Wednesday, 25 June 2014

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (26th June 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Karelian Front captures Olonets north of Lake Ladoga

Operation Bagration:
Soviet 1st Baltic Front advances rapidly west against German 3rd Panzer Army 
Soviet 39th Army captures Vitebsk, with remnants of German LIII Korps isolated in a nearby pocket
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front captures Orsha and Tolochin
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front advances toward Bobruisk and isolates XXXV Korps of German 9th Army

In Normandy, France...
Sword beach is hit by heavy German artillery fire 

Operation Epsom: 
British 2nd Army attacks around Rauray, Colleville, and Mouen

VII Corps of US 1st Army is fighting in Cherbourg. German General Schlieben and Admiral Hennecke are captured but the garrison fights on.

In the English Channel...
U-719 is sunk by RN destroyer Bulldog 
Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-4620 is sunk by RN MTBs off Channel Islands overnight 

In the North Sea...
U-317 is sunk by RAF aircraft 

In Albania...
Enver Hoxha orders Communist Albanian partisans to move north and attack and destroy Zogist Albanian partisans

In Italy...
British 8th Army captures Chiusi and Monte Pilonica
US 5th Army advances toward Siena 
Italian light cruiser Gorizia, not in commission, is sunk by RN and Italian manned torpedoes at La Spezia 

In the Pacific...
USN Task Force 94 bombards Paramushiru Island

US V Amphibious Corps advances northward on Saipan. Off shore, USN LCI(G)-438 and LCI(G)-456 are damaged in engagement with Japanese landing barges.

On Biak Island, Japanese positions have been reduced to isolated pockets now being individually mopped up.

Japanese vessel Hokushin Maru is sunk off Halmahera Island by US FEAF aircraft

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hengyang Operation): 
Elements of 68th Infantry Division of Japanese 11th Army capture Hengyang airfield 
70th Infantry Division of Japanese 13th Army captures Chuhsien  

On the Salween Front:
Chinese Y Force begins attacks against Tengchung with air support

In Burma...
US-Chinese units besieging Japanese garrison at Myitkyina
Indian 77th LRP Brigade and Chinese 114th Infantry Regiment capture Mogaung  

In India...
Japanese 33rd Infantry Division attacks Indian 17th Infantry Division in the Bishenpur sector south of Imphal 
Out of supplies, General Mutaguchi of Japanese 15th Army requests permission to withdraw from the Imphal-Kohima area

In the Indian Ocean...
Japanese vessel Harugiku Maru is sunk by RN submarine Truculent 

Today's Air Raids...
Drohobcyz, Poland by US 15th Air Force
Vienna and military targets in Austria by US 15th Air Force
Gottingen, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Tininan Island, Nauru Island and Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Yap Island, Sorol Atoll and Noemfoor Island by US FEAF
Wewak, Manokwari and military targets in New Guinea by US FEAF
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US FEAF
Hankow, Tungting Lake and military targets in China by US 14th Air Force 
Lingling Airfield by Japanese aircraft

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


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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
It's been a fulfilling week so far and I intend to maintain the momentum. Internally, I'm developing the ability, for the first time in my life, to choose my own emotion. The implications of this for my wellbeing and effectiveness are very exciting indeed! So long as a maintain focus and mental effort, the only way for my personal power is up!

Externally, I need to exploit all opportunities to make a difference. That is a much more straightforward task than the internal front, as intuition can run my external life automatically. I am learning to put my ego on one side. From frightened child thrown into a big scary universe to taking control is from this vantage point a most joyful transformation, although the experience at various points along it was anything but. However what hasn't killed me has made me stronger.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you moving on to a new start or still mourning in the ruins of the past?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy throughout with an easterly breeze.
Max Temp = 15 degC
Min Temp = 10 degC
Sunrise at 04:37
Sunset at 21:42

Jetstream: Fragmented, east and south of Britain
Weathertrack: A depression forming to the west of Ireland will deepen and track east. High pressure in the Norwegian sea will expand south
Air Pressure: 992 millibars and slowly falling

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
We are shaped by what we love, especially dessert.  :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Brendan O'Carroll on the Graham Norton Show 

8. TRIVIA
The fastest fish is the sailfish. It can swim as fast as a car travels on the highway.  

9. ZEN WISDOM
The two wheels that carry dialogue forward are a belief that everyone possesses goodness within, and a spirit of unflagging determination to tap and draw out that goodness.          

          

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