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 ...

Before 1914 wars had mainly been fought by cavalries (soldiers who fought on horseback). But both sides in World War One soon realised the muddy ground, barbed wire and machine guns made it too ...

JOLIET, Ill., April 27.--The war cloud in the barb wire world, mentioned in these dispatches recently, has burst. View Full Article in Timesmachine » ...

The "Barbed Wire Goes to War" exhibit displays military wire and tools. Concertina wire - rolls of twisted barbed wire - first came into widespread use in World War I.

Thomas Naegle, Behind Barbed Wire. Clip: Season 15 Episode 1 ... entered another unexpected chapter in his young life when he was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II.