Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "The Forgotten 1939 Invasion of Germany" video.

It was commonly called the Phony War in the west because neither side made advances on the other. Both sides were hoping for a negotiated peace, but Germany was the only willing to go to full war if the negotiations failed. The French and British paid the price for all those months of sitting instead of deciding they were really prepared to go to war.
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@binaway Yes, Senator Albert Borah, a strange combination of Republican, FDR supporter, strict isolationist, and progressive, although that term didn't mean the same in 1920 as it does now.
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@timonsolus The term around because land forces on both sides pretty much stayed within their own lines and no battles of any size took place. The war at seas was far from phoney right from Day One, wth Royal Oak being sunk just into the second month of the war, and U-boats German raiders getting into action against British shipping even earlier. The end of the "Phony War" was marked by the invasion of Norway in April 1940, with the German and British navies being heavily involved.
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The French had more tanks than the Germans and a far larger army. The French, which would have been backed up in weeks by Britain, could have defeated German in a matter of months if they had prosecuted the attacks like they were in a real war.
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