No man's land facts for kids
No man's land is land that is not part of any country. It may be unclaimed territory, or an area that is under dispute and not occupied because of fear or uncertainty.
During war (especially World War I), it is a term used for the area of land between two enemy trenches. Usually nobody was alive there. It was full of shell holes, dead bodies, and barbed wire, and raked by machine gun fire. Attacks were made across no man's land but few attacking soldiers survived.
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An aerial photograph showing opposing trenches and no man's land between Loos and Hulluch during World War I
See also
In Spanish: Tierra de nadie (guerra) para niños
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