The Poem Written in the Mud: 'In Flanders Fields,' 1915
On May 3, 1915, Canadian doctor John McCrae wrote 'In Flanders Fields' beside a battlefield grave — and gave the world the remembrance poppy.
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The Lusitania Goes Down
On May 7, 1915, the German submarine U-20 torpedoed the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people and turning world opinion against Germany.