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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (20th August
1944)
In Moscow...
Stalin receives a joint request from Churchill and Roosevelt calling for Soviet assistance to Polish Home Army
Formation of the Soviet-backed Polish 2nd Army begins
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front opens an offensive against Romanian 4th Army, fighting into Jassy, and crossing the Bahlui River
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front opens an offensive against German 6th Army and creates a 30-mile gap in the German line
Polish Home Army attacks from Zoliborz and Old Town
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel departs Germany to visit Finnish leader Carl Mannerheim to persuade him to stay in the war.
In France...
German security forces relocate Marshal Petain from Vichy to Belfort
The French Resistance seizes Toulouse and sabotages the oil refinery at Douai
In Lyon, more than 100 captured French Resistance fighters are murdered on orders of Klaus Barbie
The French Resistance agrees a truce with the German garrison in Paris, but it is only partially implemented.
De Gaulle and General Juin arrive at Maupertuis airfield near Cherbourg from Algeria
On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army is reducing the Falaise pocket
British 2nd Army advances east toward the Seine River
US 1st Army attacks around Argentan
US 3rd Army crosses the Seine River near Mantes-Gassicourt and advances northward toward Louviers
U-boats U-178, U-188, and UIT-21 (ex Italian) are scuttled at Bordeaux to avoid capture
US 7th Army reaches Aix-en-Provence while Task Force Butler advances toward Grenoble
French Army B advances toward Marseille and Toulon and attacks Hyeres
In the English Channel...
British vessel Coral is sunk by U-764
U-413 is sunk by RN destroyers Forester and Vidette and destroyer escort Wensleydale
U-984 is sunk by RCN destroyers Ottawa, Kootenay, and Chaudiere
In the Atlantic...
U-1229 is sunk by aircraft from USN escort carrier Bogue
In the Pacific...
Operations are declared at an end on Biak Island, although individual Japanese soldiers continue to be mopped up
In Indochina...
Admiral Decoux, no longer able to communicate with the Vichy government, assumes authority under Japanese control
In China...
On the Salween Front:
Chinese troops capture Sung Shan
In the Indian Ocean...
British vessel Berwickshire is sunk by U-861
Today's Air Raids...
Constanta Harbour, Romania by Soviet aircraft, sinking U-9, three S-Boats, a Romanian torpedo boat and other smaller vessels.
Czechowice and Auschwitz, Poland by US 15th Air Force
Dubova oil facilities, Czechoslovakia by US 15th Air Force
Szolnok, Hungary by US 15th Air Force
Pagan Island, Yap Island and Truk Atoll by Us 7th Air Force
Langgoer, Marubian, Wom, Wewak, Manokwari, Windissi, and Napido, New Guinea by US FEAF
Boeroe Island and Tobelo Island by US FEAF
Yawata and military targets in Japan by US 20th Air Force
Hengyang, Hengshan, and military targets in China by US 14th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Me Time
Missus Time
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Apart from Daughter being mean to her mother over the phone again in the evening, arousing the fury of both myself and Son, an otherwise good day was had by all, with Missus enjoying a day out in Halifax with a girlfriend and Son having a productive rehearsal with his band. I got less housework done than anticipated but had an enjoyable day nonetheless at the centre of things.
Another family-orientated day is in prospect today and I shall savour every moment. At the moment I'm experiencing a warm glow similar to the one you get after really good sex.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have the attitude of gratitude?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Mainly dry with sunny intervals, particularly in the morning.
Possibilty of the odd isolated shower in the later afternoon
A light northwesterly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 14 degC
Min Temp = 6 degC
Sunrise at 05:53
Sunset at 20:26
Weathertrack: The depression over Scandanavia, dragging cold Arctic air and showers over Britain, will drift east. A weak depression south of Iceland will move south over Scotland then east into the North Sea, bringing cloud and light showers over Britain during Thursday.
Air Pressure: 1016 millibars and static
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I just threw out my old vacuum. It was just gathering dust.
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Dara O'Briain: Science doesn't know everything but others don't know anything
8. TRIVIA
A male emperor angelfish lives together with up to five female mates. If
the emperor angelfish dies, one of the females turns into a male fish
and becomes the leader of the group.
9. ZEN WISDOM
Our voice resonates with life. Because this is so, it can touch the
lives of others. The caring and compassion imbued in your voice finds
passage to the listener’s soul, striking his or her heart and causing it
to sing out. The human voice summons something profound from deep
within, and can even compel a person into action.
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