The origin story of the Poppy from the First World War to international symbol

Nov 10, 2016, 11:02 PM

This Daybreak audio documentary takes you back to the Western Front in Belgium, 1915. There, John McCrae penned his famous poem, "In Flanders Fields," following the second battle of Ypres, where German troops used chlorine gas for the first time and Canadians established their reputation as hard-fighting soldiers.