The Phoney War

8.0
20191h 32m

September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.

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Photo of Éric Caravaca

Éric Caravaca

Self - Narrator (voice)

Photo of Bertrand Chamerois

Bertrand Chamerois

Self - Narrator (voice)

Photo of Jean-Marie Fonbonne

Jean-Marie Fonbonne

Self - Narrator (voice)

Photo of Anna Flori-Lamour

Anna Flori-Lamour

Self - Narrator (voice)

Photo of Fernand Bignon

Fernand Bignon

Self - Photographer (archive footage)

Photo of Maurice Gamelin

Maurice Gamelin

Self - Army General (archive footage)

Photo of Édouard Daladier

Édouard Daladier

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Photo of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Photo of Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Photo of Fernandel

Fernandel

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Photo of Albert Lebrun

Albert Lebrun

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Photo of Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Photo of Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Photo of Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle

Self - Army Colonel (archive footage)

Photo of Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Photo of Hermann Göring

Hermann Göring

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Photo of Paul Valéry

Paul Valéry

Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)

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