Theatre
Time
So
the Japs hit Pearl Harbour, the Philippines and others
Their
war in the Pacific took a dramatic turn
No
longer just fighting Nationalist China
Now
involving America and the Allies
Their
bastions fell one by one:
Philippines,
Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, Borneo, Wake Island and more
Imperial
Japan built up her Co-Prosperity Sphere
She
stole what she didn’t have at home
Chinese
minerals, Korean steel, Singaporean rubber, Dutch East Indies oil
Envious
eyes looked to conquer at Australia and India
To
take these would shatter the British Empire forever
And
to link up with the Nazis who would invade Persia for the oil
Making
a darkly different world where evil reigned
Under
an Axis of evil snuffing out freedom and democracy
But
it was different and Japan only rose for awhile
America
licked her wounds and fought back
On
the battlefield and in the factories to be supreme
It
wasn’t until the Americans became stronger
That
Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Okinawa and others fell
As
did the Empire of Japan in total war
With
incessant B-29 fire bombings
The
dropping of two atom bombs
And a
Soviet invasion of Korea
It
was over no more militaristic ways
Rules
Rules Rules
There
are rules you must follow for this is the law
If
you stroll in the road you get a jaywalking fine
This
is for your own safety so you’re not run over
There
are other rules which are much harsher
In a
dictatorship there are rules you must follow
Adolf
Hitler and his Nazi party had many such rules
Do as
they say and you may live, for a little while
The
Jews had to abide by many harsh rules or else
Jews
can’t open or run their own business
They
can’t practise their religion or attend a synagogue
The
Star of David must be visible and worn at all times
These
and more were rules the had to be followed
But
really it didn’t matter for they were all doomed
Hitler
drafted his Final Solution to the Jewish Question
It
was open season on the Jews in Europe
He
chose Poland to murder them on an industrial scale
Poland
had an excellent railway system to all Europe
Train
loads of Jews arrived daily each carrying thousands
They
were murdered within hours after being processed
Those
Jews never broke the law nor were criminals
Nazi
paranoia and insanity methodically targeted them
Simply
because they were Jewish and Hitler’s enemy
History
recorded their names and number and figures
Figures
from Warsaw, from Budapest, from Oslo...
The
Jews broke Hitler’s number one paranoid rule
They
were Jewish by birth and heritage and had to die
Bomber
Plane
The
old saying was that the bomber will always get through to the target
To
drop bombs on innocent civilians or a war factory or air base
And
win the war for us by bombing our enemy and blow them to pieces
This
wasn’t always the case for bombers were often hacked out of the sky
Dozens
of British Blenheim and Battle bombers were shot down over France
As
were hundreds of Nazi Junkers, Heinkel and Dornier bombers over Britain
And
hundreds of American Liberators and Flying Fortresses were lost over Germany
The
bomber plane was made to terrorize civilian populations and bomb them
Destroy
their will to support war and fight so their nation collapsed
This
never quite happened though bomber planes killed indiscriminately
Hundreds
of thousands were blown to bits in World War 2 by the bomber
The
Nazis experimented on Guernica in Spain in the Civil War and got results
Nasty
bloody brutal merciless results on an undefended town with more to follow
Warsaw
in Poland, Rotterdam in Holland, Dunkirk in France, Belgrade in Yugoslavia...
Japan
was part of the bomber club with a fleet of modern planes ready for war
Blooded
in China against a weak but tenacious enemy equipped with old fighters
Which
fought bravely but couldn’t stop the destruction of Chinese cities and
casualties
Imperial
Japan got a taste of war and their air fleets raided Hawaii, Singapore,
Rangoon...
Their
Prosperity Sphere adventure to gain a massive new empire and recourses
The
same Nell and Betty bombers were effective against American and British
warships
Sinking
a score or more and ending battleship supremacy by control of the air
When
nations acquired fighter planes and wisely used them the bombers were battered
With
heavy losses in aircraft and trained crews quicker than could be replaced
A war
of attrition that wasn’t always won for the enemy was smart and cunning
The
Americans sent escort fighters all the way to the target to protect the heavies
And
the British sent night fighters to guard their night bombers over Germany
The
Hampden, Whitley, Wellington, Stirling, Halifax and Lancaster bombers were like
the moon
Their
night bombing losses waxed and waned as tactics were developed by both sides
By
day or night the terror bombers relied on surprise, speed, firepower, strategy
and luck
To
reach their objectives and destroy it in a rain of high explosive and fire
bombs
Time
and again they got through to flatten Nazi towns and cities and win the war
It
was the same with Imperial Japan’s cities destroyed by the mighty Superfortress
Using
incendiary bombs by the million and finally the mighty atomic bombs
Proving
once and for all the bomber will get through and obliterate its target
A
historical battle where slow weak bombers perished and fast strong bombers
thrived
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