How America planned for an attack on BRITAIN in 1930

Considering the Canadian armys reputation from ww1, I wonder what the American casualty estimate would be?

 

Chann 5 Now (7pm)

Not a fan of Chann 5 Doc's but thought I'd give it ten ish minutes and see what it's like. Apparently the Americans were planning a war on Britain and the Empire in the 1930's..... The programme claims to reveal who would of won.


This has got to be the best 'What If' ever?

 

Think I ever heard of it in the past Case Red or something

 

In fact Armstrong supplied both armies in the American Civil War.

Business is business!

 

Business indeed - 1930s British acceptance banks borrowed US money and loaned it to Germany on the grounds that the German people were suffering as a result of re-arming! The Bank of England distanced itself from this and some falsehoods were uttered:


Hansard 1936:


There is one other point on which I should like some assurance. The question was asked a little time back in the House with regard to loans to Germany, and I was glad to hear the Chancellor give an emphatic denial to any such rumours. I am bound to say, however, from reading various statements in the Press, that I still feel a certain amount of misgiving with regard to the situation. These statements do not emanate from Labour or Socialist papers. I have them from a respectable and strong Conservative paper published in my constituency, the "Scotsman," which does not speak of a loan, but says, referring to Germany, that the favourable trade balance is being precariously maintained by stringent control of imports. Even so, it depends largely on the continued financial support of the City of London. In one of the financial papers two or three days ago I read an account of the strong belief that still prevails in financial quarters that somehow or other help is being given to enable Germany to float a loan. I will not go further than to call the attention of the Chancellor to these rumours, and to ask him to assure us, not merely specifically that there will be no loan, but that the Government will frown upon any action in the City of London or elsewhere in this country which is supporting German rearmament in any shape or form.

I hope that the Chancellor will be able to allay our anxiety on these points. I fear that he will not be able to allay so easily the grave disquiet aroused in the public mind by his statement yesterday. This, as I have explained, is not due to the increase of 3d. in the Income Tax and the increase of 2d. in the tea tax, which, though serious, are not of a very large dimension, but is caused by the serious financial outlook for the future which he has sketched out to us, and still more by the indication of the menacing race in armaments to which this country is apparently committed.


The US and other nations were in 'business' too!



In general terms - 'Staff Training' encompasses a lot that needs rehearsing of planning. You could of course dream up an imaginary enemy, or select a country and task your students to research the economic and military power of a real existing nation, the links it may have to allies, shipping of supplies - many other aspects need to be factored in. The staff colleges of the world will have shelves groaning under the weight of war plans real and instructive.

 

"The following is a full-text reproduction of the 1935
plan for a US invasion of Canada prepared at the US Army
War College, G-2 intelligence division, and submitted on
December 18, 1935. "

The Army War College used the US northern border for simulations because it had it all: Deep water coastlines
Inland waterways and large bodies of water.
Prairies
Mountainous terrain.
Anddd then, CANADA itself.

The speculative planners could go to an area and see what issues would need to be dealt with, and still be home by auto in a day or two tops.

There was never a serious plan to invade Canada.

 

Oh our GREEN and pleasant LAND.
Nothing like that would happen in this day and age.

 

I'm not happy that my planned holidy to Venezuela has been cancelled.