Friday 27 June 2014

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (27th June 1944)
In the Arctic...
German vessel Vukan is sunk by Soviet shore batteries off Petsamo
German vessel Nerissa is sunk by Soviet torpedo cutter TKA-239 off Petsamo 
Soviet submarine L-20 conducts minelaying operations along German convoy routes

On the Russian Front... 
Unable to reach a peace settlement with Moscow and pressured by Berlin, the Finnish government decides to remain in the war. Soviet Karelian Front and Leningrad Front continue their major offensive against the Finns.

Operation Bagration:
Soviet 1st Baltic Front captures Lepel
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front captures Mogilev and Borisov and crosses the Berezina
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front crosses the Berezina and captures Bobruisk

Hitler sacks Lindemann from Army Group North and Busch from Army Group Centre
Field Marshal Model transfers from Army Group North Ukraine to take command of Army Group Centre
General Harpe takes command of German Army Group North Ukraine

In Normandy, France...
Eisenhower orders Mulberry A at Omaha Beach to be abandoned, Mulberry B at Arromanches to be fully completed and strengthened 
Sword beach is being hit by heavy German artillery fire
Operation Epsom: British 2nd Army continues attacks around Caen
US 1st Army attacks the German pocket at Cap de la Hague 
Rundstedt and Rommel depart for Germany to confer with Hitler
General Dollmann commanding German 7th Army, dies mysteriously, officially of heart failure

In Paris, France...
Vichy Minister of Information, Philippe Henriot, is assassinated by the French Resistance


In the English Channel...
British vessel Maid of Orleans is sunk by U-988
British vessel Dalegarth Force damaged by German cross-Channel batteries off Dover
US vessel Charles W. Eliot is heavily damaged by a mine off Normandy and subsequently written off 
RN destroyer Eskimo is damaged by German gunfire off St Malo 
Kriegsmarine gun ferry AF-8 is sunk by Allied aircraft off Le Treport overnight 

In England...
More than 700 AA guns are installed to defend against V-1 flying bombs 

In Italy...
British 8th Army reaches Chianciano
US 5th Army pushing northward although many units withdrawn to prepare for other operations

In the Pacific...
IJN guardboat Coast Defense Vessel No. 24 is sunk by USN submarine Archerfish 
Japanese vessel Yamagiku Maru is sunk by USN submarine Pargo off the Philippines
Japanese vessel Sansei Maru sunk by USN submarine Sealion in the Sea Of Japan
  
US V Amphibious Corps advance northward on Saipan
US 41st Infantry Division are mopping up remnants of Japanese troops on Biak Island 

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hengyang Operation): 
Japanese 11th Army attacking Chinese 10th Army at Hengyang
70th Infantry Division of Japanese 13th Army, having completed its diversionary raid, begins withdrawing from Chuhsien to its original positions

On the Salween front: 
Chinese Y Force conducts new attacks 

In Burma...
US-Chinese units are besieging Japanese troops at Myitkyina 

In India...
Indian 33rd Corps advance to encircle remnants of Japanese forces around Ukhrul 

Today's Air Raids...
Kirkenes, Norway by Soviet aircraft - German vessels Florianopolis and Herta are sunk in harbour.
Saarbrucken, Germany by US 8th Air Force and RAF Bomber Command
Florennes, Belgium by US 8th Air Force
Wizernes V-Weapons Site, France by RAF Bomber Command
Bay of Biscay minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Bucharest and Karlova airfields, Romania by US 15th Air Force 
Tinian Island and Rota Island by US 7th Air Force
Guam by Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 58
Noemfoor Island, Yap Island, Sorol Atoll, and Woleai Atoll by US FEAF
Wewak and military targets on New Guinea by US FEAF
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US FEAF
Tungting Lake and military targets in China by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Meditation
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
After a British Gas engineer blatantly lied about calling when he didn't, lightning has struck twice with a UPS driver doing the same yesterday. I absolutely hate bad customer service, particularly when the company employee is clearly telling a blatant lie! I am not one to take such things lying down and have raised as much Hell as I have been able to about it in the last 12 hours.

Nondualist I may be, and borrow heavily from Zen I often do, but I am no Pacifist! I will take on injustice and people putting their own agenda above duty every time! If good men do nothing, bad men take that as permission! Looking down from a universal perspective, this clash of forces is oddly entertaining - I rather enjoy it. I am wary however of taking down the innocent in my passion. I fully intend to engage delicate souls delicately.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you know when to wield a sword and when to offer an olive branch?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Overcast with intermittent patchy light rain
A moderate north-easterly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 12 degC
Min Temp = 10 degC
Sunrise at 04:38
Sunset at 21:42

Jetstream: Over southern England, moving north-east and static
Weathertrack: A depression over southern Ireland will track slowly east and fill. High Pressure over the Faroe Islands will drift south-west
Air Pressure: 988 millibars and falling

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Can you be humble and proud of it?  :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Jennifer Rawlings on clothes, the military, Kansas and families 

8. TRIVIA
Humans produce about 10,000 gallons of saliva in a lifetime. 

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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