Phoney War

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historical event military campaign phase phase of World War II

The Phoney War was the early phase of World War II (September 1939–April 1940) on the Western Front, marked by a lack of major military operations despite the formal state of war between the Allies and Germany.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Phoney War canonical	17
Phony War	3
Drôle de guerre	1
World War II (early months)	1
World War II (early period)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military campaign phase ⓘ phase of World War II ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bore War ⓘ Phoney War ⓘ surface form: Drôle de guerre Sitzkrieg ⓘ Blitz ⓘ surface form: Twilight War
cause	declaration of war by France on Germany ⓘ declaration of war by United Kingdom on Germany ⓘ
characteristic	aerial reconnaissance and minor air raids ⓘ limited skirmishes and patrols ⓘ mobilization and preparation by Allied forces ⓘ naval warfare in Atlantic and North Sea ⓘ propaganda and psychological warfare ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czechoslovak government-in-exile ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ India ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
describedBySource	British wartime press ⓘ French wartime press ⓘ
endDate	1940-05-10 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of France ⓘ Battle of France ⓘ surface form: German invasion of the Low Countries
hasCause	Invasion of Poland ⓘ surface form: German invasion of Poland
hasPartOf	World War II ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
location	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Maginot Line ⓘ North Sea ⓘ Siegfried Line ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
notableEvent	Altmark Incident ⓘ German U-boat campaign in the Atlantic ⓘ Saar Offensive ⓘ Winter War context for Allied planning ⓘ
notableFor	lack of major ground operations on Western Front ⓘ
partOf	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Invasion of Poland ⓘ
result	strategic stalemate on Western Front until May 1940 ⓘ
startDate	1939-09-03 ⓘ
theatre	Western Front ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Phoney War ⓘ

Invasion of Poland → followedBy → Phoney War ⓘ

Phoney War → alsoKnownAs → Phoney War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Drôle de guerre

Bore War → refersTo → Phoney War ⓘ

Bore War → hasAlternativeName → Phoney War ⓘ

Altmark Incident → partOf → Phoney War ⓘ

Altmark Incident → tookPlaceDuring → Phoney War ⓘ

September Campaign → followedBy → Phoney War ⓘ

Western Front → notableEvent → Phoney War ⓘ

subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)

Sitzkrieg → hasAlternativeName → Phoney War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phony War

Operation Weserübung → precededBy → Phoney War ⓘ

Saar Offensive → followedBy → Phoney War ⓘ

38th Parliament of the United Kingdom → significantEvent → Phoney War ⓘ

Drôle de guerre → hasEnglishName → Phoney War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phony War

Twilight War → hasAlternativeName → Phoney War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Phony War

Neville Chamberlain → servedDuring → Phoney War ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II (early months)

Daimler-Benz DB 600 → usedDuring → Phoney War ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II (early period)

Ouvrage Hackenberg → usedDuring → Phoney War ⓘ

United Kingdom declaration of war on Germany (1939) → precedes → Phoney War ⓘ

Ouvrage Oberheid → usedDuring → Phoney War ⓘ