In Flanders Fields

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In Flanders Fields
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by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae
Canadian Expeditionary Forces Ypres, Belgium 1915
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In Flanders Fields...
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the poppies grow....
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between the crosses,
row on row ...
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that mark our place ...
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and in the sky the larks, still singing
bravely, fly...
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scarce heard amid the guns below ...
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we are the dead ...
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short days ago we lived ...
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felt dawn...
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saw sunset glow...
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l o v e d
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and were loved ...
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and now we lie in Flanders Fields.
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Take up our quarrel with our foe
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to you from failing hands...
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we throw the torch ...
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be yours to hold it high.
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If ye break faith with us who die ...
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we shall not sleep ....
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though poppies grow in Flanders Fields.
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IN TIMES OF WAR
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This scene was played out in thousands of train
stations as men prepared to go to war.
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Many men would never return home.
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Many of the men were badly wounded.
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Soldiers were not the only casualties of
war. Over one million children under the age of
sixteen died during the Second World War. A
brave young girl named Anne Frank was only one of
them.
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Women played an important role during times of
war by working in the factories and doing many of
the jobs usually done by men.
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In Europe, especially, food was very hard to get.
Each person was given a ration book that they
used to buy their food.
Each person could have only a small amount of
meat, sugar, butter, bacon, tea and cheese each
week and were allowed only one egg! Children
seldom got sweets or treats.
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If you wanted to buy new clothes you had to use
COUPONS. Each item was worth so many of these.
Every man, woman, child was allowed 48 coupons
per year.
A girls dress cost 5 coupons, shoes cost 2
coupons, and boys pants cost 6 coupons.
Instead of buying stockings women had their legs
painted.
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During the Second World War, thousands of
children were evacuated from Europe. Many of
these children would never see their parents
again. Some of these children came to Canada
and went home only after the war was over.
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Men often had to march hundreds of miles
to reach the battlefield.
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The sound of the roaring guns often left men deaf
for days.
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It was not unusual for men to go without sleep
for days on end.
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During much of the First World War the men had to
fight in trenches such as these at Flanders. The
trenches were often filled with water and rats.
The men were seldom dry or comfortable.
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Soldiers also dug and lived in foxholes to
try and stay safe.
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Many small towns and villages, such as this one
in France, were destroyed during the fighting.
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Entering small villages and towns occupied by
the German Army during the Second World War was a
dangerous undertaking.
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The young girls shown in this picture are asking
the soldier to take their dolls thinking that he
can keep them safe until the war is over.
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Women played an active part in many of the
battles that were fought.
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Many battles were fought in the air.
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Many men met their deaths when they parachuted in
behind the enemy lines.
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Many battles took place at sea.
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Many brave men were lost.
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Soldiers were often transported to battles by
large ships. The soldiers were then
transported to shore by landing craft such as
these.
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Many British, Americans, Canadians and their
allies such as the Polish forces, died while
trying to reach the beaches during the D-Day
Invasion in France.
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This picture shows people celebrating the end of
the First World War. Armistice was declared at
1100 a.m on November 11, 1918. The eleventh
hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month is
when Britons everywhere pause to remember those
who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could
live in peace.
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War memorials are a common sight across Britain
and many other countries and are one way that we
honour those men and women who made the supreme
sacrifice so that we might live in peace.
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The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire
records the names of many men and women who have
lost their lives fighting for Britain.
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On Remembrance Day we wear poppies to help us
remember the horrors of war and the many brave
people who lost their lives as a result.
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REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICES ARE ANOTHER WAY THAT WE
PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR US.
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ONE MINUTE OF SILENCE
DURING THE ONE MINUTE OF SILENCE YOU ARE ASKED TO
STAND AND BOW YOUR HEAD. REMEMBER THAT IT IS
ONLY BECAUSE OF THE SACRIFICE OF SO MANY THAT WE
ARE ABLE TO LIVE IN FREEDOM AND PEACE TODAY.