Remembrance day

« Remembrance DAY Remembrance Day is on 11th November and is also known as Armistice Day or Poppy Day.

It marks the day World War One ended, at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month, back in 1918.

The end of the First World War, which ended on 11 November 1918, is commemorated in the clearing at Rethondes in the forest of Compiègne at 5.15 a.m.

in a carriage set up as an office for Foch.

It used to be called Armistice Day, but was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War. History : On 28 June 1914, in Sarajevo, a young Serb nationalist from Bosnia, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Prince Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife the Duchess of Hohenberg.

Austria-Hungary reacts to this attack by issuing an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia, in agreement with their German ally.

The Serbs rejected the ultimatum, leading Austria-Hungary to declare war on the Serbs.

This local conflict leads to a game of alliances between the major European powers which sets them on the road to war.

Several of these powers were at the head of empires spanning several continents, which explains the global dimension of the conflict.

There are two major alliances in this conflict: the Triple Entente (France, the United Kingdom, Russia and the colonial empires that these states control ) and the Central Empires (Germany and Austria-Hungary, and the colonies they control). The Ottoman Empire joined them in October 1914, followed a year later by the Kingdom of Bulgaria. In the days following the Armistice, you can see people wearing a poppy on TV and in the streets.

Poppies are a way of remembering those who have died in conflicts around the world.

They also represent the contributions of families and emergency services.

The poppy was chosen as a symbol of the First World War because it was the only flower to grow in the battlefields in Falnders after the conflicts.

In remembrance of those who died during the conflicts, we have two minutes of silence.

In 1922, a factory was established where former soldiers of the war were employed to make poppies.

This factory is still in operation today and produces several million poppies each year.

This action aims to support war veterans.

There is no right or wrong way to wear your poppy, although most people wear it on their chest.

The Royal British Legion just asks that you wear it with pride.. »