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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (18th August
1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet vessel Ivan Papanin is sunk by U-307 in the Arctic
Soviets decline to allow RAF and USAAF aircraft to use airfields to support dropping supplies to Polish Home Army in Warsaw
German 3rd Panzer Army attacks Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army around Siauliai
In France...
A General Strike brings Paris to a standstill
German security forces evacuate Vichy-French prime-minister Pierre Laval from Paris to Belfort
The French Resistance takes control of the Haute-Savoie region
On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army is heavily engaged around Trun, Chambois, and Falaise
British 2nd Army fighting around Falaise and advances toward Argentan from the north
US 1st Army engaged in heavy fighting around Falaise and Argentan
US 3rd Army advances toward the Seine River
U-129 is scuttled at L'Orient
US 7th Army attacking Brignoles and Barjols while Task Force Butler pushes toward Grenoble
French Army B advances toward Marseille and Toulon
De Gaulle and General Juin depart Algiers for France by air via Casablanca and Gibraltar
In the English Channel...
Control ship Fratton is sunk by an underwater explosion of uncertain origin off Normandy
Kriegsmarine minesweeper R-218 is sunk by RN MTBs overnight
In the Mediterranean...
German hospital ship Tubingen is sunk by Allied aircraft in the Adriatic
USN amphibious flagship Catoctin and freighter Albert A. Michelson damaged by Luftwaffe attack
In Italy...
Polish II Corps of British 8th Army attacks across the Cesano River
In the Bay of Biscay...
U-107 is sunk by RAF aircraft
U-621 sunk by RCN destroyers Ottawa, Kootenay, and Chaudiere
In the United States...
Patrick Hurley named special emissary to China to end conflict between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and Mao's Communists
Roosevelt announces an agreement on details of the Allied occupation of Germany
In the Pacific...
IJN light cruiser Natori sunk by USN submarine Hardhead
Japanese vessel Kim Hup Soen is sunk by Free Dutch submarine Zwaardvisch off the East indies
IJN escort carrier Taiyo and vessels Eishin Maru and Teiyo Maru are sunk by USN submarine Rasher off the Philippines
Japanese vessel Nansei Maru is sunk by USN submarine Ray off the Philippines
In the Indian Ocean...
British vessel Nairung is sunk by U-862
Today's Air Raids...
Sterkrade, Bremen and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Eindhoven and Maastricht, Netherlands by US 8th Air Force
Liege, Namur and transportation routes in Belgium by US 8th Air Force
Ertvelde Rieme, Belgium by RAF Bomber Command
Ploesti Oilfield, Romania by US 15th Air Force
Alibunar Airfield, Yugoslavia by US 15th Air Force
Pagan Island by US 7th Air Force
Sarmi and Suain, New Guinea by US FEAF
Molucca Islands by US FEAF
Mangshih, Changsha, Tungting Lake, and the Yangtze River, China by US 14th Air Force
Eastern Burma military targets by US 14th Air Force
Bhamo, Hsenwi, Moda, and military targets in Burma by US 10th Air Force
Eitsu Bridge, Burma by Japanese aircraft
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
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Laundry and other housework
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
There is nothing as fulfilling as making a difference. I love the fact that at home I am needed and wanted, and lots of little things I do add up to something important. Home is a little bubble of bliss. I fully intend to savour every minute. It's only really this year that home life has become totally free of unhappiness at home so I think I have earned the right.
This happiness has expended to the Weekend Job where heavy-handed management has evaporated so even there I am currently content. Amidst all this happiness I am not complacent - I fully understand the need for external and internal vigilance. My own mind has the capacity for total self-destruction if I was to let attention off its tight leash. Daily discipline will prolong the happiness I am currently enjoying.
I have fully come to terms with the fact that you can't hold on to or "freeze-frame" life at the good bits. Life is a temporary experience and it's important to make it fulfilling and pass on wisdom to the other nodes of consciousness that follow on.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you making the most of this temporary life experience?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Mainly dry with some sunny and clear intervals
Possibility of a shower mid-afternoon
A moderate north-westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 14 degC
Min Temp = 11 degC
Sunrise at 05:50
Sunset at 20:31
Weathertrack: A strong depression will remain static over Scandanavia, dragging cold Arctic air and showers over Britain
Air Pressure: 1005 millibars and rising
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
How many tales are there about ancient Greeks? You do the myths :D
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Jonathan Ross Show - Steve Coogan Impersonates James Bond
8. TRIVIA
Corn dextrin, a common thickener used in junk food, is also the glue on envelopes and postage stamps.
9. ZEN WISDOM
Our ability to respect others is the true mark of our humanity. Respect for other people is the essence of human rights.
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