During this period, more British people died in car accidents due to nighttime blackout policies than in combat. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this eight-month period at the start of World War II when very few operations took place on the Western Front.
ANSWER: Phony War [or Drôle de guerre or Drôle de guerre; reject “The Blitz”]
[10e] This British Prime Minister’s government fell near the end of the Phony War. This Prime Minister is wrongly held to have secured “Peace in our time” with the Munich Agreement.
ANSWER: Neville Chamberlain [or Arthur Neville Chamberlain]
[10m] During the Phony War, France launched an offensive into the Saarland, a territory that was ruled as one of these polities starting in 1920. The French government also controlled one of these polities named for Syria and Lebanon.
ANSWER: League of Nations mandate [or Mandat; accept Class A Mandate]
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