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barbed wire: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Barbed Wire

Barbed Wire Dream Symbols:

Restricted access to someone or something, or some aspect in your life. Feelings of being trapped or confined.

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

Barbed Wire, Restricted access, Restricted, Access, Being trapped, Confined, Trapped, Trap

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barbed wire: Encyclopedia II - Events

1873 - January - April. January 71 - Indian Wars: First Battle of the Stronghold during the Modoc War. February 11 - Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I and proclaims the First Spanish Republic. February 12 - Former foreign minister Emilio Cistelar y Ripoli becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic. February 20 - The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California March 1 - E. Remington and Sons of Ilion, New York start prod ...

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1915 - September-October

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barbed wire: Encyclopedia - 1873

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). 1873 - Events. January 71 - Indian Wars: First Battle of the Stronghold during the Modoc War. February 11 - Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I and proclaims the First Spanish Republic. February 12 - Former foreign minister Emilio Cistelar y Ripoli becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Re ...

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1873 - Events

1873 - May - August

1873 - September - December

1873 - July-September

1873 - October-December

1873 - Unknown

1873 - Deaths

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barbed wire: Encyclopedia II - Anita Cobby murder - The accused

The five accused suspects had over 50 prior convictions for offences including armed robbery, assault, larceny, car theft, breaking and entering, drug usage, escaping lawful custody, receiving stolen goods and rape. Anita Cobby murder - John Travers. Main articles: John Travers, and [[]], See also:

Anita Cobby murder, Anita Cobby murder - Earlier life, Anita Cobby murder - Anita is missing, Anita Cobby murder - Shocking findings, Anita Cobby murder - Hunt for the killers, Anita Cobby murder - The accused, Anita Cobby murder - John Travers, Anita Cobby murder - Michael Murdoch, Anita Cobby murder - The Murphys, Anita Cobby murder - The trial, Anita Cobby murder - Aftermath, Anita Cobby murder - External link

barbed wire: Encyclopedia II - Colonia Dignidad - Accusations of abuse

Some defectors from the colony have portrayed the colony as a cult where leader Paul Schäfer held ultimate power. They claim that the residents were never allowed to leave the colony, and that they were strictly segregated by gender. Television and telephones were banned. Residents worked wearing Bavarian peasant garb and sang German folk songs. Sex was banned, with some residents forced to take drugs to reduce their desires. Severe discipline in the form of beatings and torture was commonplace -- Schäfer preached that discipline was spiritually enriching. See also:

Colonia Dignidad, Colonia Dignidad - Accusations of abuse, Colonia Dignidad - Child molestation, Colonia Dignidad - Torture, Colonia Dignidad - Weapons caches, Colonia Dignidad - Villa Baviera era

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Compound fortification

In military science, a compound is a type of fortification made up of walls surrounding several buildings in the center of a large piece of land. The walls can either serve the purpose of being tall, thick, and inpenetrable, in which case they would be made of wood, stone, or some other like substance; or dangerous to attempt to scale, in which case they could be made of barbed wire or electrified. Compounds are designed to double as living spaces and military structures in the middle of hostile territory; they are also used by the extremely

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Trench warfare

Trench warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of fortifications dug into the ground, facing each other. Trench warfare arose when there was a revolution in firepower without similar advances in mobility and communications. Periods of trench warfare occurred during the American Civil War (1861-5) and the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, and reached peak brutality and bloodshed on the Western Front in the First World War. Trench warfare - Background. Fortification is almost a ...

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Trench warfare - Background

Trench warfare - Siege warfare

Trench warfare - Maori Pas

Trench warfare - Development

Trench warfare - Implementation

Trench warfare - Defensive system

Trench warfare - Trench construction

Trench warfare - Trench geography

Trench warfare - Life in the trenches

Trench warfare - Death in the trenches

Trench warfare - Weapons of trench warfare

Trench warfare - Infantry weapons

Trench warfare - Machine guns

Trench warfare - Mortars

Trench warfare - Artillery

Trench warfare - Gas

Trench warfare - Helmets

Trench warfare - Wire

Trench warfare - Aircraft

Trench warfare - Other Weapons

Trench warfare - Mining

Trench warfare - Trench battles

Trench warfare - Strategy

Trench warfare - Tactics

Trench warfare - Communications

Trench warfare - Obsolescence

Trench warfare - Recent trench warfare

Trench warfare - Sources

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall (German: Die Berliner Mauer) was a long barrier separating West Berlin from East Berlin and the surrounding territory of East Germany. The East German authorities called it the "antifaschistischer Schutzwall" (Anti-Fascist Protection Wall). Its purpose was to restrict access between West Berlin and East Germany. It was built in 1961 and fortified over the years, but was opened to unrestricted transit on November 9, 1989 and subsequently almost entirely demolished. Berlin Wall - BackgroundIncluding:

Berlin Wall - Background

Berlin Wall - Construction of the Wall

Berlin Wall - How the Wall worked

Berlin Wall - The Wall years

Berlin Wall - The fall of the Wall

Berlin Wall - Celebrations

Berlin Wall - Aftermath

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the opening battles in a larger British campaign of the First World War known as the Battle of Arras. It is also considered a seminal event in Canadian history for the primary role Canadian forces played in the attack. Vimy, located in northern France, was one of the most heavily defended points on the entire Western Front and was thought to be an impregnable fortress. The German army had fortified it with tunnels, three rows of trenches behind barbed wire, massive artillery, and numerous mac ...

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Battle of Vimy Ridge - The Vimy Memorial

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Battle of the Somme 1916

The 1916 Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the First World War, with more than one million casualties. The British and French forces attempted to break through the German lines along a 25 mile (40 km) front north and south of the River Somme in northern France. One purpose of the battle was to draw German forces away from the battle of Verdun; however, by its end the losses on the Somme had exceeded those at Verdun. The battle is best remembered for its first day, 1 July 1916, on which the British suffered 57,470 casualties of which 19,240 were killed or died of wounds. ...

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Battle of the Somme 1916 - Prelude

Battle of the Somme 1916 - The first day on the Somme

Battle of the Somme 1916 - Aftermath of the first day

Battle of the Somme 1916 - Battle of Bazentin Ridge

Battle of the Somme 1916 - Pozières and Mouquet Farm

Battle of the Somme 1916 - Attrition: August and September

Battle of the Somme 1916 - Tank!

Battle of the Somme 1916 - The final phase

Battle of the Somme 1916 - Conclusion

Battle of the Somme 1916 - Casualties

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Agricultural fencing

In agriculture, fences are used to keep animals in or out of an area. Agricultural fencing - History. Agricultural fencing - Early fences. In older times, livestock would roam and were fenced out of areas, such as gardens and fields of crops, where they were unwanted. This prevails yet today in sparsely populated areas. States in the American West that follow this tradition are called "fence out" states, in contrast to Midwestern states which have "fence in" laws where livestock must b ...

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Agricultural fencing - History

Agricultural fencing - Early fences

Agricultural fencing - Barbed wire

Agricultural fencing - Electric

Agricultural fencing - Maintenance

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Chris Parks

Chris Parks (born October 4, 1973 in Washington, D.C.) is an American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as "The Monster" Abyss. Chris Parks - Career. Chris Parks - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. Prior to his debut in TNA as "Abyss", Chris Parks appeared in TNA as "Eric Justice" (much unlike the Abyss gimmick and unmasked) on the first ever TNA Pay Per View. He was a part of the 20 man gauntlet for the gold. He later ...

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Chris Parks - Career

Chris Parks - Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

Chris Parks - Independent Promotions

Chris Parks - Wrestling facts

Chris Parks - Managers

Chris Parks - Finishing and signature moves as Abyss

Chris Parks - Finishing and signature moves as Prince Justice

Chris Parks - Championships and accomplishments

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Battle of Gallipoli

The Battle of Gallipoli took place on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli in 1915 during the First World War. A combined British Empire and French operation was mounted in order to eventually capture the Ottoman capital of Constantinople (now Istanbul). The attempt failed, and an estimated 505,000 soldiers were killed and 262,000 wounded. In Turkey the campaign is known as the Çanakkale Savaşları. In the United Kingdom it is called the Dardanelles Campaign and in France, Australia, New Zealan ...

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Battle of Gallipoli - Prelude

Battle of Gallipoli - Naval attacks

Battle of Gallipoli - Invasion

Battle of Gallipoli - Anzac

Battle of Gallipoli - Helles

Battle of Gallipoli - The early battles

Battle of Gallipoli - August offensive

Battle of Gallipoli - Evacuation

Battle of Gallipoli - Aftermath

Battle of Gallipoli - Casualties

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Czech hedgehog

The Czech hedgehog (rozsocháč or ježek in Czech language) was a static defense made of angle iron (i.e. lengths with an L-shaped cross section) deployed (amongst other places) on the Atlantic coast of northern Europe during World War II as part of the Atlantic Wall. The hedgehog is very effective in keeping tanks from getting through the line of defense. It maintains its ...

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Czech hedgehog - Technological details

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Warsaw Uprising

Build up The Battle Lack of outside support Capitulation Aftereffects Cultural representations Military participants Notable People Facts and figures The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was an armed struggle during the Second World War by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation and Nazi rule. It started on August 1, 1944, as a part of a nationwide uprising, Operation Tem ...

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Warsaw Uprising - Eve of the battle

Warsaw Uprising - Opposing forces

Warsaw Uprising - The battle

Warsaw Uprising - Life behind the front lines

Warsaw Uprising - Lack of outside support

Warsaw Uprising - The capitulation

Warsaw Uprising - Destruction of the city

Warsaw Uprising - Liberation of the ruins

Warsaw Uprising - The legacy

Warsaw Uprising - After the war

Warsaw Uprising - Note

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Wolfsschanze

Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze (English: Wolf's Lair) was the code name used for a major military headquarters of Adolf Hitler during World War II. The remains of the complex are located in Poland by the village of Gierłoż near Kętrzyn (German: Rastenburg), although at the time of operation this area was part of the former German province of East Prussia. It consisted of a group of bunkers and fortified buildings in a thickly wooded area, surrounded by several rings of barbed wire and defensive positions. Th ...

barbed wire: Encyclopedia - Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification used to defend a city from potential aggressors. In ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements. Generally, these are referred to as city walls or town walls, although there were also walls, such as the Great Wall of China and the Atlantic Wall, which extended far beyond the borders of a city and were used to enclose vast regions. Walls are usually made of stone or clay and are generally as tall as a man's own height, although oftentimes much taller. Depending ...