Axis & Allies - damowords

Conquest of Czechoslovakia
The famous Ides of March, der Fuhrer acts,
Intentions imperial are reveal’d,
Tastebuds whetted for further Tscheschienne trachts
He summons Hascha to the battlefield;
“Your poor contree
Stands friendless & alone,
You MUST sign this decree or we attack at dawn!”
Von Ribbentrop shaking his pen,
Goering bluffing for the pot,
They hounded Hascha round the den,
His tempʹrament tired & hot,
& faints! but is reviv’d again
By Morrel’s morphine shot...
Thus half adream in the first flush of day
One crush’d man signs his poor contree away.
Abandon’d by their ‘friends’ abroad,
Betray’d & left naked
Before the sword of Hitler’s horde,
A simple sentence said,
“Today tis us, tomorrow you, we live to count the dead!”
Prague
March
1939
War’s Reality
The scales are falling from Chamberlain’s eyes,
The deceit & the ridicule shines clear,
Childish to swallow Hitlerʹs stream of lies
The dream of this evil regime seems near
ʺWith bright hindsight
Twas inevitable,
That man was born to fight, that man yearns for battle.ʺ
As he rose before the members
Certain sections boo’d & hiss’d,
“The world is turning serious
For the German jingoist
Had thought he could deceive us!
But now we must resist,
For only a fool would think, come the hour,
Rise up would we not with all our power!”
Von Ribbentrop & Ciano stroll
Thro gardens blushing Spring,
The German’s drawl, “The Poles shall fall
Beneath our battering!”
“You crave Danzigʺ “No, we crave war!”… Ciano’s awakening.
Berlin
May
1939