The Germans, with sarcasm as subtle as a plate of pigs' knuckles, admitted "heavy" R. A. F. raids last week. British fliers, said one communique, "succeeded in striking objectives not only of national importance but to a great extent of international importance."
Among these vital targets, said Berlin officials, were the house of the Union of German Engineers, which has given the world many a scientific blessing; the Academy of Art, where the decadence has supposedly been distilled from modern painting; a home for aged Jews; the innocent Brandenburg Gate; a gymnasium; a bed of roses in the garden...
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