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In “All Quiet On the Western Front” there is mention of how German barbed wire was near impenetrable and that some sections had electric currents running through them. How much truth is there to this? What other methods were used to fortify trenches throughout the first World War?

by /u/YoungRockyRacoon in /r/AskHistorians

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