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Fully Entangled in War

French lookouts posted in a barbed-wire-covered trench. The use of barbed wire in warfare was recent, having only been used for the first time in limited form during the Spanish-American War. All sides in World War I used extensive networks of barbed wire entanglements to prevent ground troops from moving forward. The effectiveness of the wire drove the development of technologies like the tank, and wire-cutting explosive shells set to detonate the instant they made contact with a wire.

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Title: Fully Entangled in War

Caption: French lookouts posted in a barbed-wire-covered trench. The use of barbed wire in warfare was recent, having only been used for the first time in limited form during the Spanish-American War. All sides in World War I used extensive networks of barbed wire entanglements to prevent ground troops from moving forward. The effectiveness of the wire drove the development of technologies like the tank, and wire-cutting explosive shells set to detonate the instant they made contact with a wire.

Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive/UIG

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Image size: 3521 × 2400 px | 24.2 MB

Print size: 29.8 × 20.3 cm | 1386.2 × 944.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 1ST WORLD WAR • BARBED WIRE • BATTLES • ENTANGLEMENTS • FIRST WORLD WAR • FRENCH • I WORLD WAR • MILITAR • MILITARS • MILITARY • TRENCH COAT • TRENCH • TRENCHES • WORLD WAR 1 • WORLD WAR I (1914-18) • WORLD WAR I • WORLD WAR ONE • WWI