It was the beginning of the end of WWI,
‘By Jove, the war’s coming to an end': Battle of Amiens remembered
Descendants of those who fought in decisive first world war assault gather at city’s cathedral
It was the point at which “aerial, mechanical and human courage and ingenuity combined with devastating results†to turn the tide of the first world war, Prince William told the 3,000 people gathered to commemorate the Battle of Amiens in the city’s Notre-Dame cathedral.
Remembrance of the four-day assault – launched at 4.20am, 100 years ago to the day – may live in the shadow of the horrors of the Somme and Passchendaele, but, as Prince William said, it was this “truly coordinated†allied attack and the “great endeavour†of 100,000 British, French, Canadian, Australian and US troops that broke the will of the German army and acted as a springboard for victory.
A reading by Maj Ryan Pearce, of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps, voiced the thoughts of Pte Southey, of the Australian Corps: “Some Germans surrendered quickly, others fought to the end. As we pushed on wondering where we were, the sun broke through and we began to see the countryside that we hadn’t seen for quite some time. It was unscathed, all sorts of cultivated land, and we began to feel, ‘By Jove, the war’s coming to an end. We’re getting through.â€â€™
Read more at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/by-jove-the-wars-coming-to-an-end-battle-of-amiens-remembered
The Sun:
HONOURING THE FALLEN 100th anniversary of the Battle of Amiens marked by Theresa May and Prince William as they join world leaders in France
The Prime Minister praised the 'courage, bravery and skill' of the troops who changed the course of WW1
By Jay Akbar
The Australians and Canadians were prominent in Amiens offensive
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6970412/100th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-amiens-marked-by-theresa-may-and-prince-william-as-they-join-world-leaders-in-france/
The famous War poem, "In Flanders Fields" :
"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London magazine Punch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Flanders_Fields (The good doctor only died a few years later as well in 1918).
This is why, some people, remember World War I and really, seems to be those who fought and died in other wars with Poppies, poppy pins.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
