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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (27th February 1943)
On the Russian Front...
German II SS Panzer Korps captures Lozovaya
1st Guards Army and 6th Army of Soviet Southwest Front ordered to withdraw across the Donets
In the English Channel...
Kriegsmarine patrol boat V-1318 is sunk by a mine.
In a failed attack on a German convoy, RN motor gunboat MGB-79 is sunk by German escorts.
British commandos raid Herm Island overnight.
In the Mediterranean...
RN submarine HMS Tigris sunk by Kriegsmarine sub-chaser UJ-2210
In Tunisia...
German Gruppe Weber attacks British 5th Corps around Beja
In Japan...
IJA nuclear weapons research group, later named NI-go, meets again to determine how best to proceed with development for the Army.
In the Indian Ocean...
Japanese vessel Asakasan Maru is sunk by US 10th Air Force bombers off Rangoon.
Free Dutch vessel Colombia sunk by U-516
Today's Air Raids...
Northern France on military targets by RAF Fighter Command
Dunkirk, France by RAF Bomber Command and US 8th Air Force Fighters
Brest, France by US 8th Air Force
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Cagliari, Sardinia by USAAF Bombers
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force
Off Vella Lavella Island by on Japenese shipping by US AirSols, sinking vessel Kirikawa Maru.
Finschhafen, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Waingmaw, Burma by US 10th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging, a good soak in the tub, a brief visit to the vets, and ironingin the morning. A long meditation in the afternoon, some me time then missus time from supper onwards.
Twitter Followers = 1,618 (up 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 2
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
There's nothing like getting stuff done to raise morale, and yesterday I achieved a bit of everything in all departments, personal amusement, business, domestic and marital. I missed my meditation but after a long one on Sunday and another today, my mind will stay comfortably in the right place.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you making the difference you want to make?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry with increasing sunshine all day
Clear sky in the evening and overnight, but turning cold.
Wind will be light and north-easterly, veering gradually to westerly overnight.
Max Temp = 5 degC
Min Temp = 0 degC
Sunrise at: 07:01
Sunset at: 17:40
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I wish I was as thin as my patience! : D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Taryn Southern - The Stalking Song
8. TRIVIA
The U.S. has the highest dog population in the world. France has the second highest.
9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." - Michael Jordan
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