The phrase “phoney war” was coined in the period between Germany’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, and its invasion of France nine months later. It referred to the fact that while the western European allies had declared war on Hitler, they declined to do any serious fighting. The term would hardly seem to fit the Nato offensive in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, where last month’s assault by some 15,000 US-led troops on the town of Marjah was the largest such operation since the Vietnam War.
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