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max2cam · 08-31-2002, 07:46 PM

Sure, there was most definitely a "western front" in 1939.

On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland.

As a consequence, on September 3, 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany.

From that moment on, an official state of war existed between France and Germany along what to the Germans was their "western front." As we know, however, nothing much happened until the following May with the intervening period called the "phony war" or Sitzkrieg.

But no doubt there was ample opportunity on the Western Front for great propaganda photos like the ones shown and plenty of training and moving up of troops just in case the French attacked.

08-31-2002, 07:46 PM	#17
max2cam User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: USA Posts: 97 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sure, there was most definitely a "western front" in 1939. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. As a consequence, on September 3, 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany. From that moment on, an official state of war existed between France and Germany along what to the Germans was their "western front." As we know, however, nothing much happened until the following May with the intervening period called the "phony war" or Sitzkrieg. But no doubt there was ample opportunity on the Western Front for great propaganda photos like the ones shown and plenty of training and moving up of troops just in case the French attacked.