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.
The US has plans to do a lot of things it has no reason or intentions of doing. It makes them just in case, or just to give the military planners the mental exercise during peacetime.
In addition it wasn’t really against Canada, but against the UK (via Canada). Why plan a war against the UK? Because the military knew it should plan for another war in Europe, but if a plan against any nation we may actually have gone to war against (like, say, Germany) were to leak out, the political fallout would be tremendous.
Contingency planning, even for ridiculously unlikely contingencies, is par for the course for national militaries. This is as it should be. I’d be pretty surprised if our military hasn’t at some point drawn up contingency plans for defending against a US invasion, as ridiculously implausible as that scenario might be.
War Plan Red. I was one of a series of “color coded” war plans made in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Canada had a similar plan.
From my book …
RED (U.S. 04) American war plan prepared in 1904 dealing the potential of war against the British Empire arising from commercial rivalry. One of the Color Series. Never executed. See RED-ORANGE.
RED-ORANGE (U.S. 04) Plan prepared by the United States which dealt with a war against both Japan and the British Empire simultaneously. Such a war would require a two-ocean navy, which became a goal for American naval construction from the early 1900s. Part of the Color Series. Superseded by the RAINBOW plans. Never executed.
These were the results of our earliest contingency planning staff work. The ‘Color Series’ looked at war scenarios with any of a number of countries. (‘Green’ was Mexico, ‘Black’ was Germany, ‘Orange’ was Japan.)
Red was based on a war with the British over trade issues (perhaps in Latin America or the Pacific).
The Canadian component of Red called for thrusts from the Great Plains to cut Canada in two. Then opportunistic attacks would take out British Columbia, the Maritimes or the population centers as the defenders might allow.
Oddly, every ten years or so, American papers print that this plan has ‘come to light’ as if it is news.
Actually I think the invasion is scheduled for sometime next year…
Prepare to meet your new overlords you Canadians! MUAHAHHAHAHA!
-XT
Laura Secord will foil your invasion plans a second time. This time by defusing the invasion with tasty chocolates.
A railroad at the top of Lake Nipigon, and a railroad and vehicle road at the bottom of Lake Nipigon. No other rails, roads or even trails (although presently there is talk of cutting a logging road across the top of Lake Nipigon). There really is not much in the way of land transportation that connects eastern and western Canada.
Hrm…
All those oil sands are becoming cost-effective to exploit, ain’t they?
We’ll meet in Winnipeg, x.
I have a Plan to Invade Canada…in the next 15 minutes!!!
BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
Now, if I can only find my Kryptonite…
it sure sounds like Ann Coulter wan’t war with canada
http://mediamatters.org/items/200412010011
and here…
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Linky-link #1 is no good.
it works fine for me
Aaaand now it works for me, too. :smack:
We will invade Canada in 48 hours, unless…Canada agrees to hand over Terrence and Phillip!
I would be very surprised, and deeply disappointed, if the Pentagon has not had a plan on file to invade Canada – regularly revised and updated – at all times since the practice of keeping war plans on file was started.
Works both ways. Canada has plans to invade and conquor the USA.
Well, actually, it isn’t really Canada; its just some Canadians.
And it isn’t exactly an invasion; its more of a visit.
And its more of an attempt to compete well in a paddling competition, rather than an attempt to conquor.
But our team really does have a plan. At the end of the summer, Duluth/Superior, here we come.
Indeed. I think our military should have effective, often-re-examined plans to invade every single country in the world.
And then when we do decide to invade, we should follow those plans. That way, things won’t (insert standard Iraq rant about how we should have learned from Vietnam and how certain people are killing our own troops)
What’s the problem with plans? Good to have when you need them, and it keeps people busy when you don’t.