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No Man's Land
 [Creeping Barrage Animation]
Artillery

Infantry

Barbed Wire

Germans



In the illustration, the Creeping Barrage lead the attack by destroying the enemy barbed wire. The infantry would move across No Man's Land, behind the protection of the creeping barrage. They would then move through the holes in the enemy barbed wire and attack the German soldiers.
 
Updated: 1998-10-23
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