIVIA 
An average water molecule will spend 9 days in the atmosphere, 2 weeks in a river, 10 years in a large lake, 3,000 to 5,000 years in an ocean, 10,000-100,000+ years underground, and 10,000 to 1,000,000+ years in an Antarctic ice cap.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The course of our lives is determined by how we react—what we decide and what we do—at the darkest of times. The nature of that response determines a person’s true worth and greatness.  


   

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