Barbed Wire (Military)

Defensive1874USAMilitary forces worldwide

TypeDefensive

OriginUSA

Era1874

UsersMilitary forces worldwide

About Barbed Wire (Military)

Barbed wire changed warfare as much as machine guns. In WWI, it slowed infantry assaults into killing zones. Laid by the thousands of kilometers along the Western Front. Soldiers got tangled and machine-gunned. Some estimate barbed wire caused more casualties than any other defensive measure in WWI.

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