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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (22nd August
1944)
In the Arctic...
RN escort carrier Nabob is heavily damaged by U-354 and subsequently written off
RN destroyer escort Bickerton is heavily damaged by U-354 and scuttled
U-344 is sunk by aircraft from RN carrier Vindex
In Moscow...
Stalin responds to Churchill and Roosevelt, declining direct assistance to Polish Home Army and branding it a group of criminals
The NKVD is ordered to disarm and arrest all members of the Polish Home Army in Soviet-controlled territory
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts advance rapidly, eliminating all resistance between Jassy and the Black Sea coast. Most Romanian troops abandon the front. German Army Group South Ukraine effectively ceases to exist.
In Paris...
Intense fighting between the German garrison and the French Resistance
On the Western Front...
Eisenhower and Bradley agree that LeClerc's French 2nd Armored Division will move to Paris and liberate the city
Canadian 1st Army
continues mopping up Falaise pocket while other elements capture
Deauville and advance toward Rouen on the Seine River
British 2nd Army, pushing toward the Seine River, captures Laigle
US 1st Army captures
Breteuil and Verneuil, approaches Evreux, and orders V Corps, including
French 2nd Armored Division, to prepare to advance to Paris
US 3rd Army advances around Louviers, Melun, Montereau, Fontainebleau, Villeneuve, and Montargis
US 7th Army captures Grenoble
French Army B attacks into Toulon and isolates Marseille
Kriegsmarine vessels SG-16, SG-24, and SG-25 are scuttled at Marseilles to avoid capture
In the English Channel...
RN minesweeper Loyalty is sunk by U-480
In the Bay of Biscay...
RN cruiser HMS Mauritius and escorting destroyers sink five Kriegsmarine patrol vessels overnight
In Italy...
Polish II Corps of British 8th Army advances to the south bank of the Metauro River
In the Mediterranean...
Royal Navy patrols sink two Kriegsmarine minesweepers in the Gulf of Genoa and one off the Cote d'Azur
In Palestine...
The Jewish Irgun organization attacks a British police station
In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel No. 2 Nansatsu Maru is sunk by USN submarine Tang
Three Japanese escort vessels and a cargo ship are sunk off the Philippines by USN submarines
Japanese vessel Tsushima Maru is sunk by USN submarine Bowfin off Japan
Japanese vessel No. 2 Tonan Maru is sunk by USN submarine Pintado in the East China Sea
Japanese vessel Kanzaki Maru is sunk by patrolling Allied aircraft in the Yellow Sea
In Japan...
All women between the ages of 12 and 40 are ordered to participate in war work
In China...
Yungchia operation:
70th Infantry Division of Japanese 13th Army opens offensive, advancing from Wui
On the Salween front:
Japanese troops make unsuccessful counterattacks around Sung Shan
In Burma...
Indian 5th Infantry Division of British 14th Army reaches milestone 83 on the Tiddim road south of Imphal
In the Indian Ocean...
RN submarine Spiteful bombards the Japanese garrison on Christmas Island
Japanese vessel No. 5 Sugi Maru is sunk by RN submarine Statesman
Today's Air Raids...
Norway on battleship Tirpitz by RN aircraft - 11 aircraft are lost with no success
Vienna, Austria by US 15th Air Force
Blechhammer and Odertal, Germany by US 15th Air Force
Northern Italy on bridges by US 12th Air Force
Mille Atoll, Pagan Island and Yap Island by US 7th Air Force
Manokwari, Wewak, New Guinea by US FEAF
Mushu Island by US FEAF
Tingka, Mangshih, Pangpying, and Foochow, China by US 14th Air Force
Ingyington, Nansankyin, and Pinlon, Burma by US 10th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Missus Time
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
TV Comedy night
Twitter Followers = 1,789 (up 1)
Nonfollowed Eliminated = 0
Unfollowers Eliminated = 0
New Followers = 1
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Weekend Job days are now distinctly less odious as unnecessary and unhelpful managers are no longer on he scene. I wouldn't go so far as to say I like going but currently I don't mind going. This makes life nicer and is another example of emotional vampires in retreat from my borders.
With no threats in the vicinity, the energy freed up can be devoted to making a difference and getting my talents and abilities out there. Time whizzes by at breakneck speed, partly because of age but mainly because I am so happy. I intend to waist no time picking apart whether it's really happening or how long it will last, but will instead relish, savour and maximize every moment in my little bubble world of joy.
This particular character is a very fulfilling one to play, in a way that past incarnations of it could not possibly have foreseen. I have acquired the peace and wisdom of my dreams, and abandoning aspirations of certainty and security has paid off handsomely in happiness. And so, day by day, moment by moment, I relish and experience!
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you going for what you want or what other people tell you you should want?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Mainly dry and cloudy with sunny intervals
Clear skies after dusk and overnight
A cool moderate north-westerly will turn westerly after dusk
Max Temp = 14 degC
Min Temp = 10 degC
Sunrise at 05:57
Sunset at 20:22
Weathertrack: A depression moving east into Scandanavia will continue to drag cold Arctic air and showers across Britain
Air Pressure: 1008 millibars and rising
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
A dog walker was found dead in the local park. Police found the dog, but as yet, they have no leads. :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Russell Howard's Good News - Evil Racist Babies
8. TRIVIA
The first performance of Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly was one of opera’s all-time worst flops. The audience made bird, cow, and goat calls and booed. Madama Butterfly, however, became one of the best-loved operas in history.
9. ZEN WISDOM
There is nothing more vulnerable, nothing more corruptible than the
human mind; nor is there anything as powerful, steadfast and ennobling.
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