Who Would win in a war between US and UK, i rekon the uk would own the USA? your thoughts?

Question

so who do you think will win? US Vs UK, i believe the UK would win, our troops are far superiour to that of the US, our army is also alot more resourceful, sure the us has got more planes than the brits but they tend to shoot each other.(we asuming that WMP dont exist!)

ok, a little exention, the reason we called yanks in prevous wars is because we where at war for a few years previous, running low on resources and troops, yanks seem to forget they hadnt been in a war, so had their full might when they joined in the world war.

Answer 1

It would be a stalemate. The US could not take Britain and the UK could not take America.

The battle for the air would be won by America, although there would not have air superiority over the UK, by just sear numbers.

The sea would be a much better battle. The British are renown as the best submariners and have the best Submarines in the World, in fact the train the Americans. An American Battle group would be the size of the royal navy though so although the subs could do damage the boats would be kept in dock or close to land.

The UK wouldn't have enough power to invade the US and the British defenses are to powerful to allow an America Invasion.

I doubt America would fire a nuclear missile as Britain is also a nuclear nation and both countries would be destroyed.

If you could include the whole of Europe on the British side, a most probably occurrence, then it would be a lot more interesting.

Answer 2

Sorry but the other way around. We do not have enough forces to conquer the United states, even if you drafted in every able bodied male between 17 and 45, we would still not have the manpower to hold the US. Size alone is the factor, to beat them, maybe, to hold, no way.
Also depends where the battles would be fought and when. We also do not have the lift capability by air or sea to deploy more than a couple of battalions of troops and support equipment. the Americans have a lot of lift capacity and can deploy a number of divisions at a time.
The Royal Navy could not stop a blockade of the UK these days by anyone with more than a few subs and surface ships, no matter how good our wepons are, the US fleet has 100's of ships it could deploy. Aircraft, we have no bomber force except for a few tactical short range craft, the Americans have a Startegic Bomber force that could quite easily flatten every city in the UK with conventional Bombing from the US bases.
Finally why would we go to war with the US? What about the rest of NATO and Commonwealth forces, any conflict involving either side would involve many other nations in support, directly or indirectly of one another.

Answer 3

Firstly, this is an 'impossible, morally wrong' question given the good relations both Nations enjoyed for at least the past century. Secondly, even though both countries were crazy enough to go to war with each other, just like two siblings fight against their parents in a Wild West gun-duel show-down, there will be no winners. Modern nuclear weapons, several hundred times more powerful than the ones used on Japan, could obliterate both countries within 24 hrs.And it will trigger into a major war--The Third World War .

This shameful scenario should never happen, as it will go down in the history books as the most infamous Major War of all times. The Questioner must now be exceedingly cautious either to select a Neutral Answer as BA or to treat this most controversial of all questions, null and void.

Answer 4

Yes the US has more of every-thing than the UK a much larger military force more planes, tanks etc. and they are not the bungling fools that you try to make them out to be. As far as W W 2 yes the U K had been fighting Germany long before the U S entered the war but don't forget who was supplying you with war materials so that you could survive and if the U S had not came in when they did England might have become a part of Germany. By the way why don't we ever hear about the American pilots who flew for England long before the U S entered the war?

Answer 5

The United states already have troops ready for deployment...they will have a much easier time invading Uk then the UK would invading the USA

Also who would come to UKs aid? France most ceartainly wouldn't Russia and China would stay out.

Also how do you know the UK troops are superior to our own? How much action have you guys seen? I don't think you are in a postition to judge yet.

Also say what you want about your soldiers but the Royal Navy is pitiful. I mean they let their sailors fall into Iranian hands because they let them out of our sight. Thats something the US navy would never do. So without question our Navy would take out yours.

When it comes to planes..UK would be far eaiser to cripple with Air Strikes..the USA will be harder because its much much bigger. It would take less personell to defeat the UK then it would the USA.

The US also has a much bigger array of resources, more bombs, more missles, more guns, more people, more materials to keep a war going, Britian does not. They would eventually go dry and have to surrender.

Even if your correct that your troops are better trained you would still lose to the USA, because you have less troops to deploy than the USA.

Also don't forget history...the American Patriots defeated the british army. And the Americans saved your skins when the nazis wanted to take you guys.

I don't think you thought this through...britian cannot defeat the USA by itself

Answer 6

The USA would win. I love the UK, but there is simply no contest in terms of sheer numbers. We beat you out in size, population, ect. It would be over pretty quickly.

But why would we go to war in the first place? The UK is the US's strongest ally. Yeah, we've had some trouble reccently, but as soon as Bush is gone (finally!) that should all be over.

Another interesting question would be who the allies would be. You (the UK) would get Germany and France. But neither of them have much in the way of militaries. We would get Canada and Japan, but neither of them is much militarily either. I think Russia and China would jump in on your side. Things are pretty hostile between the US and Russia lately, and China would jump at the opportunity to really become a "superpower". Israel would probably support us, and they have a great military. But even so, if the map was divided up like that, I think you guys would win.

Still. That's a pretty stupid question. If it was pure US v. UK, we win. If allies jump into it...you very well might. We've alienated most of Europe. Most of the world, actually. We're still on speaking terms with you guys, though.

Sorry about our president.

Answer 7

Anyway you look at it, what's happening now isn't a real reflection on the US military. The non-approved "Police Actions" of the last half century were not wars and were/are mostly, if not wholly, unsupported by the people and the media. Of course you will hear of every single flaw, and few of the accomplishments in these war efforts when no one believes in the wars. (Nam, Iraq, etc...).

When it comes down to it, and it's for a good cause (Oil is not a good cause) our military functions well enough to take on ANY opponents. It's been proven numerous times.

If we can just get our stupid Gov't to keep it's nose out other peoples business and focus on what we have here at home, we wouldn't have to worry about going to war with this or that country.

Answer 8

A very comic appraisal.

It has to be the UK, the USA would win the first two rounds. Then all the later rounds the UK will win on points until the UK would win the knockout.

It is pertinently clear that the UK is superior in every way to the US. Who has all the culture? The better food. Who would fight on without seeing a profit and make sacrifices. And go on for the extra mile. An who can spell properly?

Half the US are over in the UK anyway looking for a better life.

The US is all show their millionaires have no breading or civilised behaviour. The whole status of their leading class is show, shallow show, and greed.

I hope it makes you snigger.

WE HAVE A SECRET WEAPON THE FRENCH.... watch this space.

NUCLEAR is out of the question the US would not be able to seize all those valuable historical assets.

Royal family - you can have them. The real Royals, the Hastings live in Australia. If not the Stuarts would like a come back.

Answer 9

The poster of this is a stupid troll.

He knows absolutely nothing about warfare or combat.

He has no idea how he is going to get the British Forces to the shores of the USA to mount an invasion.

He has no idea how he would supply these troops as well.

He has no idea of the amount of troops it would not only take to have a succesful invasion or how many it would take to keep control of the country once "captured".

He has obviously no idea of the population of the American Continent or the size of the US Armed Forces.

Leave him alone in his little dream world where he can hold his mommys hand and be breastfed when he gets hungry.

And whats WMP? do you mean a WMD you toe-rag.

Answer 10

I'm not even gonna get involved but I will first correct some arrogant American lies from applebeer first.

"Isn't that what you thought back before WW2 about the germans? They seemed to F you over easy enough."
Nope, the Germans wouldn't dare come near us with their ships through fear of the Royal Navy so instead tried to shootdown our planes with theirs and bust our civilian morale. Both these attempts failed.

"we can also park 1 submarin in the middle of the atlantic, that has the ability to launch nukes from under the water, you would never know where it was..."
Read this buddy from wiki: "The UK Trident programme is the United Kingdom's Trident missile-based nuclear weapons programme. Under the programme, the UK's Royal Navy operates around 50 nuclear-armed Trident II D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles and four Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines from Clyde Naval Base on Scotland's west coast."



As for the actual question, The US's manpower and funding would win over the Briton's better trained but under funded and stretched military. But in terms of skills the Brits would definitely win through better training (The US have better resources and equipment but don't know how to use it and rely on airstrikes alot)