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'''Sitzkrieg''' is the [[German]] term for the time of relative military inactivity on continental Europe after [[Germany]] invaded [[Poland]] in [[World War II]]. It ended when Germany invaded [[France]] and the Low Countries in May 1940.
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'''Sitzkrieg''', or "Sitting War", is the [[British]] term for the time of relative military inactivity on continental Europe after [[Germany]] invaded [[Poland]] in [[World War II]]. It ended when Germany invaded [[France]] and the Low Countries in May 1940. <ref>[http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/phonywar.htm “The Phoney War” October 1939 - April 1940]</ref>