No Mans Land- Preister, Jones, Pearson, Barr
~No mans land: Land that is unoccupied or is under conflict between parties that leave it unoccupied
. It was an area of land that is between enemy trenches. They did not want to seize the land in fear that they would be killed by the enemy in the process.
~Several Hundred yards to as short as 15 yards --The areas of No Mans Land were usually littered with warfare, carnage, and remains of artillery. --After an attack stretcher bearers had to race into No Mans Land and collect the bodies of the wounded or dead.
--The area of no mans land could change at any point because of front lines shifting as consequence of battles or actions. Avg. distance was about 150 meters
-- To get to No Man's Land you had to crawl under barbed wire. It was heavily fired upon. There were land mines, machine guns, mortars, artillery, and rifle men on each side.
--While in No Man's Land you were at high rist of dying as you could easily be shot dead by a sniper bullet. Trying to cross was very difficult.
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