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.
War of the Flemish Succession The War of the Flemish Succession was a series of feudal conflicts in the mid-thirteenth century between the children of Margaret II, Countess of Flanders. They concerned the succession to the two countries, the first a fief of the King of France and the latter of the King of Germany.