Proper noun
Phoney War
(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.
Shawcross, p. 528 During the " Phoney War " the Queen was given revolver training because of fears of imminent invasion. Source: Internet
During the later period of the Phoney War, after waging a campaign of bloody repression against the Iron Guard, which reached its peak after Călinescu's assassination, Carol began a policy of reaching out to the surviving Iron Guard leaders. Source: Internet
The failures of Poland and the Stukas of I./StG 1 to silence the Oscarborg fort, ensured even more attention was paid to pin-point bombing during the Phoney War period. Source: Internet
But little other activity occurred until May, so the period became known as the " Phoney War ".sfn From the start of the war, a British blockade on shipments to Germany affected the Reich economy. Source: Internet
During the Phoney War of 1939-40, the German government did everything within its power to secure as much Romanian oil as possible, while the British and French governments did as much as they could to deny Romanian oil to Germany. Source: Internet
The campaign started immediately after the European war began, during the so-called " Phoney War ", and lasted six years, until the German Surrender in May 1945. Source: Internet