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| | What was the Sitzkrieg? |
 | | Although the great powers of Europe had declared war on one another, neither side had yet committed to launching a significant attack, and there was little fighting. |
 | | In Britain the period was even referred to as the Bore War (a pun on Boer War). |
 | | In Poland, which felt betrayed by her western allies, the term dziwna wojna ("strange war") is used for the period after all offensive operations on the Western Front were halted on September 12, 1939. |
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