MONDAY 13th APRIL 2015 06:17 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (13th April 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front is attacking the remnants of German 4th Army in Samland
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front and 3rd Ukrainian Front capture Vienna
South of Vienna, 26th Army, 27th Army, and 57th Army of Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front advance west

Germany..
The SS begin evacuating Rehmsdorf concentration camp
US 9th Air Force fighters sight Soviet fighters in the air over Germany for the first time

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army is attacking into Arnhem and Groningen while advancing toward Apeldoorn and Oldenburg
British 2nd Army is attacking around Cloppenburg, Goldenstedt, Soltau, and Uelzen
US 9th Army closing up to the Elbe River, launching probing attacks around Magdeburg, and reducing the Ruhr pocket
US 1st Army encircles German 11th Army in the Harz Mountains, advances east against diminishing resistance, and continues reducing the Ruhr pocket
US 3rd Army bypasses Jena, attacks Zeitz, and advances east
US 7th Army is attacking Bamberg, mopping up around Heilbronn, and advancing east against diminishing resistance
French 1st Army is attacking around Buehl and Freudenstadt

Yugoslavia...
Mihailovic and small group of remaining Cetniks begin moving to Bosnia to establish an anti-communist resistance

Italy...
British 8th Army is expanding its bridgehead across the Santerno River and is striking toward Bastia
Kriegsmarine torpedo boat TA-45 (ex Italian) is sunk by RN MTB-670 and MTB-697 in the Adriatic

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel No. 12 Nanshin Maru is sunk by US FEAF aircraft off Borneo
IJN auxiliary sub chaser Kaiko Maru is sunk by Allied aircraft off Hainan Island

Luzon:
US 6th Army attacking around Cituinan Hill, Mount Myoko, and Mount Mataasna Bundoc

Caballo:
End of organized Japanese resistance

Cebu:
US 8th Army is attacking Babay Ridge - Japanese troops are ordered to evacuate Cebu City overnight

Negros:
US 8th Army advances toward Manzanares

El Fraile Island:
USN Task Unit 78.9.16 lands troops at Fort Drum - they pump oil into the fort then ignite it and demolish the fort with the Japanese garrison still inside

Okinawa:
US 10th Army's XXIV Corps are fighting off counterattacks by Japanese 32nd Army and eliminating Japanese infiltrators
Offshore, USN destroyer Connolly is damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft

Off Japan:
USN submarine Parche sinks a minesweeper and a guardboat - two Japanese freighters are sunk by mines

China...
Laohokou operation: 
47th Army of Chinese 5th War Area are attacking around Tangtseikou and Likuanchiao

Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan): 
116th Infantry Division of Japanese 20th Army opens advance from Sheoyang area toward Chiliwan-Tungkow area
Shigehiro Detachment of Japanese 20th Army captures Litang

Burma...
British 14th Army is advancing south against Japanese 33rd Army and 28th Army
On the Arakan coast, British 15th Corps withdraws to Shaukchon

Today's Air Raids...
Neumunster, Germany by US 8th Air Force
Liel, Boizenburg, Hamburg, Straslund and Reisa, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Northern Italy on transportation routes by US 12th Air Force fighters
Marcus Island by US 7th Air Force
Kabacan, Mindanao Island by US 7th Air Force
Formosa on military targets by RN aircraft
Tainan and Okayama, Formosa by US FEAF
Tokyo by US 20th Air Force
Hong Kong by US FEAF
Bac Ninh, Indochina by US 14th Air Force
Canton, China by US FEAF
Burma on Japanese positions, supply depots, transportation lines, and other targets around Hamm Gai, Loi-hseng, and Wan Yin by US 10th Air Force

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

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

With Easter holidays finally over and Missus back at work, I am expecting progress on all fronts! (weight, mind-emptying, business) The first priority is a shitload of housework, shifting the accumulated grot over Easter getting the house straight for the week's clients. My character's morale is high and very much in "get on with it" mode.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Does your life have a clear list of objectives?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy throughout with a moderate southwesterly wind
Max Temp = 11 degC at 5pm
Min Temp = 3 degC at 7am
Sunrise at 06:12
Sunset at 20:04
Moon: 

Weathertrack: An anticyclone over Western Europe will keep England dry but a passing weak warm front will make the sky cloudy

Air Pressure: 1030 millibars and falling

6. TODAY'S ONELINER

With great power comes great electricity bills :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!

Imran Yusuf - The British Citizenship Test particularly good!

8. TRIVIA

Manitou Lake on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the world’s largest lake within a lake (41.1 square miles).

9. ZEN WISDOM

The important thing is to take that first step. Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.