# had USA plans to invade Canada in the 1930's

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 30, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-usa-plans-to-invade-canada-in-the-1930s/354846 "2006-04-30T17:06:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Minotaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Minotaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minotaurus)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-usa-plans-to-invade-canada-in-the-1930s/354846/1 "2006-04-30T17:06:05Z")

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I heard that not too long a go, but im unsure if this was a joke or not - that the US government had plans drawn up in the 1930s to invade Canada. WW2 got in the way however.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-usa-plans-to-invade-canada-in-the-1930s/354846/2 "2006-04-30T18:17:12Z")

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I’ve heard it too, but can’t provide a cite. IIRC it was just a contingency plan; then have one for everything, probably up to and including alien invasion.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-usa-plans-to-invade-canada-in-the-1930s/354846/3 "2006-04-30T18:48:00Z")

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Duplicate of [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369598](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=369598)  
Closed.

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