Axis & Allies - damowords

Struggle for Existance
Europeʹs princes provinces overwhelm;
Sweden possesses Pomerania
France mops the British from each German realm
& Russians rules the roost in East Prussia;
As Berlin falls
To lion Budapest,
The butchery appalls a new enlightenʹd west.
Both Paris & Vienna slack,
Thinking the war completed,
Feeling Fredʹrick would not attack
With provisions outpeterʹd ‐
Such flash of lightning at Rossbach!
Totally defeated,
Escaping thro Thuringen forestry ‐
A clueless, cannonless calamity.
The clawing winds of winter bite
For warm climes birds are fled,
Six hours of light, a stunning fight,
Another field of fight,
But for thick‐featherʹd carrion so viscerally fed.
Leuthen
1757
Birth of the Raj
How arrogant is man that thro one war,
Thinks contrees will subdue, but do indeed,
When charismatic leaders to the fore
Have workʹd upon the natives private greed;
Sir Robert Clive
Leaves the Madras clutter ‐
How many would survive the Black Hole of Calcutta.
The Nawab left Murshidbad
With the barons of Bengal,
They thought that Clive was raving mad
To pitch camp & fight at all,
Vastly outnumberʹd, but he had
The luck of that dice roll,
The barons knew the balance of power
Had shifted to the white man that black hour.
Commemorated victory,
Mumbai renamed Bombay,
Pondicherry stormʹd from the sea,
The French fled in dismay,
From Ramadan to Diwali for peace the peasants pray.
India
1758