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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (10th June 1944)
In the Soviet Union...
USAAF General Ira Eaker confers with Soviet Foreign Secretary Molotov regarding Operation Frantic - the US 15th Air Force bombing campaign from Soviet airfields.

On the Russian Front...
Soviet Leningrad Front, following massive artillery bombardment, opens a full-scale offensive against Finnish defenses in the Karelian isthmus

In Normandy, France...
General Montgomery moves his headquarters to Normandy
Completion of Gooseberry breakwaters at Sword beach and construction of Mulberry at Arromanches now underway
Port-en-Bessin is opened for unloading operations 
British 2nd Army attacks toward Caen and Tilly-sur-Seulles
Gooseberry breakwaters completed at Omaha Beach 
US 9th Infantry Division and US 2nd Armored Division arrives in Normandy 
VII Corps and V Corps of US 1st Army finally make contact, joining Utah and Omaha beachheads and creating a continuous Allied front in Normandy
Very heavy air support for ground troops resumes.

In Central France...
At Oradour-sur-Glane, SS troops commanded by Sturmbannfuhrer Adolf Diekmann massacre 642 people and destroy the village in reprisal for the kidnapping of a German soldier. The German commander had got the wrong village - the soldier was being held at Oradour-sur-Vayres.

SOE agent Violette Szabo is captured by German troops   

In the English Channel...
Luftwaffe aircraft attack Allied warships and shipping off Normandy overnight -
USN LSI(L)-21 is sunk, US vessel Charles Morgan is written off and
British vessel Fort Pic damaged.
RN 58th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla attacks a German convoy off Den Helder - Kriegsmarine patrol boats V-1314, V-2020, and V-2021 sunk at the cost of one MTB
Norwegian 54th Motor Torpedo Boat Flotilla attacks Kriegsmarine 11th 
Minesweeping Flotilla off Hook of Holland overnight
USN destroyer Glennon is sunk and RCN minesweeper Tadoussac damaged by shore batteriries
U-821 is sunk by RAF aircraft 
Kriegsmarine 2nd S-Boat Flotilla sorties from Boulogne and attacks an Allied convoy overnight off the Isle of Wight, sinking three British transport vessels

In Italy...
Independent British 5th Corps captures Pescara and Chieti 
British 8th Army attacks toward Terni 
US 5th Army continues advancing north from Tarquinia and Viterbo 
Four Allied vessels are damaged off Anzio by a Luftwaffe attack 

In the Mediterranean...
Kriegsmarine ASW vessel UJ-6078 is sunk by RN submarine Untiring 

In the Pacific...
IJN submarine RO-111 is sunk by USN destroyer Taylor 
IJN submarine RO-42 sunk by USN destroyer escort Bangust 
US 41st Infantry Division continues clearing Japanese forces from around Mokmer airfield on Biak Island 
Japanese vessel Shinei Maru is sunk by patrolling US 5th Air Force aircraft off Manokwari 

In New Guinea...
Japanese 18th Army probes the eastern end of Aitape beachhead around Afua along the Driniumor River 

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
3rd Infantry Division and 13th Infantry Division of Japanese 11th Army attacks Chinese 44th Army at Liuyang 
70th Infantry Division of Japanese 13th Army attacks Chinese 26th Infantry Division and captures Tangchi  

On the Salween front:
 Chinese 71st Army attacks Lungling and captures Japanese strongpoints at Huangtsaopa, Pangmiao, and Fangmachiao 

In Burma...
Chindit Morrisforce repeats unsuccessful attacks against Maingna east of Myitkyina
US-Chinese forces conduct an unsuccessful attack on Myitkyina 
Indian 77th LRP Brigade attacks around Mogaung
Indian 111th LRP Brigade move toward the Pahok-Sahmaw sector south of Mogaung 

In India...
British 2nd Infantry Division continue to be held up by the Japanese rearguard around Viswema on the road from Kohima to Imphal  
Japanese forces attack Indian 23rd Infantry Division at Shenam Pass southeast of Imphal  
Japanese 33rd Infantry Division and Indian 17th Infantry Division are heavily engaged in the Bishenpur sector south of Imphal

In the Indian Ocean...
Japanese vessel Hiyoshi Maru is sunk by RN submarine Tantalus 

Today's Air Raids...
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
Ploesti Oilfield, Romania by US 15th Air Force Fighter-Bombers who claim 33 German/Romanian fighters shot down
Porto Marghera, Trieste, Ancona, Ferrara, and military targets in Northern Italy by US 15th Air Force  
Nauru Island by US 7th Air Force
Truk Atoll by US 7th and 13th Air Forces
Babo and Wewak, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Sabang, Sumatra by Carrier-based aircraft of RN Eastern Fleet
Eastern China on military targets by US 14th Air Force
Chauk, Lonywa, and Yenangyaung, Burma by US 10th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Client prep
Some minor housework
Online promotional work
Meditation
Clent session and follow-up
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I have woken up like a "flat battery" this morning, feeling very leaden, probably after quite quite an early start and physical day yesterday. If so, today will be a chance to recover as most of today's tasks are sedentary in front of either clients or the computer. I also missed yesterday's meditation but will have the opportunity for a long one today.

Feeling less than bouncy will be a good test of my newly-restored faith and focus, to see if I can keep both in the face of fatigue. My faith is of course in myself, but being a Nondualist, I have a very broad definition of what "myself" actually is. Essentially, your Ego, that part of yourself that you can directly sense, is only the tip of the iceberg of who you really are. It is in the much larger subconscious part which I trust to deliver, the ego reserved for simply conscious experience.

I believe that human unhappiness stems from the human sense of self being mistakenly attributed solely to the Ego. When you stop overworking the Ego and trust your Higher Self to do the work, life becomes more of a great experience and less of a struggle.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Would you like to stop being frightened and find out why you don't need to be.

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Sunny in the morning
Showers, some heavy, in the afternoon
Showers will be increasingly fewer and isolated from mid-evening
A moderate south-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 17 degC
Min Temp = 13 degC
Sunrise at 04:37
Sunset at 21:36
Jetstream: Over Britain travelling south-to-north and static
Weathertrack: The depression west of Ireland will drift north-east and high pressure west of Portugal will expand and spread north
Air Pressure: 988 millibars and rising


6. TODAY'S ONELINER
It’s just as well money can’t buy happiness - no one could afford it :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI: The best place to punch a shark

8. TRIVIA
More than 80% of the Earth’s surface is volcanic.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Where there’s life, there’s hope. Hope only disappears when you decide something is hopeless.