John McCrae, Canadian doctor soldier and poet, he wrote it on the 3rd May 1915 in the trenches of World War I
The poem "In Flanders' Fields" was written by John McCrae, a Canadian military physician during World War I. It was inspired by his experiences on the battlefield and quickly became one of the most famous and enduring war poems.
John Alexander McCrae (1872-1918)
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
In Flanders Fields - John McCrae
magazine article on the 75th anniversary of the poem, ''In Flanders Fields''
I think mostly because a Canadian wrote the poem "Flanders Fields". Flanders was allegedly a generic name for battlefields in the county of Flanders in Belgium. Canada fought many of their most important battles there; Ypres, The Somme and Passchendaele. John MacCrae wrote the poem during the battle of the Somme, in Flanders.
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Colonel McCrae was in Canada when he wrote In Flanders Fields. He was in hospital after being shot.
Flanders field was the battlefront in Flanders during World War 1. There died a lot of British soldiers, so one of those British soldiers wrote a poem: In Flanders fields. Flanders is located in Belgium. It lies in the north of Belgium and they speak Dutch (Flemish).
The Canadian 10 dollar bill has the poem "In Flanders Fields" written on it.
John McCrae wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields" at a dressing station near Ypres, Belgium, during World War I. This poem serves as a poignant tribute to soldiers who died in battle.
In Flanders fields
The poem "In Flanders Fields" was written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian physician, during World War I. McCrae wrote the poem in May 1915 after presiding over the funeral of a friend and fellow soldier who died in battle.
There are no graves marked in Flanders Fields, as there is no specific place. It is a part of a famous WW1 poem, and generically refers to the fighting places in the northern part of Belgium known as Flanders. The poem ("In Flanders Fields") was written by a Canadian physician John McCrae in 1915, and memorializes those killed in fighting in WW1.
The foe referred to in the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae is the enemy soldiers fighting on the opposing side during World War I. They are portrayed as the adversaries to the soldiers and victims memorialized in Flanders Fields.