No man's land was originally the area of land between the
trenches of the opposing sides in
World War I and other wars of that period which involved
trench warfare. It was so called because the land belonged to neither side; it was in a kind of limbo between the opposing
armies. 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.
No Man's Land (play)[?] is also the name of a
1974 play by the
English dramatist Harold Pinter.
No Man's Land (movie) is also the name of a
movie written and directed by
Danis Tanovic[?].