Sitzkrieg

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event in World War II military historical term phase of war

Sitzkrieg is the term used to describe the early phase of World War II on the Western Front characterized by little active military operations despite the state of war.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Drôle de guerre 1
Sitzkrieg ("sitting war") 1
Tien-daagse Veldtocht 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in World War II ⓘ
military historical term ⓘ
phase of war ⓘ
associatedWith Allied war planning ⓘ
German strategic pause ⓘ
characterizedBy aerial reconnaissance ⓘ
artillery duels ⓘ
limited skirmishes ⓘ
little active ground combat ⓘ
naval warfare continuing at sea ⓘ
contrastedWith Blitzkrieg ⓘ
describedAs state of war without large-scale land operations on Western Front ⓘ
endTime 1940-05-10 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of France ⓘ
follows Invasion of Poland ⓘ
frontType static front ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bore War ⓘ
Drôle de guerre ⓘ
Phoney War ⓘ
Phoney War ⓘ
surface form: Phony War

Twilight War ⓘ
hasCause Invasion of Poland ⓘ
surface form: German invasion of Poland

declaration of war by France on Germany ⓘ
declaration of war by United Kingdom on Germany ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1939 ⓘ
1940 ⓘ
involves British Commonwealth forces ⓘ
France ⓘ
French Third Republic ⓘ
Maginot Line ⓘ
surface form: Maginot Line defenses

Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
literalMeaning sitting war ⓘ
location France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Low Countries ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
notableFor civilian evacuation and preparation ⓘ
mobilization without major offensives ⓘ
propaganda activity ⓘ
partOf Western Front ⓘ
surface form: Western Front of World War II

World War II ⓘ
precededBy rapid German conquest of Poland ⓘ
startTime 1939-09-03 ⓘ
succeededBy German offensive in the West ⓘ
temporalContext early phase of World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Phoney War → alsoKnownAs → Sitzkrieg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tien-daagse Veldtocht
Bore War → hasAlternativeName → Sitzkrieg ⓘ
Bore War → hasAlternativeName → Sitzkrieg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drôle de guerre
Twilight War → hasAlternativeName → Sitzkrieg ⓘ
Drôle de guerre → hasGermanName → Sitzkrieg ⓘ
Drôle de guerre → hasGermanName → Sitzkrieg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sitzkrieg ("sitting war")