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Sitzkrieg: World War II's Strange Beginning in Western Europe The lull in the fighting on the Western Front in 1940 came to be known as the Phony War. Here's What You Need to Know: World War II got off to a slow start in Western Europe. Within hours of the entry of Great Britain and France into World War II on September 3, 1939, the British liner SS  Athenia was sunk by a German U-boat off the northwestern coast of Ireland, with the loss of 112 dead, including 28 American citizens. The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS  Courageous was torpedoed by a U-boat off the southwestern English coast...

"The Road to Oran" by David Brown The attack—or battle, or massacre, or whatever one wishes to call it—on Mers El-Kébir is not well known in the popular history of the Second World War. Perhaps this is because it doesn't fit the common narrative of a war against the Germans because neither France nor Britain (much less the United States) has had much of a reason to immortalize it and because it is so cloudy with so many different interpretations. But this is exactly what makes The Road to Oran: Anglo-French Naval Relations September 1939–July 1940 such a fascinating and needed work—...

Closer to impeachment. they only have their jobs because they're in the majority. nancy pelosi is looking at the 42 members who are in what's called the front line program, they elect democrats and of those 42 fewer than 10 have come out in favor of impeachment an that's because the public is not there. so she won't go there either. paul: i think we have a consistenconsensus this is proba phony war over impeachment. are they going to pass the usmca? >> they're going to pass gun legislation. paul: do you think it can pass the senate? >> we don't know. trump is the big question mark. if mitch mc...

Closer to impeachment. they only have their jobs because they're in the majority. nancy pelosi is looking at the 42 members who are in what's called the front line program, they elect democrats and of those 42 fewer than 10 have come out in favor of impeachment an that's because the public is not there. so she won't go there either. paul: i think we have a consistenconsensus this is proba phony war over impeachment. are they going to pass the usmca? >> they're going to pass gun legislation. paul: do you think it can pass the senate? >> we don't know. trump is the big question mark. if mitch mc...

For democrats. plus, president trump had several events focusing on the military claiming he's done a lot for them. but for a man who campaigned on mo more stupid wars, he sent thousands of troops to the southern border of our country to fight a faux or phony war. and the democrats have won the house but do they have a leader. despite strong opposition, nancy pelosi insists she has votes to become the speaker of the house once again. finally, let me finish trump watch. this is "hardball," where the action is. watch. this i"hs ardball," where the action is. not long ago, ronda started here.