Phoney War

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Etymology

Attributed to US senator William Borah.

Proper noun

the Phoney War

  1. (historical) During World War II, 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.
    • 2019, Maude Williams, Bernard Wilkin, French Soldiers' Morale in the Phoney War, 1939–1940‎[1], Routledge, →ISBN:
      Study of the Phoney War, especially on the Franco-German front, is still limited.

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