The first phase of the war was called the
phoney war, nothing much happened and we were not bombed or invaded so parents began to collect their children and take them home.
"Three of them stayed there for a year during the
Phoney War before they returned to Liverpool just in time for that city to experience a huge amount of German bombing," said Michael.
Bez7 It's the
phoney war at the moment, coaches are trying out different player combinations and trialling different tactics ready for the real war in Japan.
So yesterday's speech was a bit of a
phoney war as far as the economy goes.
Jones has adopted a approach to the Nations showdown at by refusing to in the
phoney war has seen the vast of the shots fired north of the border.
KOP legend Jamie Carragher was first out of the blocks in the
phoney war after Liverpool landed a Merseyside derby in the FA Cup third-round draw.
So we are in limbo; a time of inertia, just as we were in the "
phoney war" of late 1939 and early 1940, when nothing seemed to happen beyond the building of air raid shelters and the hanging of black-out curtains.
HANKIN'S HOT ONE Key losers in the
phoney war? Chelsea Portsmouth Rotherham, (Fred) (now 11/2 for title, were 7/2; gross spend PS192m), Spurs (14/1, were 10; PS88m) and Arsenal (25/1, were 12; PS46.5m).
The first eight months of World War II are known as the "
phoney war" because Britain and its Western allies engaged in no real fighting with Nazi Germany.
IRELAND must refuse to engage in Eddie Jones's
phoney war ahead of Saturday's RBS Six Nations clash at Twickenham, according to Simon Easterby.
They cover appeasement, the
phoney war and descent into global war.
Warburton says that after months in the waiting, the Welsh players realise the
phoney war is over and the real business is about to start.