War - Ww2 - Hitler And The Long Range Bomber Poem by Paul Warren

When the Germans invaded the European Low Countries and France
The Allies calculated that the Nazis would run out of fuel in their advance
But they didn't destroy the Belgium or Dutch reserves and they were taken
As the Germans moved forward sweeping as the Allied defenders were forsaken

So Hitler was able to continue to conquer these countries then
And it made him confident that when he invaded Russia it would end
With victory for his forces capturing fuel as they advanced into the Steppes
When they advanced the Russians had only diesel that they didn't expect

The Russians at Baku moved their oil production back beyond the war
Capping their oil wells with concrete and stationed trains to blow them up and more
The Nazis fought hard and the Russians held them whilst industry was pulled back
But the Germans didn't have a four engined long distance bomber as a fact

So with Russian industry and oil was moved back beyond the Ural Mountains to stay
And the Germans unable to bomb Russian industry needing it to be blown away
The battles fought on the Eastern Front broke the German army in this war for sure
But the Nazis failed to plan for a long war or weapons to wage a long distance war.

© Paul Warren Poetry