World War: Russia's Roof Is Best

German aviators are pretty good at knocking out Russian airfields (see cut), not so good over cities. Said a German report of Leningrad's air-raid defense after eight weeks of siege: "It is much stronger than that German flyers have experienced over England or anywhere else since the beginning of the war."

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