THURSDAY 16th APRIL 2015 07:26 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (16th April 1945)
On the Russian Front...
Kriegsmarine 7th Gun Carrier Flotilla supports defence of Fischhausen
U-78 is sunk at Pillau by Soviet artillery
German evacuation convoy with eight vessels and escorts departs Hela - German vessel Boelcke sunk by Soviet aircraft is immediately sunk by Soviet aircraft
German evacuation vessel is Goya sunk by Soviet submarine L-3 with over 6600 passengers lost
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front is still attacking remnants of German 4th Army in Samland
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front opens an assault against German 9th Army across the Oder River, breaking into Seelow despite strong resistance and heavy losses
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front opens an assault against German 4th Panzer Army, crossing across the Niesse River
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front is advancing towards Brno
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front captures Furstenfeld and St Polten

Berlin...
Hitler issues the directive: "He who gives the order to retreat is to be shot on the spot"

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army captures Groningen
British 2nd Army is fighting its way into Uelzen and advancing toward Bremen and Soltau
US 9th Army is preparing to attack Magdeburg and is mopping up rear areas
US 1st Army closing up to the Elbe River and Mulde River to await the Soviets, reducing the Harz Mountains pocket, and eliminating the Ruhr pocket as resistance there begins to collapse
General Bayerlein surrenders German LIII Korps to 7th Armored Division of US 1st Army
US 3rd Army is mopping up around Bayreuth, advancing toward Chemnitz, and closing up to stop lines
Allied units liberate Colditz POW camp
US 7th Army is fighting its way into Nuremberg and captures Loewenstein
French 1st Army is clearing the Black Forest

France...
French Army Detachment of the Atlantic is assaulting the besieged German garrison of Royan

North Sea...
British vessel Monarch is sunk by a Kriegsmarine Seehund two-man submarine
U-1274 sinks British vessel Athelduke but is then detected and sunk by RN destroyer Viceroy

English Channel...
British vessel Gold Shell is sunk by a mine
U-1063 sunk by RN frigate Loch Killin

Adriatic Sea...
Kriegsmarine minesweeper R-15 is sunk by a RN MTB

Italy...
British 8th Army captures Medicina and Bastia and assaults the Argenta gap
US 5th Army begins to advance after yesterday's heavy assault

In the Atlantic...
U-880 is sunk by USN destroyer escorts Frost and Stanton
RCN minesweeper Esquimalt is sunk by U-190

In the Pacific...
Guam:
General Vandegrift meets with Admiral Nimitz

Luzon:
US 6th Army is attacking around San Francisco, clears the tip of the Bicol peninsula and secures the San Bernardino Strait for US shipping

Cebu:
US 8th Army is attacking around Cebu City - the Japanese begin to withdraw from the city to avoid encirclement

Jolo:
US 8th Army is mopping up pockets of resistance

Carabao Island:
A detachment of US 6th Army lands and occupies the island unopposed

Okinawa:
US 10th Army's III Amphibious Corps is attacking Japanese 32nd Army in the Motobu peninisula
307th Infantry Regiment of US 77th Infantry Division lands on Ie Shima
Flying from Kyushu, 126 Japanese kamikaze aircraft and six Ohka piloted bombs sortie against USN invasion force - USN destroyer Pringle is sunk, Minsweeper Harding is written off and many other ships are damaged

Japan:
Battleships, cruisers, and destroyers of USN Task Force 58 bombard airfields in southern Kyushu, followed up by USN aircraft
Japanese vessel Toko Maru sunk by USN submarine Sea Dog
Japanese vessel Manryu Maru and IJN Coast Defense Vessel No. 73 are sunk by USN submarine Sunfish off Honshu

China...
Laohokou operation: 
With Japanese 34th Army withdrawing, Chinese forces recover Hsiangyang and Tzuchung
With Japanese 34th Army withdrawing, Chinese forces recover Fancheng

Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan): 
Shigehiro Detachment of Japanese 20th Army captures Hanpuao 

Burma...
British 14th Army is attacking around Shwemyo

Today's Air Raids...
Regensburg, Plattling, Straubing, and Lanshut, Germany by US 8th Air Force -  fighters claim 747 Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed on the ground
Southern Germany on transportation lines by US 15th Air Force
Swinemunde, Germany by RAF Bomber Command, sinking Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Lutzow
Pilsen, Schwandorf, Gablingen Airfield, Berlin and Munich, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Bologna, Italy by US 15th Air Force
Marcus Island by US 7th Air Force
Tarakan Island by US FEAF
Emmahaven and Padang, Sumatra by RN aircraft
Taien, Giran, Matsuyama, and other targets on Formosa by US FEAF
Sakishima Islands on military targets by RN aircraft
China on Linfen and multiple targets throughout southern and eastern China by US 14th Air Force
Burma Japanese positions, supply depots, transportation lines, and other targets around Ke-hsi Mansam and elsewhere by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Ironing
Kitchen cleaning
Client consultations
Quality Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION 

With client enquiries picking up, life is comfortingly fulfilling! With plenty to both do and enjoy, I want to ensure that I don't get pleasantly distracted from my objective of keeping the mind emptied and to be guided by intuition. I'm only too well aware that my attention is capable of wandering into all manner of dark unhelpful places without continual daily management. 

Whether in abundance or adversity, I intend to keep my attention in the right place, fulfilling my purpose with the circumstances at my disposal.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you easily distracted or clearly focused?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and sunny throughout with patchy cloud fromlate afternoon
Wind negligible for most of the day - A north-easterly will pick up in the evening
Max Temp = 11 degC at 4pm
Min Temp = 4 degC at 7am
Sunrise at 06:05
Sunset at 20:10
Moon:

Weathertrack: An anticyclone over Scotland will keep Britain dry and the north sunny
Air Pressure: 1018 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I think loved ones are like fine wine - so I keep them locked in the cellar :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Mock The Week - Best Gags Part 1

8. TRIVIA
Haiti’s former president, Francois Duvalier (“Papa Doc”), created the National Security Volunteers in 1957. A dreaded security force, it was also called the Tonton Macoutes, after the Haitian folk figure Tonton Macoute (Uncle Knapsack) who carries off small children at night.

9. ZEN WISDOM
We mustn’t put boundaries on our own potential. In most cases, our so-called limitations are nothing more than our own decision to limit ourselves.