
September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when the fate of the world changed forever, the Phoney War began: eight months of uncertainty, preparations, evacuations and skirmishes.

Éric Caravaca
Self - Narrator (voice)

Bertrand Chamerois
Self - Narrator (voice)

Jean-Marie Fonbonne
Self - Narrator (voice)
Laurent Lederer
Self - Narrator (voice)

Anna Flori-Lamour
Self - Narrator (voice)
Céline Payen
Self - Narrator (voice)

Fernand Bignon
Self - Photographer (archive footage)
Jacqueline Bignon
Self - Bignon's Daughter (archive footage)

Maurice Gamelin
Self - Army General (archive footage)

Édouard Daladier
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels
Self - Politician (archive footage)

Tomka and His Friends
Tomka and His Friends

The Discussion
The Discussion

Children from Overseas
Children from Overseas

Atlantic Patrol
Atlantic Patrol

Mineurs en peine, des procureurs en première ligne
Mineurs en peine, des procureurs en première ligne

Enigma
Enigma

Hart's War
Hart's War
Charlotte: A Royal at War
Charlotte: A Royal at War

The Guns of Navarone
The Guns of Navarone

All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front

Keep 'Em Slugging
Keep 'Em Slugging

Cross of Iron
Cross of Iron