‘No Man’s Land’: The Name for the Danger Zone in ‘1917’ Is Almost 1,000 Years Old

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‘No Man’s Land’: The Name for the Danger Zone in ‘1917’ Is Almost 1,000 Years Old
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In the movie “1917,” World War II soldiers are dispatched into “no man’s land” amid trench warfare. But the name goes back nearly a millennium to a different war.

Fresh off its win at the Golden Globes for best motion picture drama, the World War I epic “1917” shot to the top of the box office in its first week in wide release and racked up 10 Oscar nominations.

The film follows two young British soldiers as they set out on a seemingly impossible mission: to hand-deliver a vital message by crossing “no man’s land,” the hellish middle zone between the French and German trench lines on the war’s western front.To Read the Full Story

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