War Plan Red; or How the US planned to war with Britain
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:50 pm
Hi, all.
I'm not sure if this is "known" history, or not, but I found it really interesting when I found out about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... apons.html
In the 1930s the US knocked together a plan for waging war with us, the British Empire. Probably because, back then, we were in the habit of smacking around, and taking over the lands of Jonny Foreigner whenever we fancied some new, exciting foreign product in our shops.
Or maybe it was "just in case", as all countries have "just in case" plans, Hell, we have one about what happens if a zombie outbreak hits the UK... zzzzom
Still, interesting stuff if you've never heard of it before.
I'm surprised Harry Turtledove hasn't written a novel about it. tesnews
I'm not sure if this is "known" history, or not, but I found it really interesting when I found out about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... apons.html
In the 1930s the US knocked together a plan for waging war with us, the British Empire. Probably because, back then, we were in the habit of smacking around, and taking over the lands of Jonny Foreigner whenever we fancied some new, exciting foreign product in our shops.
Or maybe it was "just in case", as all countries have "just in case" plans, Hell, we have one about what happens if a zombie outbreak hits the UK... zzzzom
Still, interesting stuff if you've never heard of it before.
I'm surprised Harry Turtledove hasn't written a novel about it. tesnews