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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (1st May 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front continues to advance west
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front and 1st Ukrainian Front continue assaulting Berlin - Soviet 8th Guards Army captures the Tiergarten and Soviet 3rd Shock Army captures the Reichstag building and flies a Soviet flag from the roof. Soviet troops advance toward the Reich Chancellery
German Army Group E is isolated in Croatia and Slovenia

Berlin Bunker...
General Krebs returns from Zhukov's HQ to report to Bormann and Goebbels that the Soviets insist on unconditional surrender
Goebbels notifies Doenitz in Flensburg by radio that Hitler is dead
Joseph and Magda Goebbels poison their six young children and commit suicide
General Krebs commits suicide
The remaining inhabitatnts of the Bunker evacuate and attempt to escape Berlin - Martin Bormann and SS Dr Ludwig Stumpfegger are killed, SS-Gruppenfuehrer Hans Baur, Hitler's personal pilot, is seriously wounded in the leg. The rest, including SS General Wilhelm Mohnke and Hitler's secretaries Traudl Junge, Gerda Christian, and Else Kruger are captured.

Nazi-held Germany...
Doenitz announces on German radio the death of Hitler and that he is now the Reich president and commander of German armed forces
Doenitz forms a new government, including Count Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk as 'Chief Minister'
Himmler meets with Doentiz but the Admiral refuses to grant him any position in the new government
Doentiz unsuccessfully attempts to communicate with Manstein in order to appoint him commander-in-chief of German armed forces
All remaining U-Boats in port are scuttled: U-3006 at Wilhelmshaven, U-3009 at Bremerhaven and U-3525 at Kiel

Allied-Occupied Germany...
Count Bernadotte arrives Germany at the head of Red Cross 'white bus' mission in effort to rescue concentration camp survivors and displaced persons and transport them to Sweden

Prague...
The citizens rise up in revolt against German occupation

In the Baltic...
Kriegsmarine gun ferry SAT-16 and Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-2001 are sunk by Allied aircraft

Netherlands...
Operation Manna: RAF Bomber Command utilizes Lancaster bombers to drop food supplies to Dutch civilians
Operation Chowhound: US 8th Air Force conducts air drop of food supplies to Dutch civilians with 392 B-17 bombers

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army captures Delfzijl and advances toward Emden
British 2nd Army expands its bridgehead across the Elbe River and advances toward Hamburg and Lubeck
US 9th Army is adjusting occupation boundaries and accepting the surrender of German troops, many having fled from the east
US 1st Army holding positions along Elbe River and Mulde River
US 3rd Army advances deeper into Czechoslovakia and Austria
US 7th Army mops up around Munich, captures Field Marshal von Rundstedt, crosses into Austria and pushes toward Innsbruck
French 1st Army captures Immendstadt, Sonthofen, and Bregenz

France...
French Army Detachment of the Atlantic is attacking German garrison of La Rochelle
German garrison of Ile d'Oleron in the Gironde estuary -- approximately 1500 troops -- surrenders to the Oleron Infantry Brigade overnight

Rhodes...
RN destroyers Kimberley and Catterick and Greek destroyer Kriti bombard German positions while a Greek raiding force lands on the island

Italy...
British 8th Army advances toward Trieste and contacts Tito's Yugoslavian partisans around Monfalcone, where Italian submarine Argo is scuttled
US 5th Army advances rapidly throughout northern Italy and prepares to drive toward the Brenner Pass
Yugoslav partisans fight their way into Trieste - Kriegsmarine torpedo boats TA-22, TA-41, TA-43, and TA-40 (all ex Italian) are scuttled to avoid capture

In the Mediterranean...
British vessel Neuralia is sunk by a mine

In the Pacific...
Tarakan:
Operation Oboe One: 26th Infantry Brigade of Australian 9th Infantry Division lands on Tarakan Island with heavy air and naval support

South China Sea:
Japanese vessel No. 2 Iyasaka Maru is sunk by Allied aircraft

Luzon:
US 6th Army opens the Kennon road to Baguio and attacks around Salacsac Pass, Kembu Plateau, Mount Pacawagan, and Anayan

Mindanao:
US 8th Army is attacking toward Davao

Negros:
US 8th Army is attacking around Cuernos de Negros ridge, Virgne Ridge, and Banana Ridge

Okinawa:
US 10th Army is attacking Japanese 32nd Army around the Asa River line, Maeda escarpment, Gaja Ridge, and Onaga

Japan:
IJN gunboat Chowa Maru is sunk by USN submarine Bowfin off Hokkaido

East China Sea:
Three Japanese cargo ships are sunk by USN PB4Y and PBM
Japanese vessel Richo Go is sunk by a mine off Woosung

China...
General Stratemeyer is named to command US Army Air Forces in China with 10th Air Force and 14th Air Force 

Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan): 
Chinese 94th Army recovers Wuyang from Sekine Detachment of Japanese 20th Army

Burma...
British 14th Army captures Pegu
British 14th Army attacks Japanese 28th Army at Pyalo
Operation Dracula: 
A Battalion of Gurkha paratroopers drops near Elephant Point at the mouth of the Rangoon River and captures the Japanese position, whilst RN warships conduct minesweeping operations offshore

Indian Ocean...
RN Task Force 62 bombards Car Nicobar Island with three destroyers

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Ironing
Meditation
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
TV Comedy Night

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

I can't remember a time when my mind has been so quiet! I'm in a period where there is, day-to-day at least, no struggle. I fully intend to take advantage of this by raising my consciousness to new heights with the aim of keeping it there. A combination of calm and benevolent circumstances Chromium and other supplements and rediscovering the joy of walking has made it possible. 

Walking has now become a habit - I am starting to need a good daily hike of a minimum of 40 minutes to keep relaxed. This of course further enhances wellbeing. 

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How are you going to get your life to where you want it to be?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cool throughout with sunny/clear periods, particularly in the morning
A moderate north-easterly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 8 degC at 2pm
Min Temp = 2 degC at 7pm
Sunrise at 05:32
Sunset at 20:37
Moon:

 
Weathertrack: A ridge of high pressure is extending over Britain from an anticyclone over Greenland
Air Pressure: 1014 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I took the road less traveled, now I don't know where I am! :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Megan Dunn on meeting guys

8. TRIVIA
Babies born in May usually weigh on average 200 grams more than babies born in other months.

9. ZEN WISDOM
It is not about how others are or how society is. The most important thing is to ask yourself, “What should I do?” and “What can I do?”