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3rd May 1915: John McCrae composes the war poem ‘In Flanders Fields’

3rd May 2019
Tagged as: Canada, Culture, First World War, Poetry, War, Ypres

Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian doctor, wrote the war poem ‘In Flanders Fields’, which inspired the symbol of the poppy to commemorate members of the military killed in war.

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25th December 1914: The Christmas Truce takes place at sections along the Western Front

25th December 2018
Tagged as: Belgium, Britain, Christmas, Christmas Truce, First World War, France, Germany, Truce, Western Front, Ypres

The Christmas Truce saw soldiers on the First World War’s Western Front take part in a series of unofficial ceasefires.

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3rd May 1915: John McCrae composes the war poem ‘In Flanders Fields’

25th December 1914: The Christmas Truce takes place at sections along the Western Front

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17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War

19th January 1917: 73 people killed in the Silvertown munitions factory explosion in London

22nd February 1797: The last invasion of Britain takes place, leading to the Battle of Fishguard

26th February 1935: Hitler formally establishes the Luftwaffe in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles

18th November 1987: 31 people killed in the Kings Cross fire on the London Underground

17th November 1558: Queen Elizabeth I’s reign begins after the death of Mary I

16th November 1990: Milli Vanilli stripped of Grammy Award for not singing on their album

15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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