Twilight War
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Twilight War is the term often used to describe the early, largely inactive phase of World War II in Europe, marked by minimal land operations despite the formal state of war.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical period
ⓘ
phase of war ⓘ |
| describes | early phase of World War II in Europe ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of France ⓘ |
| follows | Invasion of Poland ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Drôle de guerre
ⓘ
Phoney War ⓘ Phoney War ⓘ
surface form:
Phony War
Sitzkrieg ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
air reconnaissance
ⓘ
economic warfare ⓘ naval warfare in Atlantic ⓘ |
| hasCause | declaration of war on Germany by Britain and France ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
formal state of war without major offensives
ⓘ
limited land operations ⓘ relative military inactivity on Western Front ⓘ |
| hasContext |
European theatre of World War II
ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War in Europe
|
| hasDuration | approximately eight months ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1940-05-10 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
border skirmishes
ⓘ
mobilization without large-scale combat ⓘ propaganda campaigns ⓘ |
| hasFront | Western Front ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfTerm | English ⓘ |
| hasLocation | Europe ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryTheater |
North Atlantic area
ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
Western Europe ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | end of relative calm with German invasion of the Low Countries and France ⓘ |
| hasPerception | period of waiting for major German offensive ⓘ |
| hasRelatedConcept |
appeasement policy aftermath
ⓘ
limited war ⓘ mobilization ⓘ strategic defensive ⓘ total war ⓘ |
| hasRelatedEvent |
Allied naval blockade of Germany
ⓘ
Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
surface form:
German U-boat campaign
limited ground actions on Franco-German border ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1939-09-03 ⓘ |
| hasTemporalPosition | early World War II ⓘ |
| isDifferentFrom |
Cold War
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
France
ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| partOf | World War II ⓘ |
| usedBy | historians of World War II ⓘ |
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