War - Ww2 - The Nazis Use The Minnesota Potato Beetle Poem by Paul Warren

In World War 2 there were many new weapons on each side made
Fearsome things that brought nations to kneel and throw down their blade
More people died than in any other war that was brought to bear
The Atom tamed enough so that those unbowed were made to care

But there were other things that were weaponised you wouldn't think
The Germans looked to get an edge and to bring the Allied camp to the brink
With Britain digging for Victory to lessen the U-boat menace on the sea
Thought the Minnesota potato beetle could be used against those gardens to see

So they experimented by dropping them on Speyer in the German country played
To consider if dropped from aeroplanes that enough insects would be saved
In October 1943 and they thought these experiments failed and so did not proceed
But in 1944 needing the food the potato crop through theses insects did not succeed.

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