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Phoney War
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English
Alternative forms
en Phony War phoney war
Etymology
Attributed to US senator William Borah.
Proper noun
phoney war 1
en historical During World War II, the period of limited military activity from the outbreak of hostilities on September 3rd, 1939 until Germany's attack on the Low Countries on May 10th, 1940.
en 2019 Maude Williams; Bernard Wilkin French Soldiers' Morale in the Phoney War, 1939–1940 Routledge 9781315311470 https://books.google.com/books?id=i5V2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PP14&dq=%22Phoney+War%22&hl=&cd=3&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Phoney%20War%22&f=false Study of the Phoney War, especially on the Franco-German front, is still limited.
Translations
Phoney War
Dutch: nl schemeroorlog
Estonian: et kummaline sõda
Finnish: fi valesota
French: fr drôle de guerre f
German: de Sitzkrieg m
Hungarian: hu furcsa háború
Lithuanian: lt keistasis karas m
Polish: pl dziwna wojna f
Russian: ru странная война f
Spanish: es guerra de broma
en Types of wars World War II