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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (24th August
1944)
In the Arctic...
U-354 sunk by RN warships and aircraft from RN carrier Vindex
On the Russian Front...
German 18th Army is under attack around Lake Peipus and Tartu
German 6th Army is surrounded and pounded in the Leovo pocket
German Group Meith retreats attempting to escape encirclement
German 9th Infantry Division, trapped along the Black Sea coast, surrenders en masse to Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front
All remaining Kriegsmarine ships at Constanta are scuttled to avoid capture
In Romania...
German troops attempting to occupy Bucharest are repulsed by the Romanian army
In Germany...
In response to the collapse on both Western and Russian Fronts:
Theatres are closed and all military leave is cancelled
Hitler orders Iron Guard leader Horia Sima released from prison, and he immediately forms a Romanian government-in-exile
On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army captures Bernay and crosses Risle River at Nassandres
British 2nd Army advancing toward Louviers on the Seine River
US 1st Army advances toward Elbeuf and Paris
French 2nd Armored Division reaches the outskirts of Paris by dusk and enter the city overnight
US 3rd Army advances around Melun, Montereau, Troyes, and St Florentin
US 7th Army captures Arles
French Army B fights its way into Toulon and Marseille
1st Airborne Task Force of US 7th Army captures Grasse and Cannes
In the English Channel...
British vessel Empire Rosebery is sunk by a mine
Kriegsmarine 15th Patrol Boat Flotilla and 38th Minesweeping Flotilla complete the evacuation from Dieppe to Boulogne overnight, losing an S-Boat, a minesweeper and a gun-carrier to Allied naval patrols
In the Atlantic...
U-445 is sunk by RN destroyer escort Louis in the Bay of Biscay
Kriegsmarine destroyer Z-24 and torpedo boat T-24 are sunk by patrolling Allied aircraft off Le Verdon overnight
U-925 vanishes, presumed sunk
In Italy...
British 13th Corps of US 5th Army establishes a bridgehead across the Arno River east of Florence without opposition
British authorities sign
an agreement with Enver Hoxha's Communist partisans, agreeing not to
support other Albanian Resistance groups
In the Pacific...
USN destroyers Cassin and Cabana and two LCI(G)s bombard Aguijan Island with air support
The first aircraft of US 20th Air Force arrive in Saipan
USN submarine Harder is sunk by IJN Coast Defense Vessel No. 22 off Luzon
Japanese vessel Toan Maru is sunk by USN submarine Sailfish off the Philippines
Japanese vessel No. 21 Kongo Maru is sunk by patrolling Allied aircraft off the Philippines
Japanese vessel Tosei Maru is sunk by USN submarine Seal off Hokkaido
Japanese vessels No. 3 Yoshida Maru and Fukurei Maru are sunk by USN submarine Ronquil off Formosa
Today's Air Raids...
Norway on battleship Tirpitz by Carrier-based aircraft from RN Home Fleet, causing slight damage
Germany military targets by US 8th Air Force
Ijmuiden, Netherlands by RAF Bomber Command, sinking a patrol vessel and a gun ferry
Brux oil facilities, Czechoslovakia by US 8th Air Force
Pardubice and Kolin oil facilities, Czechoslovakia by US 15th Air Force
Szeged and Vinkovci, Hungary by US 15th Air Force
Bucharest, Romania by the Luftwaffe
Northern Italy on transportation routes by US 12th Air Force
Ferrara, Italy by US 15th Air Force
Truk Atoll, Nauru and Pagan Island by US 7th Air Force
Babo airfield, New Guinea by US FEAF
Halmahera Island, Celebes Island, and shipping targets off the East Indies by US FEAF
Padang, Sumatra by Carrier-based aircraft of RN Eastern Fleet, sinking one cargo ship and damaging two others
Hengyang, Chuchou, Siangtan, Yangtien, and military targets in China by US 14th Air Force
Burma multiple military targets by US 10th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Ironing
Lunch
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Missus has made some progress in her dealings with Daughter in that she now texts rather than phones after daughter has treated her badly, thus avoiding setting herself up for further abuse. This considerably lessens the probability of being upset and therefore the likelihood of having to intervene and frees up more time and energy.
I will be treating myself to two "slob days" where other than the ironing, I will be having a break from domestic and marketing work, and indulging myself! I now sit the on the highest pinnacle of happiness and contentment and I intend to savour every moment. I'm hoping the pinnacle turns out to be a prolonged ridge!
Of course what can never be relaxed is my focus. There are endless dark places it could fall into if my consciousness allowed it. To pay attention always is a lifelong essential necessity if I want to hold on to this hard-won happiness.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have firm 24-7 control over your attention?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Sunny start
Clouding over fully by mid-afternoon, but staying dry throughout
A westerly breeze will turn south-easterly mid-evening
Max Temp = 14 degC
Min Temp = 8 degC
Sunrise at 06:01
Sunset at 20:17
Weathertrack: A ridge of high pressure over Britain will collapse over Sunday night, and two depressions mid-Atlantic will merge and move rapidly east, extending over Britain on Monday
Air Pressure: 1018 millibars and falling slightly
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
My mate went a bit off the rails when he was younger, which is probably why he's no longer a train driver. :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI: Sport Relief 2012 edition
8. TRIVIA
The English word “girl” was initially used to describe a young person of
either sex. It was not until the beginning of the sixteenth century
that the term was used specifically to describe a female child.
9. ZEN WISDOM
A great human revolution in just a single individual can achieve a
change in the destiny of a nation and, further, will enable a change in
the destiny of all humankind.
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