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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (10th September 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Finland and the Soviet Union sign an armistice
47th Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front attacking into Praga across the river from the Polish Home Army in Warsaw
Soviet aircraft reappear over the Warsaw sector, driving off the Luftwaffe
38th Army of Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front captures Krosno in southern Poland
Out of fuel and cut off from resupply, U-19, U-20, and U-23 are scuttled by their crews off Erekli, Turkey, ending all Kriegsmarine operations in the Black Sea
German forces offer to treat Polish Home Army fighters as legal combatants with rights if they surrender.

On the Western Front...
The left flank of German Army Group B makes contact with right flank of German Army Group G, at the same time as the right flank of US 3rd Army contact elements of the left flank of US 7th Army, thus a continuous battlefront from the North Sea to the Swiss border is formed.


Eisenhower orders British 21st Army Group not to attempt to open the port of Antwerp until further notice, as the first planning session for Operation Market-Garden takes place

Canadian 1st Army assaults German forces besieged in Le Havre 
British 2nd Army continues to attack across Albert canal
US 1st Army captures Fort Eben Emael, Verviers, Bastogne, Wiltz, Arlon, and Luxembourg city
US 3rd Army is heavily engaged around Thionville, Metz, and Nancy 
US 7th Army captures Dijon and advances toward Vesoul and Villersexel
VIII Corps of US 9th Army, with heavy air support, continues assaulting German forces besieged in Brest

In Paris...
All laws passed by the Vichy government are abolished by the French Provisional Government

In the North Sea...
Kriegsmarine gun ferries AF-43 and AF-48 are sunk by Allied aircraft 

In Italy...
British 8th Army continues attacking along Gemmano ridge and San Savino-Coriano ridge
US 5th Army continues attacking toward the main positions of the Gothic Line 

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Bukun Maru is sunk by a mine off the East Indies
Japanese vessel No. 7 Unyo Maru sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38 off the Philippines
Japanese vessel Chihaya Maru is sunk by USN submarine Sunfish in the East China Sea
Japanese vessel No. 2 Hoei Maru is sunk by a mine in the East China Sea

In China...
In a reorganisation, the headquarters of Japanese Sixth Area Army is activated under the China Expeditionary Army to control 11th Army, 23rd Army, 34th Army, and assorted garrison units 
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
Japanese 11th Army advances toward Chuanhsien
On the Salween front:
Japanese aircraft fly a supply mission to the Tengchung area and attack Chinese troops around Lungling 

In Burma...
As the monsoon season comes towards a close and flooding eases, Allied and Japaneses forces gradually begin to reoccupy tactical positions in the Arakan

In the Indian Ocean...
Japanese vessel Misago Maru sunk by RAF aircraft in the Andaman Sea

Today's Air Raids...
Cologne, Frankfurt, and Kassel and military targets in Germany by US 8th Air Force, using GB-4 radio-controlled bombs for the first time 
Southern Germany on military targets by US 15th Air Force
Po Valley, Italy by US 12th Air Force
Trieste, Italy by US 15th Air Force
Iwo Jima, Truk Atoll and targets in the Palau Islands by US 7th Air Force
Peleliu Island and Angaur Island by Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Group 38.4
Manokwari, Moemi, Nabire, Ransiki, Sagan, and Samate, New Guinea by US FEAF
Celebes Island, Ceram Island, and Boeroe Island by US FEAF
Mindanao Island on airfields and military targets by Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
China on towns, fuel dumps, and other targets around Kutkai, Ssutang, Samshui, Lingling, and elsewhere by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Me Time 
Meditation
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Yesterday was one in which to be honest preference triumphed over intention! I spent most of it exploring the Dark Web, and though it was an absorbing hunt, there was nothing of benefit there to further my goals. It did however "get it out of my system" and I intend to return to full-focus today. I have awoken without that "distracted" feeling and concentration on the important will be today's theme.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is anything distracting you from what you want to achieve?

5. TODAY'S WEATHR IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout with prolonged sunny and clear periods, particularly in the afternoon and after midnight
A light south easterly breeze will pick up in the afternoon
Max Temp = 18 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 06:31
Sunset at 19:36

Weathertrack: High Pressure over Britain centred over the North Sea will drift very slowly east 
Air Pressure: 1022 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I believe you should pay your bills with a smile, but they keep insisting on money :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!  
Jimmy Carr's Appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien 

8. TRIVIA
A common symbol of Valentine’s Day is Cupid (“desire”), the Roman god of love. The son of Venus and Mars, he was originally depicted as a young man who would sharpen his arrows on a grindstone whetted with blood from an infant, though now he is commonly presented as a pudgy baby. This transformation occurred during the Victorian era when business owners wanted to promote Valentine’s Day as more suitable for women and children.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Do we view old age as a period of decline ending in death, or as an ascent toward the attainment of our goals, toward bringing our life to a rewarding and satisfying conclusion? A subtle difference in our inner attitude can completely transform our experience of these years.