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'Phoney War' is the name given to the period of time in World War Two from September 1939 to April 1940 when, after the blitzkrieg attack on Poland in September 1939, seemingly nothing happened. Many in Great Britain expected a major calamity - but the title 'Phoney War' summaries what happened in Western Europe - near enough nothing.
The term 'Phoney War' was first used, allegedly, by an American senator called Borah. Winston Churchill referred to the same period as the 'Twilight War' while the Germans referred to it as 'Sitzkrieg' - 'sitting war'.
The Phoney War is this: Basically, Germany started to invade Poland. In response, Britain and France declared war on Germany. So you have these three huge superpowers in Europe who are officially at war.... and yet they are not fighting. In fact, there was no major fighting for the first 7 months. Basically, England and France had tons of troops on the border, ready to attack a near-defenseless Germany, but they didnt. So this was called the Phoney War because even though these nations were at war, for a long time they didnt even fight. So, in WW2, this period of neither side making any military advancements for such a long period of time is called "the Phoney War".
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