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| Tango01 | 03 Oct 2015 2:55 p.m. PST |
Bloodshed In WW2's Supposedly ‘Quiet' Opening Weeks. "IN BRITAIN, it became known as the "Phoney War" or the "Bore War". To the French, it was the drôle de guerre or the "strange war". The Wehrmacht called it Sitzkreig or "the sitting war". The first six months of World War Two are often remembered as a relatively tranquil phase of the conflict, particularly when compared to the tumult that would come later. After a fast and furious campaign in Poland, Hitler's army stood down. Meanwhile, the western powers' strategy was characterized largely by inactivity…"
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