US planned invasion of Canada?

Question

http://www.glasnost.de/hist/usa/1935invasion.html

only didnt do it because WW2 broke out and it was to be a direct attack on the British empire.

just to let you know this was not any kind of war game plan or anything like that. it was an attempt to go to war with the British and there were plans to attack Halifax as this was where the British forces would land.

Of course as Britain was the worlds superpower then it would of been quite a stupid move by the Americans who also planned to invade british islands in the carribean

Answer 1

This may explain it for you.

"War Plan Red was actually designed for a war with England. In the late 1920s, American military strategists developed plans for a war with Japan (code name Orange), Germany (Black), Mexico (Green) and England (Red). The Americans imagined a conflict between the United States (Blue) and England over international trade: "The war aim of RED in a war with BLUE is conceived to be the definite elimination of BLUE as an important economic and commercial rival.""

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901412.html?nav=rss_world/centralamerica

Answer 2

Well, sports fans, time for a reality check.

It's not at all unusual for military planners to run thoeretical exercises against a wide variety of "adversaries" both friendly and unfriendly.

One significant benefit is that it allows intel planners to work with raw data from an unknown source and work up analyses from that. Those are then compared to the known capabilities of the "foe" since we generally have much more information about the true capabilities of friendly nations. The theory is that if the intel weenies get it right against a friendly, they're much more likely to get it right against an adversary.

Answer 3

I don't believe that any sitting representative including any president would actually contemplate that. The US was not very powerful prior to WW2 and certainly did not need the resources of Canada. I could very well believe it to be a part of war games, or some Orwellian story. The American people themselves would need a very, very, very good reason to attack Canada...and to suggest this is factual is ridiculous

Answer 4

Probably you are talking about the first screenplay by Michael Moore in which there was a false story of an invasion of Canada , just for defending the President's interests and businness...

Answer 5

The United States will never invade Canada in reality but maybe in a fictional movie.

Answer 6

The US has tried to invade Canada on several occasions but we remain The True North Strong and Free.
As the Buddha says, "What is the bad man but the good man's task? What is the good man but the bad man's example?"
We are the example of free and peaceful for our neighbours to the south.

Answer 7

I certainly hope so. I think the Powell doctrine might be put to good use up there. Overwhelming force against a mounted Canadian ragtag militia.

I know I am not the only one to notice that Canada has been breaking rank a bit recently. We've got Chavez making noise down South, Catstro refusing to kick the bucket.

Now would be a good time to send a message to all the weak nations in our neighborhood that, though we are committed in the Middle East right now, we are going to keep the local neighborhood in line as well.

The great thing about conquering Canada will be that all those Cannucks who chose the wrong side in the Revolutionary War can be brought into the fold against their will and see the error of their monarch-kissing, Socialist ways.

We can send King Bush up there to meet with the Queen of Canada, give her a gentleman's heads up.

Answer 8

Maybe then that would have stopped their sending those Canadian cold air masses over the border in the wintertime. A?

Answer 9

I don't think so but they wrote scenario's on how to invade all the countries. You can probably find one on how to invade Mexico too.

Answer 10

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