Drôle de guerre

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historical event military campaign phase of war

Drôle de guerre is the term for the early phase of World War II on the Western Front marked by little active fighting despite the formal state of war between the Allies and Germany.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event → military campaign → phase of war →
cause	Allied declarations of war on Germany after invasion of Poland →
describedAs	period of waiting and preparation →
endTime	1940-05-10 →
feature	construction of defensive positions → evacuation of civilians from French border areas → limited air operations → mobilization of French and British armies → naval warfare in Atlantic →
followedBy	Battle of France →
follows	Invasion of Poland →
hasCharacteristic	formal state of war → little active fighting → military inactivity → propaganda campaigns → trench warfare preparations →
hasEnglishName	Phoney War → Phony War →
hasFrenchName	Drôle de guerre →
hasFront	Maginot Line →
hasGermanName	Sitzkrieg → Sitzkrieg ("sitting war") →
hasMainBelligerent	Allies → Nazi Germany →
hasOpposingFront	Siegfried Line →
hasOutcome	German offensive in the West → end of relative calm on Western Front →
hasTheater	European theatre of World War II →
historicalRegion	Belgium → France → Germany →
involvesCountry	Australia → Canada → Czechoslovak government-in-exile → France → Germany → India → New Zealand → United Kingdom →
locatedOn	Western Front →
notableEvent	Allied naval blockade of Germany → Altmark Incident → Saar Offensive → Winter War context for Allied planning →
partOf	Western Front of World War II → World War II →
startTime	1939-09-03 →
timePeriod	20th century →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sitzkrieg → Twilight War →	hasAlternativeName
Drôle de guerre →	hasFrenchName