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Phoney War

The Phoney War was an eight-month period at the outset of World War II, lasting from September 1939 to May 1940, during which there were virtually no major Allied military land operations on the Western Front.

Phoney War
Phoney War · Photographer: Keating G (Lt) War Office official photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
3 Sept 1939 – 10 Apr 1940
Where
Siegfried Line
Era
Modern

Topics

Germany1,250 BCE – todayFrance359 BCE – today

Before and after

Pact of Steel19391939–1940 Winter Offensive1939 – 1940Show on timeline

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