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Phoney War

eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front
Event historical_period Q190882
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Summary

Phoney War is a historical period[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of historical period entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,111 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: France[3], Germany[4]
  • Instance of: armed conflict[5]
  • Location: Siegfried Line[6], Maginot Line[7]
  • Part of: Western Front[8]
  • Commons category: Phoney War[9]
  • Start time: September 3, 1939[10]
  • End time: April 10, 1940[11]

Why It Matters

Phoney War has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Maurice Gamelin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · ~2026-54589-32 · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → +1939-09-03T00:00:00Z
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', '
    End time → +1940-04-10T00:00:00Z
    Sitelink count → 59
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Start time: 3 September 1939"
  2. 7w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → historical period, armed conflict
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: occurrence"
  3. 19w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Country → France, Germany
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34594|batch #34594]]: Phoney War == France | Phoney War == Germany"
  4. 22w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Start time → —
    End time → —
    Aliases → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Participated in conflict: World War II"
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