Officially it is in a place called Ieper. However the French name of the place is most commonly used, which is Ypres. Both Ieper and Ypres are correct, they are the same place.
Iper / Ypres is in Belgium and is Flemish providence of West Flanders.
Near the city IEPER : that city is located is the extreme west of the country.
Flanders is a large plain that includes parts of Belgium, France and the Netherlands; it is a rich agricultural region; and one of the major battlefields of World War I.
Yes. there are poems written about flanders feilds where the fallen now rest.
The Canadian 10 dollar bill has the poem "In Flanders Fields" written on it.
"In Flander's Fields", the poppy represents the war.
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Flanders is the name given to northern Belgium. Many of the brutal actions of the first World War (1914 - 1918) took place there and the land was disturbed and churned up. Poppies tend to grow in freshly turned earth, so as the land began to recover the fields were covered in them. Although poppies have been a symbol of death and rebirth since ancient times, Mcrae's poem, "In Flanders Fields" gave a new impetus to the idea and they have become synonymous with our remembrance of those who fell in war.
Flanders Fields is the name given to the battlefields from World War I. The fields are located between West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium.
Flanders is in Belgium.
In Flanders Fields - John McCrae
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 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.
The poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae was written during the Second Battle of Ypres.Ypres is a city in Belgium.
Colonel McCrae was in Canada when he wrote In Flanders Fields. He was in hospital after being shot.
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In Flanders Fields which is where the war was
Yes. there are poems written about flanders feilds where the fallen now rest.
The Canadian 10 dollar bill has the poem "In Flanders Fields" written on it.
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.