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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (15th June 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Leningrad Front continues advancing through through the Finnish VT Line in the Karelian Isthmus

In the Baltic...
Kriegsmarine vessel T-31 is sunk by Soviet torpedo cutters

In France...
French Resistance forces sabotage a factory at Roubaix 
Russian troops in German service loot, commit mass-rape, and destroy St Donat in retaliation for French Resistance activity
Germans begin launching a barrage of 244 V-1 flying bombs aimed at London

In Normandy, France...
Sword Beach is still under German artillery fire
VII Corps of US 1st Army attacking toward Cherbourg and begin to advance across the Cotentin peninsula 
Very heavy air support from Allied air forces

In the English Channel...
RN corvette Mourne is sunk by U-767 
RN destroyer escort Blackwood is sunk by U-764 
Kriegsmarine minesweeper R-51 is sunk by a mine off Rouen

In the North Sea...
German vessel Coburg, Kriegsmarine S-boat tender Gustav Nachtigal and minesweeper M-103 are sunk by RAF Coastal Command aircraft 
U-987 is sunk by RN submarine Satyr 

In Italy...
British 8th Army captures Ficulle and Allerona
US 5th Army reaches Grosseto

In the Mediterranean...
Turkey agrees to halt passage of German vessels into the Aegean

In the Atlantic...
U-860 sunk by aircraft from USN carrier Solomons 

In the United States...
Werner Henke, commanding officer of U-515, is shot and killed while attempting to escape a POW camp 

In the Pacific...
IJN sub chaser Ch-7 sunk by a mine south of the Palau Islands 
Japanese vessel Kanseishi Maru is sunk by USN submarine Swordfish 
IJN auxiliary sub chaser Cha-54 is sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 58 off Rota Island 
Japanese vessel Tatsutakawa Maru sunk by USN destroyers Boyd and Charrette off the Bonin Islands 

Operation Forager: USN Task Force 52 lands US V Amphibious Corps on Saipan, defended by General Saito with reinforced Japanese 43rd Infantry Division. US 2nd Marine Division and 4th Marine Division land near Charan Kanoa. Japanese suffer heavy losses in unsuccessful counterattack against USMC beachhead on Saipan overnight. Off shore, IJN minelayer Ma-101 is sunk by USN destroyer Halsey Powell.

USN battleship Tennessee is damaged by a Japanese shore battery off Tinian 

Japanese aircraft based at Yap Island unsuccessfully attack USN Task Group 58.2 and Task Group 58.3 

HQ US 13th Air Force is relocated to Los Negros Island, with General St Clair Street replacing General Hubert Harmon in command

US 41st Infantry Division still attacking enemy positions around Mokmer airfield on Biak Island 

In Australia...
In a reorganization of Air Forces, HQ US Far Eastern Air Forces (FEAF) is formed under General Kenney to control operations of US 5th Air Force, US 13th Air Force, Air Command Northern Solomons, and Australian and New Zealand air assets


In New Guinea...
HQ US 5th Air Force is relocated to Nadzab 
A new US FEAF fighter strip opens at Aitape 

In China...
US 20th Air Force fuel supplies are exhausted after a raid on Japan

On the Salween Front: 
Limited attacks by Chinese Y Force gain negligible success 

In Burma...
US-Chinese units remain engaged with Japanese troops at Myitkyina
The isolated Japanese 18th Infantry Division retreating from Kamaing into hills to the south
The monsoon season begins in the Arakan, ending all operations there

In India...
British 2nd Infantry Division attacks Japanese rearguard south of Viswema on the road from Kohima to Imphal 
British 23rd LRP Brigade operating beyond Kohima toward Ukhrul attacks Japanese flanks, supply lines, and rear areas

Today's Air Raids...
Hanover and military targets in Germany by US 8th Air Force
Gelsenkirchen, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Boulogne, France by RAF Bomber Command - 3 minesweeper tenders, 9 minesweepers, 2 patrol boats, 3 tugs and 5 harbour defence vessels are sunk.
Dieppe, France fighter sweeps by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Avignon and military targets in Southern France by US 15th Air Forces
La Spezia, Florence and military targets in central Italy by US 12th Air Force
Truk Atoll and military targets on Bougainville Island by US FEAF
Manokwari and Wakde, New Guinea by US FEAF, sinking fishing vessels
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US FEAF
Timor Island by US FEAF
Chichi Jima, Haha Jima and Iwo Jima by Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Group 58.1 and Task Group 58.4
Kyushu, Japan by US 20th Air Force using new B-29 Superfortress bombers
Chuchou, Canton, and military targets in Southern China by US 14th Air Force 
Myitkyina and Mogaung, Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Me Time
Meditation
Online promotional work
Missus Time

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New followers = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
A successful birthday for Missus and a successful initial first date for Son left me well-pleased for them and I enjoyed my freedom from the Weekend Job. My principal intention from this point is FOCUS ON THE RIGHT THING which is to let my ego simply be a point of observation and this body be an avatar of my Higher Self. 

After some experimentation to find the right method for maintaining this focus, I have settled on the maxim of LISTENING GRATEFULLY. If I am listening gratefully, my mind is in the right place and my intention is to keep permanently in this state. It doesn't happen by itself! Discipline and mental effort is required to maintain this focus, by I fully intend to make that effort.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you know what to do in order to get where you want to be?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Rain in the morning will clear by noon 
Thereafter it will be dry and cloudy with a north-westerly breeze throughout
Max Temp = 16 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 04:35
Sunset at 21:39
Jetstream: Running north-south over western Britain and drifting east
Weathertrack: High pressure centred west of Ireland will remain static and expand over Britain.
Air Pressure: 1002 millibars and slowly rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINE
When it comes to helping you, some people stop at nothing. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Graham Norton Show: Cameron Diaz on cheating, being asked out and pubic hair

8. TRIVIA
Everyone is a minority in Hawaii—there are no racial majorities. Haoles or Caucasians, constitute about 33% of the population, Japanese about 33%, Filipino-Americans about 16%, and Chinese-Americans about 5%. Most of the population has mixed ethnicities.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The important thing is to take that first step. Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.