Welcome to Flanders Fields
by Daniel G. Dancocks
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Until his suicide, Dancocks was one of Canada's most promising military historians. This book ranks as being one of the best primers on Canada's entry into World War One. Written in a highly readable style, Wecome to Flanders Fields is a Canadian classic. A must read for all students of the period.
Poor guys. Lousy weapons from a sleazy politician.
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- Canonical title
- Welcome to Flanders Fields
- Alternate titles
- Welcome to Flanders Fields : the first Canadian battle of the Great War: Ypres, 1915
- People/Characters
- Sir Arthur William Currie
- Important places
- Belgium; Flanders Fields, Belgium
- Important events
- World War I (1914 | 1918); Second Battle of Ypres (1915)
- Dedication
- For Derek Howat
- First words
- It began, like so much of Canadian history, on a windswept plain outside Quebec City.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands 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.
[Robert McCrae]
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