Last week the R.A.F. and the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Britain compiled the arithmetic of June, thus far the biggest month in history's biggest air offensive:
> In 13 night raids the R.A.F. delivered some 15,000 tons of bombs to western Germany. Cologne got 2.500 tons (in two raids): Düsseldorf, Bochum and Krefeld in the Ruhr got 2,000 tons each in single raids: 1,500 tons fell on each of three other Ruhr targets. The R.A.F.'s three-month bomb total: 37,500 tons, more than three times the weight of bombs dropped on Germany in the same months last year.
> In four...
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