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I need to know why the phoney war was important to the start of WWll

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The first six months of the war became known as the 'Phoney War' because there was almost no fighting and no bombs were dropped. This gave the government more time to protect Britain from an attack. Protections included: Barrage balloons were deployed to force the Luftwaffe to fly higher, if and when they attacked.

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