The color-coded war plans for military operations
Created by the United States after World War one for possible conflicts against threats around the world
the greatest viewed threat to United States was Great Britain and her empire and to
War plans were created that included Great Britain plan read and plan red orange?
red orange division the anglo-japanese lines been in effect
But after the expiration of the Alliance in 1924 and the failures have keep in Japan in the League of Nations
Only plan red seemed feasible the plan called to push the British out of Canada the Caribbean and the whole Western Hemisphere
causing the Empire to collapse at seams
however the political and overall world attitude changed very much since the end of the First World War and the
Possibility of an altercation between the United States and Britain was far less likely as the years went on
Well war plan red was still constructed and modified into the early 30s the reality of having occur was hardly logical
The whole view of war had very much changed from its view the century before and a blossoming friendship was much more advantageous
Avenue within making enemies, but for the sake of altering history
Let's look at what would occur if war plan red actually happened for the scenario will make the war start in 1937
According to the plan one of the first actions made would be in tempted to take halifax
nova scotia by amphibious insult this was a cut British and Canadian trade and
Prevent Halifax from being used as a naval base for the British
Many agree that this attack would fail for the for the lack of planning that went into it World War two showed that major
Amphibious landings needed months of intense planning a landing taken place so soon would be unlikely to succeed
With Halifax not being taken the plan was to then occupy, New Brunswick and cut off Nova Scotia from the rest of Canada
From there the US was to launch four avenues invasion one would be launched from Vermont to Montreal and Quebec
This was to cut off the rest of Canada from the East Coast
Another Avenue from North Dakota does he get over the railway Junction Winnipeg?
limiting any major rail movements from one
End of the to the other one from Bellingham in Seattle to capture British
Columbia and launch landings at Vancouver Island
This is to prevent any reinforcements from the Pacific and the last Avenue from the Midwest to capture the strategic
Nickel mines in Ontario the Canadians had a series of defense strategies that are recreated in the 20s
raving parties contained tens of thousands of men would rush over
The canadian-us border and attempt to capture as much territory as possible before staging of fighting withdrawal
Where they'll destroy everything that could be used to the Americans these raids were meant to delay the Americans for as long as possible
and wait for British
Reinforcements the men designated for these raids would need to be raised and equipped quickly as the Canadians only had around
40,000 men in the peacetime army
half of them liking
Experience and only having received minimal training the Canadians could pounce being able to muster on half a million men
Given close to a year to fully mobilize this would include some veterans from the from the CEF during the First World War
However only around 100 thousands of these men end up seen combat any kind while many others were absorbed into reserved
battalions or performed in other non field roles
While this would get Candis and well experienced units
alike of military equipment within Canada itself would limit their ability to be armed and supplied as
most military Krone come from England would be
Intercepted by American naval patrols or the porch to which these ships could be unloaded would be of rather small capacity
Canadian manufacturing would be heavily crippled in a land war as most of their industry population
transportation was in the first 100 miles of the US border
Canada had spent very little in terms of military spending until
1937 where they passed a monastry armament program in response to the
concessions in Europe while the US and Canadian planners had anticipated
The bulk of Britain's army to be transport to Canada both were mistaken the officials in the Royal Navy consider
Canada a lost cause if an anglo-american war happened and knew that transcend our me the kanda could not be kept supplied
But also that Canada would be impossible to fully defend against a much larger neighbor and while name was bring the strongest arm
It was a strongest Morath necessity than choice
For without the counts of trade convoys to the mainland Britain cannot hope to last long at war
Meaning that risking the fleet for Canada's defense would be far too risky
British allies would be rather limited at this point in time as well
France was nearly bankrupt and dude the rearming Germans as a much greater threatened use to the
Resources Germany lacks the military might to assist the British in a move away
Even if they were going to help the Japanese have just launched their second war on, China
None of those focus on their Asiatic possessions and would not want to be dragged down into a Western war
Yeah, was a real talent ory invasion of the u.s.
Unrealistic and a blockade to slow the only option left would be rendering the American fleet incapable of major
operations either through destroying our blockading it in in sports
With bowls navies so even at this period in time it would be unlikely that either could create a massive advantage over the other
So the war would turn into a nutritional stalemate at sea at least in the Atlantic the British would be able to bomb coastal cities
On the East Coast and keep the American Navy locked up as much as possible
And while the Americans would likely occupy Canada within the first year of the invasion
Amphibious insults against possessions in the Caribbean such as Jamaica Bahamas and Belize were secondary and have low tensest
Succeeding unless they were acted upon within the original strike at Canada as well
the balance between the two navies would simply be to even what
forces that are left to the Pacific Theater with largely left to their own devices as
Nearside really have the naval strength to challenge each other in the region a good portion of the American Pacific
Fleet would be used in the invasion of Canada
Then be stuck to patrol in protection roles not being able to be used for offensive actions
Smaller islands could possibly be gained
but their military
Value be rather limited and a very long detour for any vessels the British would find themselves in very much the same position
while each of the Commonwealth nations did contain their own naval units separate from the Royal Navy
These name is rather small a number and equipped for patrolled use not large-scale open sea actions
Guam and American Samoa could potentially be open to the British
But again their military value would be rather limited having the British tried to attack the Philippines
Would be possible however the likelihood of them succeeding would be relatively unlikely
The Philippines had a fair amount of men stationed there both native troops and some American regulars and had some scale
Fortifications and a good portion of the American Pacific Fleet could be based there
So while Philippines is an option the likelihood of an evasion of it is less than that so how is this effective role that large?
Well with world war ii lu main it changes the whole dynamic
Of the events that precede it it may be a little too late to prevent most of the main causes especially in Europe
But what this will do is give the Japanese a little more freedom to act in China and the Pacific as a whole
though not outright conquest
But the diplomatic action to isolate Japan may not be nor near
Severe now to mention the oil embargo placed on them in our timeline may not happen until much later
Which was the main reason that the Japanese struck south in the first place?
Nazi Germany will likely be able to gain some more local power than they did in our time line as well as
France wasn't really willing to it wage a war without British support and like they would have been able to long term without heavy financial
Support as our economy was near collapse at this point in time
At most this would mean that Poland is divided up similarly to our time line without war being declared
However, that's a little bit of a stretch to say for certain
Outside of that any other action against local powers is more up in the air
So what do you think would have happened if war plan red have been?
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