As an Australian living in the UK I had always assumed that all countries had a day of remembrance for the sacrifices, futility and horrors of war. I was quite

As an Australian living in the UK I had always assumed that all countries had a day of remembrance for the sacrifices, futility and horrors of war. I was quite surprised when a German colleague saw the wearing of red poppies around November 11 as unusual and something he could not grok.