The initial term used by British people for this period was Bore War; later, the Americanism Phoney War became used by both sides of the Atlantic. The term Phoney War customarily appears using the British spelling even in

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The Polish Army general plan for defence, Plan West, assumed that the Allies' offensive on the Western front would provide significant relief to the Polish front in the East.
While most of the German armywas engaged in Poland, a

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The Saar Offensive was a French attack into the Saarland defended by the German 1st Army. Its purpose was to assist Poland. The assault was

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The open discussions on an Allied expedition to northern Scandinavia, also without the consent of the neutral Scandinavian countries, and the Altmark Incidenton

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The debacle of the Allied campaign in Norway, which was actually an offshoot of the never-realised plans to aid Finland, forced a famous debate in the House of Commons during which the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlainwas under constant attack. A nomina

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Most other major actions during the Phoney War were at sea, including the Second Battle of the Atlantic fought throughout the Phoney War. Other notable events among these were:

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A notable event during the Phoney War was the Winter War, which started with the Soviet Union's assault on Finlandon 30 November 1939. Public opinion, particularly in France and

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