Examples of Phoney war in the following topics:
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- The European Theater of World War II was a huge area of heavy fighting across Europe from Germany's invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939 until the end of the war, with the German unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945.
- The Eastern Front was by far the largest and bloodiest theater of World War II.
- Upon the outbreak of war in September 1939, British rearmament was not yet complete.
- Through this period, and until the German invasion of the USSR in June 1941, there was no possibility of Britain winning the war alone, and so British Grand Strategy aimed to bring the USA into the war on the allied side.
- During this period, (known as the Phoney War - the period between the fall of Poland and the German invasion on the Low Countries and France), the RAF carried out small bombing raids and a large number of propaganda leaflet raids (code named "Nickels") and the Royal Navy imposed a coastal blockade on Germany.
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- Only a week later, on September 1, Germany invaded Poland, marking the outbreak of World War II.
- On September 3, the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany and British troops were sent to France.
- Not until May of 1940, when Germany attacked neutral Low Countries and France, did massive military operations involving Western European powers continue (the period between the fall of Poland and the German invasion of Low Countries and France is know as "the Phoney War").
- In November 1939, the Soviets attacked Finland in the Winter War.
- They agreed on the occupation of post-war Germany, and on when the Soviet Union would join the war against Japan.
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