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Out of the blue-Nathan asked me today="How did they get the barbed wire up in No-Man's Land?"

Oddly enough-I had recently read a WW1 book and the same thought had crossed my mind.

So, How did they get the barbed wire put up?

As someone who has strung miles of barbed wire-It is not easy even when you are not yards away from people shooting at you.

I think one generally retreats behind barbed wire protecting a fall back position, or advances till stopped by your opponents defenses. Your commander dreams of a break through and advancing faster than the enemy can dig in.

Spock wrote:Out of the blue-Nathan asked me today="How did they get the barbed wire up in No-Man's Land?"

Oddly enough-I had recently read a WW1 book and the same thought had crossed my mind.

So, How did they get the barbed wire put up?

As someone who has strung miles of barbed wire-It is not easy even when you are not yards away from people shooting at you.

Wiring parties, as described in book and movie All Quiet on the Western Front

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiring_party

Night time. They installed it at night.

I've run out a lot of barb wire. I think if somebody was shooting at me I could go pretty fast.