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Originally Posted by PIMking
I'm not sure exactly what the red flower that I see Canadian's and British wear. Is it for memorial for the troops?
Thanks.
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The battles of 'the great war' WW1 in northern France and Belgium, the Somme, Ypres, Paschendale, were all fought over a chalk landscape, chalk is very alkaline which poppies love, so the effect of the vast numbers of shells going off blew the top soil off the fields and exposed the chalk and created ideal conditions for poppies to grow.
The poor #######s in the trenches looked out over a vast grey landscape of death with thousands of bright red poppies growing amongst the bodies, it became a symbol to them of sorts.