The Phoney War (French: Drôle de guerre; German: Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the outset of World War II during which there were virtually no...
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Britain and France declared war on Germany. followed by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Canada. During the Phoney War period, the alliance provided...
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declaration of war on Germany—17:00 on 3 September 1939. Phoney War, or drôle de guerre ("strange war"), the name given to the period of time in Western Europe...
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During the stalemated "Phoney War" (October 1939 to spring 1940), public opinion in the US was strongly opposed to entering the war. A poll in March 1940...
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stages the war declared by Britain and France was described as a "Phoney War". Further, neither the British Empire nor the French ever declared war upon the...
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September. The next few months in the war were marked by the Phoney War. The Phoney War was an early phase of World War II marked by a few military operations...
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Saar Offensive, remained mostly calm. This period of the war is commonly known as the Phoney War. On 17 September the Soviet forces joined the invasion...
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however, the Anglo-French alliance could do or did do to help Poland. The Phoney War culminated in April 1940 with the German invasion of Denmark and Norway...
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Twilight War may refer to: Winston Churchill's name for the Phoney War, the first phase of World War II A fictional war in the role playing game Twilight...
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World War II. Timeline of events preceding World War II Timeline of World War II (1939) Timeline of World War II (1940) Timeline of World War II (1941)...
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during World War II: The "Phoney War" of 1939–1940, also called drôle de guerre in France, dziwna wojna in Poland (both meaning "Strange War"), or the Sitzkrieg...
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the North-Eastern Front (Front du Nord-est). Most of the BEF spent the Phoney War (3 September 1939 to 9 May 1940) digging field defences on the border...
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The Franco-Thai War (October 1940 – January 28, 1941, Thai: กรณีพิพาทอินโดจีน, romanized: Karani Phiphat Indochin; French: Guerre franco-thaïlandaise)...
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Invasion of Poland (redirect from Polish Defence War of 1939)
Oder–Neisse line Phoney War Polish cavalry brigade order of battle in 1939 Polish contribution to World War II Polish resistance movement in World War II Siege...
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Cross for this action. The war on the land did not begin until May 1940, as Britain and France were involved in a Phoney War between Germany and the Franco-British...
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September 1939, but was forced to retreat.[clarification needed] The Phoney War ensued until 1940, when the Germans invaded and overran northern France...
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Battle of France (redirect from May 1940 blitzkrieg war)
a period of inaction called the Phoney War (the French Drôle de guerre, joke war or the German Sitzkrieg, sitting war) set in between the belligerents...
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World War. Most of its deliberations took place during the period of the Phoney War, with its first meeting at Abbeville on 12 September 1939. The final three...
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represented France at the July 1939 New York World's Fair. During the Phoney War, the 4th Cruiser Division was attached to the Force de Raid under Admiral...
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minimal land and air warfare, leading to this time period being termed the "Phoney War". At sea, this time period saw the opening stages of the Battle of the...
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The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific...
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Gloster Gladiator (category World War II aircraft of Finland)
Soviet bombers. At the beginning of the Second World War, during what was known as the "Phoney War", Britain deployed the British Expeditionary Force (BEF)...
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Hawker Hurricane (category World War II aircraft of Finland)
Hurricane had its first combat action on 21 October 1939, at the start of the Phoney War. That day, "A" Flight of 46 Squadron took off from North Coates satellite...
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Neville Chamberlain (category British Empire in World War II)
action in the west, the initial months of the war were dubbed the "Bore War", later renamed the "Phoney War" by journalists. Chamberlain, in common with...
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Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria...
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The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally...
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beginning the war September 3: War is declared on Germany by the United Kingdom and France, the Battle of the Atlantic and Phoney War begins September...
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Aircraft of the French Air Force and Naval Aviation during the Phoney War and the Battle of France, and aircraft of the Free French Air Force (FAFL). The...
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The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the...
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Soviet–Japanese War was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan...
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