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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (9th May 1945)
On the Russian Front...
German forces in the Samland area surrender
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front occupies Prague
German Army Group South, isolated in Austria, surrenders
German Army Group E, isolated in Slovenia, surrenders
Elements of Soviet 2nd Baltic Front land on Danish island of Bornholm and the German garrison surrenders
On Russian insistence, the German surrender to all Allied forces is formalized in Berlin with the signatures of Keitel, Friedeburg, and Stumpf. Spaatz, Tedder, Zhukov, and de Lattre sign surrender documents on behalf of the Allies
SS General Wilhelm Mohnke is flown to Moscow, interrogated, and imprisoned
Oslo, Norway...
Vidkun Quisling is arrested by the resistance
Copenhagen, Denmark...
An RN task force, including cruisers Birmingham and Dido, arrives to administer the German surrender
On the Western Front...
Russian collaborator Andrey Vlasov reaches American lines in Czechoslovakia, where he is arrested
Goering and Kesselring surrender to US 7th Army
SHAEF reports it is attempting to cope with more than 3.5 million displaced persons
US 8th Air Force units begin departing European bases for redeployment to the Pacific theatre
France...
Czechoslovak 1st Armoured Brigade accepts the surrender of the German garrison of Dunkirk, amounting to 15,500 prisoners
Remaining detachments of the German garrison of La Rochelle surrender to French forces, totaling 15,600 prisoners
Channel Islands...
After rejecting a British demand yesterday, the German garrison obeys an order from Admiral Doenitz to surrender. RN destroyers Bulldog and Beagle arrives to accept the surrender, amounting to 27,000 troops
New Guinea...
Australian 6th Infantry Division attacking around Wewak with RAAF support
In the Pacific...
Bougainville:
Australian II Corps continues to methodically advance against Japanese 17th Army
Tarakan:
Australian 26th Infantry Brigade is attacking Japanese positions
Luzon:
US 6th Army is clearing the Balete Pass and captures Mount Binicayan
Mindanao:
US 8th Army comes under attack in the Talomo River bridgehead while attacking the Guma pocket
Okinawa:
US 10th Army is attacking Japanese 32nd Army around Nan Hill, Hill 60, Awacha, Shuri, and Koichi Ridge
Offshore, USN destroyer escorts Oberrender and England and RN aircraft carriers Formidable and Victorious are damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft
Tokyo:
The Japanese ambassador reports from Moscow that the Soviet Union is likely to join the Western Allies in the war against Japan
China...
Chihchiang operation (Battle of Western Hunan):
The Japanese China Expeditionary Army decides to suspend 20th Army's Chihchiang operation
116th Infantry Division of Japanese 20th Army are withdrawing to Tungkow and Sanmen
Burma...
British 14th Army is engaged against withdrawing Japanese units west of the Irrawaddy River around Padan
Today's Air Raids...
Kuril Islands on Japanese shipping by US 11th Air Force
Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Canton, China on airfields by US FEAF
Paoching, China by US 14th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
TV Footie
Twitter Followers = 1,941 (up 4)
Non-followed eliminated = 2
@VitaGuilbeaux +1 untraced
The Weekend Job is a good place to practice mind-emptying, and results have been mixed. It's actually hard work because to keep the mind empty of random though requires considerable concentration. When the mind becomes tired, it soon fills up again with all manner of random junk - at least mine does anyway!
Though in meditation at home I can create relaxing conditions for meditation, when you're out and about, mind emptying is the opposite of relaxing - it's all about paying attention! Now I've finally grasped this, I am expecting to get good results!
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you fully in control of your own mind?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Some drizzle at first
Dry and cloudy thereafter, with cloud thinning out in the evening
An initially strong westerly or north-westerly will gradually ease over the day
Max Temp = 11 degC at 5pm
Min Temp = 7 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 05:16
Sunset at 20:51
Moon:
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New Followers followed back = 4
@udreamihai, @ChirayushB, @SandyTweetAngel, @RemoAPollastri,
Spammers not followed back = 2
@zuqyvinehuc, @bygawipupuxa
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Though in meditation at home I can create relaxing conditions for meditation, when you're out and about, mind emptying is the opposite of relaxing - it's all about paying attention! Now I've finally grasped this, I am expecting to get good results!
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you fully in control of your own mind?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Some drizzle at first
Dry and cloudy thereafter, with cloud thinning out in the evening
An initially strong westerly or north-westerly will gradually ease over the day
Max Temp = 11 degC at 5pm
Min Temp = 7 degC at midnight
Sunrise at 05:16
Sunset at 20:51
Moon:
Weathertrack: Weather fronts over Britain will move away to the east and an anticyclone over France will then extend north across the country
Air Pressure: 1016 millibars and rising rapidly
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
It takes men a long time to text back because we know it's going to be scrutinized like a document that was smuggled out of the Kremlin :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
8. TRIVIA
Some penguin colonies in Antarctica reach over 20 million penguins
9. ZEN WISDOM
The biggest obstacles to our progress exist within our own lives in the form of cowardice and the tendency to give up. Breaking through these barriers will unleash a surging wave of change.
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