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= Barbed Wire - "The Devils Rope" =

==== Nine patents for improvements to wire fencing were granted by the U.S. Patent Office to American inventors, beginning with Michael Kelly in November 1868 and ending with "Joseph Glidden" in November 1874 and then barbed wire was invented in 1873 by Glidden. ====

==== Barbed wire was used to delay or disrupt enemies long enough to kill them, the wires entanglements were placed in front of trenches to prevent direct charges on men below, increasingly leading to greater use of more advanced weapons such as high powered machine guns and grenades. ====

==== When livestock came face to face with barbed wire for the first time, it was a painful experience. The injuries provided enough reasons for the public to protest its use. Religious groups called it "the work of the devil," or "The Devil's Rope" and demanded removal. ====