Phoney War (redirect from Drôle de guerre)
The Phoney War (French: Drôle de guerre; German: Sitzkrieg) was an eight-month period at the outset of World War II during which there were virtually...
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p. xviii. Moorhouse 2019, pp. 123–126. Moorhouse 2019, p. 160. "La drôle de guerre 39-40" [The Phony War 39-40]. Ministére Des Armées. Retrieved 22 September...
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sur la ligne Siegfried") met a great success during the Phoney War (Drôle de guerre). When asked about the Siegfried Line, General George S. Patton reportedly...
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"Phony Wars" (French: Film Annonce du Film qui n'existera Jamais: "Drôles de Guerres") is a 2023 French-Swiss avant-garde essay short film directed by...
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French). 33 (3): 295ff. Streicher, Félix (2019). "Une drôle de petite armée in der drôle de guerre: Die luxemburgische Force Armée zwischen September 1939...
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action during World War II: The "Phoney War" of 1939–1940, also called drôle de guerre in France, dziwna wojna in Poland (both meaning "Strange War"), or...
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Fink, "Marc Bloch and the drôle de guerre Prelude to the '"Strange Defeat'" p 46 Fink, Carole. "Marc Bloch and the drôle de guerre prelude to the 'Strange...
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kept a defensive stance: this was called the Phoney War in Britain or Drôle de guerre — the funny sort of war — in France. It did not prevent the German...
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2023 Cannes Film Festival (section Cinéma de la Plage)
Unmade Film 'Drôles de Guerres'". Deadline. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023. "Retrospective". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved...
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declaration of war on Germany—17:00 on 3 September 1939. Phoney War, or drôle de guerre ("strange war"), the name given to the period of time in Western Europe...
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