Axis & Allies - damowords

Nazi Party Rally
The moment Max Stemmler stept from the train
He was thrust into a passionate sea,
The religious fervour numbing his brain,
His heart leaping up with the pageantry;
The church bells cheer,
“O lord, tis glorious!
Der Fuhrer, he ist here! He has come among us!”
They follow’d the phrenzied fanfare,
The eagle‐mantl’d banner,
The dreamy, acolytic stare,
The rows of cool stormtrooper,
The mighty fleet gracing the air
& glorious armour,
Past the Kongressbau’s pulsing hypnotic
To the Zepp’linfeld writhing erotic…
Where oratory masterful
Draws the crowds to climax,
His beautiful, triumphant will
Spits venom at the Czechs,
“Justice for the Sudetenland!” Max faints, his heart’s reflex.
Nuremburg
June
1938
Munich
As distant peals of thunder drew closer
About the Kehlsteinhaus wild Zephyrs swirl’d,
No wonder, here, delusions of grandeur,
An eagle’s nest perch’d high atop the world;
Hitler commands
They drive below the snow,
Wringing his clammy hands, singing, ‘Bring on the foe!’
His villa was the place agreed
Midst a piny, mountain wood,
ʺThe Sudetenland must be freed
From spillage of German blood,
It must be now if I muts lead
In full stride of manhood,
For never! never! never! shall I yield
Eʹen if the earth becometh battlefield!ʺ
ʺIf you want war why let us come,
Our time wasted I see!ʺ
Adolf struck dumb, a softer drum,
ʺWill the Allies agree
To the seccessionʺ ʺSi!ʺ such was that easy victory.
Berghof
Septmeber 15th
1938