Of Snow and Blood
Silence.
They trudged through the snow.
Unsighted, unknown
An alarm went off
High-pitched, startling
They raised their weapons
Ready
Bullets flew
Bombs sang in the crisp air
Before meeting an explosive end.
By command from their officer
They left their cover
And ran towards the enemy occupied village
They ran into a wall of fire
A blizzard of shrapnel
Around them fellow men fell
Screams cut short by the noise
of
another missile being fired
Still, they ran forward.
Those who survived
Those thirty meters of hell
Took cover behind barn and barrow
Braved to stick their necks out for a moment
To aim and fire at running white targets
So well camouflaged
Like ghosts
A yell from their officer
Too many men have been buried
In snow and blood
“Fall back!” he cries
And they did try
But only two of twenty
Made it back alive
By: Sapphire
Inspired by the Band of Brothers
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