USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

[SOURCES]
What was the name of the area between the trenches that contained barbed wire and land mines?

(A) ** no man’s land

(B) danger zone

(C) ground zero

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The land between the two enemy trench lines was called “No Man’s Land.” This land was sometimes covered with barbed wire and land mines.

Concept note-2: -The area between the trench lines, known as ‘no man’s land’, was the key ground, especially at night, for fierce combat between opposing front line troops, as patrols were sent out to gather information about their enemy’s defences.

Concept note-3: -The Legend of What Actually Lived in the “No Man’s Land” Between World War I’s Trenches. During World War I, No Man’s Land was both an actual and a metaphorical space. It separated the front lines of the opposing armies and was perhaps the only location where enemy troops could meet without hostility.

Concept note-4: -’No-man’s land, ’ was an ancient term that gained terrible new meaning during WWI. The constant bombardment of modern artillery and rapid firing of machine guns created a nightmarish wasteland between the enemies’ lines, littered with tree stumps and snarls of barbed wire.