Flanders Fields 14-18 - Barbed wire was first invented in the USA in the 1860s to control livestock. It would go on to become one of the enduring symbols of inhumanity of
![A technical drawing of one common type of barbed wire (Stacheldraht) in... | Download Scientific Diagram A technical drawing of one common type of barbed wire (Stacheldraht) in... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363840649/figure/fig3/AS:11431281086136934@1664130153306/A-technical-drawing-of-one-common-type-of-barbed-wire-Stacheldraht-in-German-Obstacles.png)
A technical drawing of one common type of barbed wire (Stacheldraht) in... | Download Scientific Diagram
![German barbed wire field, St Hilaire le Grand (Marne), 12th September 1916 | Brothers at War | John Malam German barbed wire field, St Hilaire le Grand (Marne), 12th September 1916 | Brothers at War | John Malam](http://www.brothersatwar.co.uk/_Media/german-barbed-wire-field-st.jpeg)
German barbed wire field, St Hilaire le Grand (Marne), 12th September 1916 | Brothers at War | John Malam
![German soldiers fixing a barbed wire entanglement during World War I ca. 1914-1915 Stock Photo - Alamy German soldiers fixing a barbed wire entanglement during World War I ca. 1914-1915 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2F4B54H/german-soldiers-fixing-a-barbed-wire-entanglement-during-world-war-i-ca-1914-1915-2F4B54H.jpg)
German soldiers fixing a barbed wire entanglement during World War I ca. 1914-1915 Stock Photo - Alamy
![British (Top) and German (Bottom) Barbed wire from Somme Battlefield. Thanks to Pete at Ortago View, Flers. | 17th Battalion Manchester Regiment on the Somme British (Top) and German (Bottom) Barbed wire from Somme Battlefield. Thanks to Pete at Ortago View, Flers. | 17th Battalion Manchester Regiment on the Somme](https://17thmanchesters.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/british-top-and-german-bottom-barbed-wire-from-somme-battlefield-thanks-to-pete-at-ortago-view-flers.jpg)