War - Ww2 - Richard Sorge - Master Spy For The Soviet Union Poem by Paul Warren

Richard Sorge was a German who fought for Germany in the Great War
Who was injured with broken legs and lost of fingers as his wounds of war
He was invalided with an Iron Cross as an artillery man and soldier
Then after the war in 1920 he became a committed Communist officer
Eventually going to Moscow to be trained as a spy in espionage for them
Being posted around Europe to spread the Red Flag for all in the end

When the Second World War started with Russia as a German Ally
He was sent first to Germany and then to Japan in the Axis folly
His cover was as German journalist and so he found out
About Operation Barbarossa the German invasion of Russia clout
He even sent back a start date of 20 June 1941 two days early
But Stalin refused to believe this vital information in it's story

He also found out in the dark days for the Russians during this invasion
When the Germans were at the gates of Moscow in a bad equation
That the Japanese wouldn't invade the Soviet Union eastern reaches
So they were able to take vital men and equipment to the western Russian features
And this move saved the Russians and they were able to defeat the Germans
With these extra troops against the Nazis defending their scared Motherlands.

But the Japanese were onto him and found him out
And he was arrested and tortured to find the story about
His work for the Russian KGB and they wouldn't save him
When they had a chance to exchange prisoners which was for him very grim
So the Japanese hung him in 1944 and his bravery faded into history
Until in 1964 he was awarded the 'Hero of the Soviet Union' in his glory.

© Paul Warren Poetry