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What is flanders field?

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Flanders field was the battlefront in Flanders during World War 1. There died a lot of British soldiers, so one of those British soldiers wrote a poem: In Flanders fields.

Flanders is located in Belgium. It lies in the north of Belgium and they speak Dutch (Flemish).

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