Axis & Allies - damowords

Fog of War
Stalin tossʹd the despatch to the fire,
ʺHitler prepares to invade, cries London,
She just wants to plunge us into her mire!ʺ
Molotov read a note from Washington;
ʺThe twenty third...”
ʺWhen will this nonsense end
Attacking is absurd, Herr Hitler is our friend!ʺ
Good company kept Khan Stemmler
For the battles yet to come,
Singing old songs thro Silesia
Of Moscow & Lebensraum,
Proudly bearing the Swastika
Upon the labarum,
This battle banner beaming & unfurlʹd,
Full flying to defend the Western world.
Thro frontier gaurds passʹd a freight train
Honouring the treaty,
Loaded with grain from the Ukraine,
Unaware completely
Watching it trundle by them a stormtrooper company!
Poland
June 21st
1941
War in the East
Gunflash invigorates the Eastern dawn
Marking the onset of Barbarossa,
One thousand miles of battle‐lines are drawn,
Scale dwarfing the grandstanding of Wagner;
Molotov hears
The hammer at his door,
Such arrogance appears... the Reich embassadour.
ʺ... acts of Russian terrorism
Shall be forced to pay the cost,
Our rapport with communism
Sadly now forever lost,
Due to Jewish Bolshevism
The Niemen have we crossʹd…”
A formal declaration form’d the serve
ʺSo it is war... a war we donʹt deserve!”
Molotovʹs most precious regret,
His honeymoon over
ʺOur armies set to meet your threat!”
ʺWe shall see, Heil Hitler!”
Quick‐clicking heel spins round, struts out, warfare changed
forever.
Moscow
June 22 nd
1941