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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (1st September 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Attempting to avoid unnecessary losses, the Soviet Union requests permission for its troops to enter Bulgarian territory
The German 6th and 17th Armies, destroyed in the recent Soviet offensives, are re-formed, the 17th in Slovakia and the 6th in Hungary
Soviet forces capture Calarasi and Giurgiu in Romania
German forces conduct a major attack on the Old Town district of Warsaw
US 15th Air Force continues to evacuate American POWs from Bucharest to Italy

In Germany...
Vichy French ministers meet with Hitler

On the Western Front...
All V-1 launch sites in France are moved to Belgium
Canadian 1st Army captures Dieppe and pushes toward Le Havre, St Valery-en-Caux, Le Treport, and the Somme River
British 2nd Army crosses the Somme River and advances around Arras
US 12th Army Group is transferred from command by 21st Army Group directly to SHAEF  
US 1st Army advances around Cambrai, St Quentin, Chauny, Compiegne, Vervins, La Capelle, Etreaupont-Aubenton, and Voyenne
US 3rd Army, slowed by lack of fuel, advances around Etain and Commercy 
VIII Corps of US 3rd Army makes limited attacks against Brest
St Malo is bombarded by RN battleship Malaya 
US 7th Army advances toward Lyon, but strong German counterattacks are made against elements of 45th Infantry Division
French Army B captures Serriers and Firminy
USN minesweeper YMS-21 is sunk by a mine off Toulon

In Yugoslavia...
With heavy air support from US 15th Air Force, Tito's Communist partisans launch a mafor offensive
Draza Mihailovic orders the full mobilization of remaining Serb Nationalist Cetnik forces to fight Germans, Bulgarians, and Communist partisans 

In the English Channel...
U-247 is sunk by RCN frigates Swansea and St John

In Italy...
British 8th Army penetrates Monte Gridolfo and Tomba di Pesaro and crosses the Foglia River
US 5th Army crosses the Arno River 

In the Atlantic...
RN corvette Hurst Castle is sunk off Ireland by U-482 
German weather ship Kehdingen is scuttled off Greenland to avoid capture by USCG cutter Northland

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Ina Maru is sunk by USN submarine Pilotfish 
Iwo Jima and Chichi Jima are bombarded by two cruisers and four destroyers of USN Task Group 38.4, and attacked by carrier-based aircraft

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
Chinese armies withdraw and Japanese 11th Army pursues them east of Shaoyang and Kiyang

In India...
US 1st Air Commando Group is reorganized to contain two fighter squadrons, one troop carrier squadron, and three liaison squadrons 

In the Indian Ocean...
IJN auxiliary minesweeper Wa-4 is sunk by RN submarine Storm 
British vessel Troilus is sunk by U-859 

Today's Air Raids...
Bremen, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Belgium transportation routes by US 8th and 9th Air Forces
Po Valley, Italy bu US 12th Air Force
Ferrara, Italy by US 15th Air Force
Pagan Island, Truk Atoll and targets in the Palau Islands by US 7th Air Force
Baro and Urarom, New Guinea by US FEAF
Boela, Ceram Island by US FEAF
Mindanao Island on Japanese airfields by US FEAF
Kai Tek Airfield, Hong Kong by US 14th Air Force
China supply depots, transportation lines, airfields, and other targets around Canton, Nanyo, Hengyang, Anjen, and the Yantze River by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Housework & Gardening
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Today marks a return to the "old routine" and it's begun easier than I expected - I awoke well-ahead of the alarm and the usual chores got done in good time. It's now a case of simply getting on with things, and not neglecting essential tasks and disciplines.

Particularly importantly will be the conscious submission to the Higher Self/subconscious to run the show, my consciousness simply keeping focus in the right place. I begin the new season from a benign benevolent place and intend to fully capitalize on it.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you clear about your objectives for Autumn?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy in the morning
Showers arrive mid-afternoon and between sunny intervals will persist beyond dusk
Showers clear in the later evening and it will be dry and clear overnight
A light north-westerly will peak around noon then slowly ease back to a light breeze
Max Temp = 17 degC
Min Temp = 14 degC
Sunrise at 06:15
Sunset at 19:58

Weathertrack: As ex-hurricane Christobel tracks north into the Arctic it will send weather fronts across Britain, but High Pressure will then build rapidly behind from the south-west
Air Pressure: 1023 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If you crossed a magician with a dog, would you get a Labracadabrador? :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Monty Python: The Fish-Slapping Dance 

8. TRIVIA
Obama’s race against Alan Keyes in 2004 marked the first time in U.S. history that two African-Americans ran as major party nominees for a Senate seat. Obama beat Keyes by the widest margin for a Senate race in Illinois history.     

9. ZEN WISDOM
Anything you achieve out there must begin in here