The USA planned for war with Britain

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

I just saw a trailer for a documentary about how the USA planned to take over Canada, thereby declaring war on Britain from the 1920s onwards. This wiki page is about their nefarious plans...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red

SpursFan1902 · Pitch Queen Joined: 24 May 2007 Location: Sunshine State

Well, uh, yeah....we need someone to make good tea in this country!!!

major.tom · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:51 am Post subject:

Thanks, facelsss. I've never heard of War Plan Red before this, so look forward to learning more.

Cheers!

major.tom · Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 6:36 pm Post subject:

So the British gov't was (apparently) willing to sacrifice Canada and hold the US at bay on the seas. Had this come to light before WWII, I daresay Canadian men and women would not have jumped to the cause of defending GBR so eagerly in 1939.

That's empire for you.

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

Not really the same topic, but it shows the sort of machinations which were (and remain) a large part of American politics.