In Flanders Fields...
the
poppies
grow....
between the crosses,
row on row ...
that mark our place ...
and in the sky the larks, still singing bravely, fly...
scarce heard amid the guns below ...
we are the dead ...
short days ago we lived ...
l
o
v
e
d
and were loved ...
and now we lie in Flanders Fields.
Take
up
our
quarrel
with
our
foe
we throw the torch ...
be yours to hold it high.
If ye
break
faith with
us who
die ...
we shall not sleep ....
though poppies grow in Flanders Fields.
IN TIMES OF WAR
This scene was played out in thousands of train
stations as men prepared to go to war.
Many men would never return home.
Many of the men were badly wounded.
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.
Women played an important role during times of war by
working in the factories and doing many of the jobs usually
done by men.
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 candy or treats.
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.
Instead of buying stockings
women had their legs
painted.
A girl’s dress cost 5
coupons, shoes cost 2
coupons, and boy’s pants
cost 6 coupons.
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.
Men often had to march hundreds of miles to reach the battlefield.
The sound of the roaring guns often left men deaf for days.
It was not unusual for men to go without sleep for days on end.
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.
Soldiers also dug and lived in foxholes to try and stay safe.
Many small towns and villages, such as this one in
France, were destroyed during the fighting.
Entering small
villages and
towns
occupied by
the German
Army during
the Second
World War
was a
dangerous
undertaking.
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.
Women played an active part in many of the battles that were fought.
Many battles were fought in the air.
Many men met their deaths when they parachuted in behind the enemy lines.
This painting, by Rich Thistle, depicts Billy Bishop who was a
Canadian war ace during the First World War.
Many battles took place at sea.
Many brave men were lost.
Soldiers were often
transported to battles
by large ships.
The soldiers were then
transported to shore
by landing craft such
as these.
Many Canadians died while trying to reach the beaches
during the D-Day Invasion in France.
This picture shows
people celebrating the
end of the First World
War. Armistice was
declared at 11:00 a.m on
November 11, 1918.
The eleventh hour of the
eleventh day of the
eleventh month is when
Canadians everywhere
pause to remember those
who made the ultimate
sacrifice so that we
could live in peace.
War memorials are a
common sight across
Canada and are one
way that we honour
those men and women
who made the supreme
sacrifice so that we
might live in peace.
The Books of
Remembrance in
the Hall of
Honour in
Ottawa are filled
with the names
of Canadians who
gave their lives
during times of
war.
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.
REMEMBRANCE DAY
SERVICES ARE ANOTHER
WAY THAT WE PAY
TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO
FOUGHT FOR US.
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.