Monday 23 June 2014

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (24th June 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Karelian Front advances as Finnish forces withdraw to U Line north of Lake Ladoga
Soviet Leningrad Front unsuccessfully attempt to break through Finnish positions around Viipuri 

Operation Bagration:
Hitler orders that German LIII Korps, isolated in Vitebsk, must not withdraw
Soviet 1st Baltic Front attacks 3rd Panzer Army and crosses the Dvina river 
Soviet 2nd and 3rd Byelorussian Front attack German 4th Army 
With strong air and artillery support, Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front attacks  German 9th Army

In Normandy, France
Sword beach is still being hit by shellfire
VII Corps of US 1st Army continue to assault Cherbourg

Limoges, France...
The Grench Resistances sabotages a hydroelectric power plant

In the English Channel...
U-971 is heavily damaged by RN warships and RAF aircraft and scuttled 
RN frigate Nith is damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft off Normandy 
RN destroyer Swift and British vessels Fort Norfolk and Derry Cunihy are sunk by mines off Normandy
British vessel Empire Lough is sunk and Gurdon Gates damaged by German cross-Channel batteries 
Kriegsmarine 2nd S-Boat Flotilla conducts minelaying operations overnight, but is driven off by Allied aircraft 

In the North Sea...
U-1225 is sunk by RAF aircraft 

In Hungary...
By decree all remaining Jewish homes must be marked with the yellow Star of David

In the Mediterranean...
Croatian torpedo boat TA-34 (ex Yugoslavian T-7) is sunk by RN MGBs and MTB's
Kriegsmarine torpedo boat TA-22 is heavily damaged by Allied aircraft and written off 

In Italy...
British 8th Army conducts major attacks against strong resistance around Vaiano, Chiusi, and Magione
US 5th Army, advancing slowly, captures Follonica

In the Atlantic...
IJN submarine I-52, en route from Germany to Japan, is sunk by aircraft from USN escort carrier Bogue 

In the Pacific...
As US V Amphibious Corps continues to fight its way northward on Saipan, USMC General Holland Smith relieves US Army General Ralph Smith from command of 27th Infantry Division 

Continued US 41st Infantry Division attacks against Japanese positions around Mokmer airfield on Biak Island

USN submarine Grouper sinks two vessels of Japan whilst USN submarine Tang sinks four.
Japanese vessel Aso Maru is sunk by USN submarine Redfin off the Philippines 

In New Guinea...
In Arare sector, US 6th Infantry Division attacks around Lone Tree Hill 

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hengyang Operation): 
Elements of Japanese 11th Army advance toward Hengyang

In Burma...
Indian 77th LRP Brigade and Chinese 114th Infantry Regiment attack Mogaung

In India...
British 14th Army regroups around Imphal to pursue Japanese 15th Army

Today's Air Raids...
Bremen and Wesermunde, Germany by US 8th Air Force, sinking a hospital ship, a minesweeper and a patrol vessel at Wesermunde
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
V-Weapons sites, France by Allied Air Forces
Ploesti Oilfield and Craiova, Romania by US 15th Air Force
Pagan Island by Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Group 58.1
Yap Island by US FEAF
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US FEAF
Wewak, New Guinea by US FEAF
Noemfoor Island by US FEAF
Iwo Jima by Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Group 58.1
Eastern China on military targets by US 14th Air Force
Myitkyina and military targets in North Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Gardening
Online promotional work
Client prep, session and follow-up
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,760 (no change)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0

Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New followers = 0


3. TODAY'S SELF OBSERVATION
I am pressing on to make Peace Of Mind my only initiated thought, and to allow intuition to make all the decisions. Certainly in the benign circumstances of home life I can feel the difference and I intend it to make more difference in all my interactions. 

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have clear objectives for today, this year and your life?  

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout and mainly cloudy.
A moderate north-westerly wind will swing north-easterly around noon.
Max Temp = 17 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 04:36
Sunset at 21:42

Jetstream: Over Scotland and northern England traveling north-west to south-east, and drifting slowly east
Weathertrack: High pressure west of Ireland is retreating south and dissipating. A light weather front will travel south down the North Sea
Air Pressure: 995 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I’m always careful to get something every day from the four basic food groups: canned, frozen, microwave and takeaway.  

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
The Fast Show - Unlucky Alf - The Parrot

8. TRIVIA
During the 2011 fiscal year, the U.S. government earned $2.4 trillion in revenue. Unfortunately, it spent $3.7 trillion. 

9. ZEN WISDOM
Relative happiness is happiness that depends on things outside ourselves, such as affluence or social standing. While the happiness such things bring us is certainly real, it shatters easily when external conditions alter. Absolute happiness, on the other hand, is something we must find within. It means establishing a state of life in which we are never defeated by difficulties, and where just being alive is a source of great joy. 
          

              

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