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Dense Fog – WA Advisory

12/21/2023 Nativegrl77

From Thu, Dec 21, 3:46 AM PST To Thu, Dec 21, 12:00 PM PST

What

Visibility, is one quarter mile or less in dense fog.

Where

San Juan County, Southwest Interior, Everett and Vicinity, Tacoma Area, Admiralty Inlet Area, Hood Canal Area, Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, Bellevue and Vicinity, Seattle and Vicinity and Bremerton and Vicinity.

When

Until noon PST today.

Impacts

Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility.

Summary

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.

Issued By

NWS Seattle WA

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On This Day …

12/20/2023 Nativegrl77

Presidential Jackson submits Indian treaty to Congress, 1836

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American Revolution Virginia cedes western land to federal government, 1783

Ancient Aliens

Investigate the mysteries.

Christmas

Get in the holiday spirit.

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1941 – Hitler takes command of the German army

12/19/2023 Nativegrl77

https://youtu.be/OI_kil5PYjg?si=m_dHcCXB-fam5nFW

In a major shake-up of the military high command, Adolf Hitler assumed the position of commander in chief of the German army.

The German offensive against Moscow was proving to be a disaster. A perimeter had been established by the Soviets 200 miles from the city—and the Germans couldn’t break through. The harsh winter weather—with temperatures often dropping to 31 degrees below zero—had virtually frozen German tanks in their tracks. Soviet General Georgi Zhukov had unleashed a ferocious counteroffensive of infantry, tanks, and planes that had forced the flailing Germans into retreat. In short, the Germans were being beaten for the first time in the war, and the toll to their collective psyche was great. “The myth of the invincibility of the German army was broken,” German General Franz Halder would write later.

But Hitler refused to accept this notion. He began removing officers from their command. General Fedor von Bock, who had been suffering severe stomach pains and who on December 1 had complained to Halder that he was no longer able to “operate” with his debilitated troops, was replaced by General Hans von Kluge, whose own 4th Army had been pushed into permanent retreat from Moscow. General Karl von Runstedt was relieved of the southern armies because he had retreated from Rostov. Hitler clearly did not believe in giving back captured territory, so in the biggest shake-up of all, he declared himself commander in chief of the army. He would train it “in a National Socialist way”—that is, by personal fiat. He would compose the strategies and the officers would dance to his tune.

BY: HISTORY.COM EDITORS