What is the German name for the war when the Provincial Lady lived?
Phoney War The Phoney War (French: "Drôle de guerre" ; German: "Sitzkrieg" ) was an eight-month period at the start of World War II, during which there were no major military land operations on the Western Front. It began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and the declaration of war by the United Kingdom and France against Nazi Germany on none }} , and ended with the German attack on France and the Low Countries on 10 May 1940.
Siege of Magdeburg (1806) The siege of Magdeburg (French: "Siège de Magdebourg") was a siege of the city that took place from 25 October to 8 November 1806 during the war of the Fourth Coalition. A French force, initially under the command of Marshal Grand Duke of Berg Joachim Murat, then a French army Corps under the command of Marshal Michel Ney laid siege and eventually obtained the surrender of Franz Kasimir von Kleist's Prussian force that had taken refuge in Magdeburg, Prussia's second city.