No man's land
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No man's land is a term for a land that is not occupied or more specifically land that is under dispute between parties that won't occupy it because of fear or uncertainty.
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History
World War I
In World War I and other later wars which involved trench warfare, the term no man's land indicated the land between the trenches of the opposing armies. This land belonged to neither side; it was in a kind of limbo.
No man's land was a very dangerous area because it usually provides none of the cover that trenches are designed to. However, soldiers were forced to venture into it when advancing, and stretcher bearers would need to traverse it if they were to bring in the wounded.
Cold War
During the Cold War No man's land was the territory close to the Iron Curtain. Officially the territory belonged to the Eastern Bloc countries, but at the entire Iron Curtain there was a several hundreds meters wide tract of unihabited land containing watch towers, minefields and such.
Art and entertainment
- No Man's Land (play)
- No Man's Land (movie)
- "No Man's Land (comics)" was a major crossover in Batman comic books
