Well, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
Yeah, he's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
Gonna have a whole lotta fun.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Yeah, come on Wall Street, don't be slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of its trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Viet Cong.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Now you can go out and get those reds
'Cause the only good commie is the one that's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, and don't hesitate
To send your sons off before it's too late.
You can be the first ones in your block
To have your boy come home in a box.
And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Country Joe MacDonald [I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag, 1965]
German Wehrmacht Panzer IIIs and IVs in the battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between
German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk (450 kilometres southwest of Moscow) in the Soviet Union during July and August 1943. Hitler thought that a victory here would reassert Germany's
strength and improve his prestige with allies who were considering withdrawing
from the war. It was also hoped that large numbers of Soviet prisoners would be
captured to be used as slave labour in Germany's armaments industry. The Battle of Kursk was the first time a German strategic
offensive had been halted before it could break through enemy defences and
penetrate to its strategic depths.
"Αντι-ηρωικός" πίνακας του Βασίλι Βασίλιεβιτς Βερεστσάγκιν (Васи́лий Васи́льевич Вереща́гин), στην πινακοθήκη Τρετιακόφ στη Μόσχα. Σπαρμένος ο κάμπος με κορμιά.
