Difference between revisions of "Talk:Phoney war"
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:According to the Oxford Guide to World War II, ed. by I.C.B. Dear, Sitzkrieg was in fact a German term (from ''sitzen'': to sit). The British called it the Bore War (although Sitzkrieg probably made its way onto some British tongues).--[[User:Frey|Frey]] 23:57, 1 June 2008 (EDT) | :According to the Oxford Guide to World War II, ed. by I.C.B. Dear, Sitzkrieg was in fact a German term (from ''sitzen'': to sit). The British called it the Bore War (although Sitzkrieg probably made its way onto some British tongues).--[[User:Frey|Frey]] 23:57, 1 June 2008 (EDT) | ||
::Fair 'nuff! Mistake probably down to my prejudiced British assumptions about the German sense of humour. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 05:48, 2 June 2008 (EDT) | ::Fair 'nuff! Mistake probably down to my prejudiced British assumptions about the German sense of humour. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 05:48, 2 June 2008 (EDT) | ||
| + | :::Well, it does sounds like something some British wisecracker would say, although I rather like the term "Bore War".--[[User:Frey|Frey]] 21:38, 2 June 2008 (EDT) | ||
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It was Sitzkrieg, and far from being German wasn't it a satirical British term (cf Blitzkrieg) for what was otherwise known as the 'Phoney War'? Bugler 16:41, 31 May 2008 (EDT)
- According to the Oxford Guide to World War II, ed. by I.C.B. Dear, Sitzkrieg was in fact a German term (from sitzen: to sit). The British called it the Bore War (although Sitzkrieg probably made its way onto some British tongues).--Frey 23:57, 1 June 2008 (EDT)