- The
Phoney War (French: Drôle de guerre; German:
Sitzkrieg; Polish:
Dziwna wojna) was an eight-month
period at the
outset of
World War II
during which...
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World War. The
remainder of 1939 have been
dubbed the "Phony War" or
sitzkrieg, as German, French, and
British ground forces idled and dug in. Air units...
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followed by what
contemporary journalists dubbed the "Phoney War" or
Sitzkrieg ("sitting war").
Hitler instructed the two
newly appointed Gauleiters...
- in France,
dziwna wojna in
Poland (both
meaning "Strange War"), or the
Sitzkrieg ("Sitting War", a pun on Blitzkrieg) in Germany. The
Battle of France...
-
units in the
occupied territories behind Axis frontlines.
Phoney War (
Sitzkrieg,
September 1939 to May 1940)
between the
invasion of
Poland and the Battle...
- s****ing. In retrospect, the Boers'
decision to
commit themselves to
sieges (
Sitzkrieg) was a
mistake and one of the best
illustrations of
their lack of strategic...
-
called the
Phoney War (the
French Drôle de guerre, joke war or the
German Sitzkrieg,
sitting war) set in
between the belligerents.
Adolf Hitler had hoped...
- "The
Bristol Sloth" by
guitarist Leo
Kottke (who also
applied the term '
sitzkrieg' in
describing Williams'
playing style).
Williams died in London, a victim...
- lubricants.
During the
early months of the war – the so-called
phoney war or
Sitzkrieg – the
activities of the men of
Contraband Control were very newsworthy...
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situation where diagonal opponents sit at the same time is
known as a "
sitzkrieg" (literally "sitting war" in German, and a pun on "blitzkrieg"). The difference...
