Saturday, 25 April 2015

SATURDAY 25th APRIL 2015 09:53 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (25th April 
1945)
On the Russian Front...

The unfinished Kriegsmarine aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin is demolished at Stettin to prevent Soviet capture along with other vessels
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front captures Pillau
German vessel Emily Sauber sunk by Soviet torpedo cutters in the Baltic
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front and Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front are heavily engaged in Berlin, backed up by very heavy air support - the city is encircled and isolated
Soviet 5th Guards Army makes contact with US 1st Army at Torgau on the Elbe River, splitting German forces in two
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front heavily engaged around Brno

Finland...
Finnish forces reach Norwegian border near Skibotn, clearing the last German troops from northern Finland

Allied-Occupied Germany...
Field Marshal Kleist arrested by American troops

On the Western Front...
British 2nd Army is fighting its way into Bremen
US 9th Army concludes all offensive operations and patrols its own sector
US 3rd Army advances into Czechoslovakia and is closing up to the Danube River
US 7th Army crosses the Danube
French 1st Army advances east along the Danube and Swiss border
French Army Detachment of the Alps completes attacks against the Authion massif as German 34th Infantry Division withdraws into northern Italy
US 8th Air Forces ceases all missions with effect from midnight

Italy...
Tito's Yugoslav Communist partisans attack Fiume
British 8th Army is crossing the Po River
US 5th Army captures Parma and advances into Verona
Italian warships in Kriegsmarine service are scuttled at Imperia and Oneglia

In the Atlantic...
U-1107 is sunk by USN PB4Y aircraft in the Bay of Biscay
U-326 is sunk by USN aircraft

San Francisco, USA...
A conference opens to draw up the constitution of the United Nations

In the Pacific...
IJN submarine RO-109 is sunk by USN high speed transport Horace A. Bass

Luzon:
US 6th Army is attacking around Mount Mirador, Baguio, Mount Pacawagan, Cituinan Hills, and Mount Mataasna Bundoc

Mindanao:
US 8th Army attacking toward Digos

Okinawa:
US 10th Army conducts limited attacks while preparing for next major offensive against Japanese 32nd Army's Shuri Line

East China Sea:
IJN minesweeper W-41 is sunk by USN submarine Cod

China...
Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan): 
116th Infantry Division of Japanese 20th Army reaches Chiliwan-Tungkow area

Burma...
British 14th Army reaches Penwegon in the Sittang River valley

Today's Air Raids...
Tonsberg, Norway by RAF Bomber Command - the final combat operation of the war in Europe with four-engine bombers - one Lancaster, the last of the war, is shot down.
Bremerhaven, transportation routes and military targets in Germany by US 8th Air Force - U-1197 is written off at Bremerhaven
Linz and Wels, Austria by US 15th Air Force
Wangerooge Island shore batteries, Berchtesgaden, Pasing Airfield and Kiel, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command - the last airbourne minelaying operation in Eurpoe
Pilsen, Czechoslovakia by US 8th Air Force in its last mission of the war, by 279 bombers, of which six lost, escorted by 539 fighters, of which one lost, but claim claim 135 aircraft destroyed on the ground
Northern Italy on military targets by US 12th & 15th Air Forces
Saigon, Indochina by US FEAF
China on Japanese positions, supply depots, transportation lines, and other targets at multiple locations by US 14th Air Force fighters
Burma on Japanese positions, supply depots, transportation lines, and other targets around Hopong, Hotang and Wan Kinglong by US 10th Air Force fighters

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
TV Footie

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 
Having run out of Chromium Picolinate tablets on Wednesday I decided not to get more - and now I regret it! "Diva when hungry" symptoms have returned with a vengeance! Feelings of hunger have become a lot more acute and sharp - Chromium helps metabolize blood sugar so without it the body can't efficiently get at the stored fat and glycogen and burn them.

I am now convinced that either due to diet or more likely an inability to get the Chromium out of food, I have spent most of my life Chromium deficient, because I've now had experience of both being with and without this mineral in sufficient quantity.

The problem with nutrition is that there are few absolutes - everybody's body chemistry is unique, and it's taken a lifetime to get a reasonable understanding of my own and what it needs.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How well do you understand yourself?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy with occasional drizzle and intermittent sunny periods.
Skies will clear after dark
A moderate south-westerly will swing north-westerly in the afternoon and ease
Max Temp = 12 degC at 1pm
Min Temp = 5 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 05:45
Sunset at 20:26
Moon:
   
Weathertrack: Britain sits between depressions to the north and south that will drive weak weather fronts across the country today
Air Pressure: 1000 millibars and rising slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
When my German friend became a vegetarian, he feared the wurst :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Arnab Chanda at the Comedy Store

8. TRIVIA
Studies show that physically attractive people tend to have better paying jobs in higher-level positions than do their less attractive equally-qualified counterparts. This preference is collectively referred to as the “beauty bias.”

9. ZEN WISDOM
Where can we find happiness? Happiness is not found in a tranquil life free of storms and tempests. Real happiness is found in the struggles we undergo to realize our goals, in our efforts to move forward.



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