How much barbed wire was used in world war 1?

Answer 1

I believe that barbed wire was first utilized by the British, who in turn had adapted it from an American concept used to fence ranches in the American West.

Wire entanglements were not first used in WWI. Piano and telegraph wire had been used in the American Civil War as part of trench defenses roughly in the same role as barbed wire.

Answer 2

Barbed wire was used to kill people in World War 1. They sometimes used it to hold there victims untill they kill them. world war one was a dreadful time and you should be happy that you dont live in that time because if you do then you would probably have a bad life.

Answer 3

A great deal of barbed wire was used during World War I in the 'No Man's Land' between the trenches. Some estimates say up to 15 tons of it was used between all the countries that participated in the war.

Answer 4

Sharp tangles of barbed waire were first seen in 1914 during the First World War. Improvements on the wire which caused high explosive shells to explode upon contact with the wire were introduced in 1917.

Answer 5

Fencing consisting of flat and thin wire was first proposed in France, by Leonce Eugene Grassin Baledans in 1860. His design consisted of bristling points, creating a fence that was painful to cross. In April 1865 Louis François Janin proposed a double wire with diamond shaped metal barbs; he was granted a patent. Michael Kelly from New York had a similar idea, and proposed that the fencing should be used specifically for deterring animals. More patents followed, and in 1867 alone there were six patents issued for barbed wire. Only two of them addressed livestock deterrence, one of which was from American Lucien B. Smith of Ohio. Before 1870, westward movement in the USA was largely across the plains with little or no settlement occurring. After the American Civil War the plains were extensively settled, consolidating America's dominance over them.

Ranchers moved out on the plains, and needed to fence their land in against encroaching farmers and other ranchers. The railroads throughout the growing West needed to keep livestock off their tracks, and farmers needed to keep stray cattle from trampling their crops. Traditional fence materials used in the Eastern U.S., like wood and stone, were expensive to use in the large open spaces of the plains, and hedging was not reliable in the rocky, clay and rain-starved dusty soils. A cost-effective alternative was needed to make cattle operations profitable.

Answer 6

Barbed wire had been invented towards the end of the nineteenth century so it was in use immediately war broke out - I Warner

Answer 7

its durable, nearly indestructible to the technology used in WWI and it would tear and cling on to soldiers combat clothing

Answer 8

1869