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Long known as the corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) because it flourishes as a weed in grain fields, the Flanders poppy as it is now usually called, grew profusely in the trenches and craters of the war zone. Artillery shells and shrapnel stirred up the earth and exposed the seeds to the light they needed to germinate.

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Why are poppies a symbol of world war 1?

Poppies are a symbol of WW I because there is a famous cemetery for soldiers who died in the war, called Flanders Field, in which poppies grow. There is also a famous poem about this.


How do poppies represent World War 1?

They don't


Poppies growing on battlefields in which war?

they grew in world war 1 and 2


What is the significance of poppies represent?

They represent World War 1 remembrance day.


Why are poppies a big part of World War 1?

Well, honey, poppies are a big deal in World War 1 because they became a symbol of remembrance for those who died in the war. The red poppies grew in abundance on the battlefields of Flanders, where many soldiers lost their lives. So, people started wearing poppies as a way to honor and remember the fallen soldiers. Simple as that, darling.


Why do they call it a poppy?

because in world war 1 a lot of veterans died and to remember them they sell poppies and the poppy money goes to the family's who's members have died


Why do we wear poppies?

To remember whose who gave their lives during World War 1. Red poppies began to grow on the shell blasted battlegrounds of France and Belgium, so the poppy was adopted. The money raised by selling poppies help all casualties of the armed forces up to modern times, and long into the future.


Why do you need to wear the poppy why not somthing else?

It is worn because the poppies grew in the battlefields and flanders fields during world war 1


Are there poppies on World War 1 graves?

Yes, there are, to remember them. They were planted because the soldiers were important because they fought to save all of our lives.


Why do farmers grow opium poppies?

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Why is World War 1 remembered?

So many people died and it was the first world war, that's why it's called the 'great war.' It's also remembered because we learn about it at school/college and it's in books, also because of the red poppies.