- The First World War
- Death on the Battlefield
- War in the Air
- Victoria Cross Winners
- The Generals
- Organizing for War
- The Wartime Economy
- Recruitment
- Conscription Divides Canada
- Pacifism
- Ethnicity and Race
- Civilian Contributions
- Writing on War
- The War's Impact on Families
- Demobilization and the Veterans
- Indigenous Soldiers
- Military Medicine
- Military Chaplains
Writing on War
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This quotation from the biography of John McCRAE provides context for the creation of his famous poem:
“The poem for which McCrae is chiefly remembered, ‘In Flanders fields,’ was written while he was waiting for the wounded to arrive at his dugout. It was inspired particularly by the death of his friend Alexis Helmer on 2 May. Published in the London magazine Punch in December 1915, it rapidly became the most popular English-language poem of the war.”
To learn more about this author and others who wrote on the subject of war, we invite you to explore the list of biographies.