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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (8th July
1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Leningrad Front continues attacking Finnish defenses around Tali-Ihantala in the Karelian isthmus
Operation Bagration:
Encircled German 4th Army is destroyed around Minsk
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front captures Baranovichi
In Normandy, France...
British 2nd Army, with offshore naval artillery support, launches new attacks around Caen, and penetrate into the outskirts
VIII Corps of US 1st Army captures La Haye-du-Puits
XIX Corps of US 1st Army advances toward St Lo
VII Corps of US 1st Army attacks toward Periers
In the English Channel...
Kriegsmarine manned torpedoes deployed overnight against Allied warships and shipping off Normandy beaches. Minesweeper Pylades and RN MTB-463 are sunk and Polish cruiser Dragon is written off.
RN MTBs attack Kriegsmarine 13th Patrol Boat Flotilla overnight. One MTB and one Kriegsmarine patrol vessel are sunk
In the North Sea...
A German convoy is attacked by patrolling Allied aircraft. A minesweeper, a patrol vessel and three cargo ships are sunk
In Italy...
German counterattacks are launched against the British 8th Army
US 5th Army captures Volterra and Roncalla
In the Atlantic...
U-243 is sunk by RAF aircraft in the Bay of Biscay
Free French submarine Perle mistakenly sunk by aircraft from British vessels Empire McCollum and Empire McColl
In Argentina...
Juan Peron is appointed vice-president and begins to assume dictatorial powers
In the Pacific...
Effective Japanese resistance on Saipan ends and breaks up into isolated pockets. Air attacks on offshore shipping sink 7 guardboats
2 Japanese sub-chasers are sunk by patrolling aircraft off Rabaul, New Britain
Cruisers and destroyers of USN Task Group 53.18 bombard Japanese installations on Guam whilst its aircraft attack from the air
IJN guardboat Moji Maru is sunk by USN submarine Bonefish off the East Indies
Japanese vessel Matsu Maru is sunk by USN submarine Tautog off Japan
In China...
Chiang Kai-shek accepts
in principle Roosevelt's suggestion that Stilwell should take command of
all Allied military resources in China
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation):
Chinese forces counterattack Japanese 11th Army around Leiyang
On the Salween Front:
Chinese forces encircle Tengchung
In Burma...
Indian 111th LRP Brigade attacks around Taungni southwest of Mogaung
In India...
Japanese forces around Ukhrul, unsupplied and with troops dying of disease and starvation, cease effective resistance
Today's Air Raids...
Vienna, Austria by US 15th Air Force
Scholven and Buer, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
V-Weapons sites in France by US 9th Air Force
Veszprem Airfield, Hungary by US 15th Air Force
Tinian, and Pagan Island by US 7th Air Force
Rota Island by USN aircraft from Task Force 53
Woelai Atoll by US FEAF
New Guinea on military targets by US FEAF
Cam Lo and offshore coastal shipping, Indochina by US 14th Air Force Canton, Tungting Lake and military targets in China by US 14th Air Force
Kanchou airfield and Suichwan airfield, China by Japanese aircraft
Myitkyina, Burma by US 10th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Hedge-trimming
Online promotional work
Client prep, session and follow-up
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I have launched some new initiatives online and now need to keep them going! Time continues to whizz by at what appears to be breakneck speed! That is not just due to age but the fact I'm happy! I know what "me" really means, I know the purpose of this character and life is simply a challenge to maintain focus and resist distractions internal and external. Intend my single thought to be Peace Of Mind and all action intuitive
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are your ambitions many, a few or just one?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Mainly dry with sunny intervals
Possibility of an isolated shower in the late afternoon and early evening
Skies clearing overnight
A north-westerly or northerly breeze will blow overnight
Max Temp = 16 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 04:46
Sunset at 21:37
Jetstream: North-South over Britain
Weathertrack: The depression off Iceland will dissipate. High Pressure over the Azores will expand north. A depression over central Europe will drift north-west
Air Pressure: 989 millibars and rising
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
A book looks thinner and feels better once it's had its appendix removed :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI - Nostrils
8. TRIVIA
Online dating research reveals that women are most concerned about a
potential partner’s height, while men are more concerned about the
weight of a possible date. Men even just an inch under the average
height and women more than 20 pounds overweight have a tougher time
getting a date.
9. ZEN WISDOM
As long as we are human, we are bound to make mistakes. What
distinguishes a forward-looking person from an intransigent one, a
virtuous person from a dishonest one, however, is whether one can
candidly admit to one’s mistakes and take bold steps to redress them.
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