"Phoney War" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the Phoney War [canonical]
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  1. (historical) During World War Two, the period of limited military activity from the outbreak of hostilities on September 3rd, 1939 until Germany's attack on the Low Countries on May 10th, 1940. Wikipedia link: Phoney War Tags: historical Categories (topical): War, World War II Synonyms: Phony War Translations (Phoney War): schemeroorlog (Dutch), kummaline sõda (Estonian), valesota (Finnish), drôle de guerre [feminine] (French), Sitzkrieg [masculine] (German), furcsa háború (Hungarian), keistasis karas [masculine] (Lithuanian), dziwna wojna [feminine] (Polish), странная война (strannaja vojna) [feminine] (Russian), guerra de broma (Spanish)

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