The V2

V2 rises, according to Churchill, to 100 km!
V1 and V2 attacks on Antwerp and Paris.
The High Command of the German armed forces announced on Friday that the port of Antwerp has been under heavy fire from V1 and V2 for several weeks. Paris is also being targeted by these two weapons. In the British House of Commons, Prime Minister Churchill made a statement on Friday morning regarding the use of the V2. He stated that no official British announcement had been made because it could have provided important information to the enemy. According to Churchill, the rocket projectile has the ability to penetrate deeper into the ground than the V1, causing greater destruction near the point of impact. The effect of the air pressure is less at a greater distance. Churchill also revealed that the new projectile flies at an altitude of 95 to 110 km through the stratosphere and is faster than the speed of sound. As a result, it is not detectable, and it is not possible to warn the public in time of its approach. The Prime Minister hoped that the points from which the V2 is launched would soon be captured, but he did not know if the range of the projectiles could be increased, allowing them to be launched from more distant bases. Churchill considered the V2 as an attempt to break the morale of the British population. Finally, the Prime Minister requested that the press and members of the House of Commons continue to maintain silence so as not to provide Germany with information. In Berlin, it is noted that the port of Antwerp is hardly of any importance to the Allies for troop and material supply now that it is under the fire of V1 and V2. – 11-11-44

V1, you are too alone for us,
Therefore, you should get a helper,
So spoke Hitler, Goebbels, Ley,
And see: V2 came.

V1 was clumsy, short, and stout,
V2, on the other hand, is quite neat,
V2 is long, V2 is slender,
And it‘s 16 meters long.

Such length is quite colossal,
It’s like a telegraph pole,
And it flies like a fiery spear,
Mr. Churchill is truly afraid.

He knows exactly, the poor fellow,
That the head of the V2 rocket
Was loaded in Germany with
An entire ton of dynamite.

The Nouveauté of the German front,
What V1 could not achieve
V2 surely accomplishes,
And Eisenhower says: Oh my,

I hadn‘t really thought,
That Germany could accomplish something like this,
My army is dying with all hands,
I‘d love to quickly go home.

V2 is indeed the most amazing thing
That ever flew through the skies,
For 600 kilometers
It flies with arrow-like speed.

And all the loyal Hitler-followers,
They shout: Heil V2,
We weave the maiden garland for you
For Germany has a new chance.

What do we care about wife, what do we care about child,
For they have long been swept away by the wind
Unless they were hit by the bomb,
The family sits loyal and good

With the farmer out in the countryside,
For the city was burned,
But little father is not there,
He eagerly fires the V2.

He fires, that’s his duty,
But, dear people, it serves no purpose,
It‘s not going well with V2,
For if it were as perfect

As originally promised to you,
That every enemy becomes broken by it,
Why do they keep promising more Vees?
Then it would be V2, and that‘s it.

Already, you see that it‘s not so,
You stagger from one deceit
Over to a new deception,
And it‘s never enough for you.

You seem slow to comprehend,
You still don‘t see it:
Whatever you do, whatever you build,
Soon you will be out-Vee-ed.