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[โ€“] Bourff@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Poland was invaded on Sept 1st 1939, France and England declared war on Germany on the 3rd. 2 days is a very long period?

[โ€“] Homer1@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Let me introduce you to the phoney war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoney_War Pretty much nothing happened until May 1940.