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the phoney war

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  • Phoney War — The Phoney War Date 3 September 1939 – 10 May 1940 Location Maginot Line, Siegfried Line Result …   Wikipedia

  • phoney war — also phony war N SING A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards each other or are in competition with each other, as if they were at war, but there is no real fighting. [BRIT] There is a chance that the phoney war of the …   English dictionary

  • Phoney War — noun During World War Two, the period of limited military activity from the outbreak of hostilities until the fall of France …   Wiktionary

  • The Blitz — London Blitz redirects here. For the London based American football team, see London Blitz (American football). For other uses, see Blitz (disambiguation). The Blitz Part of Second World War, Home Front …   Wikipedia

  • phoney — an informal word meaning ‘sham, fake’ (adjective and noun), is of uncertain origin and not traced in print before 1900. Its currency was greatly boosted by the use of the term phoney war to refer to the relative inaction in the early months of… …   Modern English usage

  • The Dragonslayer — Infobox Book name = The Dragonslayer title orig = translator = image caption = First US edition cover author = Jeff Smith illustrator = Jeff Smith cover artist = Jeff Smith David Reed (colourist) Elizabeth Lewis Drew country = U.S. language =… …   Wikipedia

  • History of the Armée de l'Air (1909–1942) — The Armée de l Air (literally, army of the air ) is the name of the French Air Force in its native language. It has borne this name only from August 1933 when it was still under the jurisdiction of the army. Today, several other countries, all of …   Wikipedia

  • History of Germany during World War II — The flag of the Greater German Reich. This article is about the combat history of Nazi Germany. For other national history through the period (domestic activity, war production, etc.), see Germany in World War II. The history of Germany during… …   Wikipedia

  • Allies of World War II — The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. Within the ranks of the Allied powers, the British Empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America… …   Wikipedia

  • Campaigns of World War II — The campaigns of World War II were the military operations that were employed during World War II. Campaigns generally refer to broader strategic operations conducted over a large bit of territory and over a long period of time. Battles generally …   Wikipedia

  • History of the British Army — The history of the British Army spans over three and a half centuries and numerous European wars, colonial wars and world wars. From the early 19th century until 1914, the United Kingdom was the greatest economic and Imperial Power in the world,… …   Wikipedia

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