Barracks facts for kids
"Barrack" redirects here. For other uses, see Barrack (disambiguation).
A barrack is a military building where soldiers live and sleep. Barracks can be made stronger with sandbags or with barbed wire fences. Sometimes they are built underground. They have been used for many years by many countries in many wars.
Images for kids
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Late 18th century barracks from the reign of George III, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
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Barracks in Gdańsk, Poland.
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Barracks at Hampton Court Palace (1689), Greater London; these are Britain's oldest surviving purpose-built barracks.
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Cavalry barracks, Christchurch, Dorset, 1795: officers' accommodation in the end blocks, ground-floor stables with men's accommodation over.
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Barracks housing conscripts of Norrbotten Regiment in Boden, Sweden.

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