The poem "In Flanders Fields" was written by John McCrae referring to which war ?
Correct answer: C. World War I
- A. The Franco-Prussian War
- B. The American Civil War
- C. World War I
- D. World War II
Explanation
John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields in 1915 after serving as a medical officer during World War I. Its poppy-filled battlefield setting became one of the best-known poetic images of that war.
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