Phoney War

English

Alternative forms

• Phony War

Proper noun

Phoney War

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 to Low Countries on May 10th 1940.

Translations

Phoney War

• Estonian: kummaline sõda
• Finnish: valesota
• French: drôle de guerre (fr) f
• German: Sitzkrieg m
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• Hungarian: furcsa háború
• Lithuanian: keistasis karas m
• Russian: странная война f (strannaja vojna)
• Spanish: guerra de broma