[BITList] War Plan Red

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The aim of all this was to destroy or reduce the British Empire. Their war games evaluations showed (to them) that they'd succeed in the Canadian venture, and that Britain would be unable to organise enough manpower to to do anything about it....................eh?

Now if Bush2, Madman Cheney, Bush’s brain-Carl  Rove and Roger Rabbit Rumsfeld had thought of it, I might consider it possible.
But in the 1930’s and roosevelt – that’s beyond the ken. 
however if lindbergh and co were involved, it could well have been him and his buddies laying the ground work to get canada afte hitler took over the USA.......
the program description – ‘war plan red’ by the USA, may be writer’s license to increase tv ratings.
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From: HUGH 
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:03 AM
To: BitList 
Subject: [BITList] War Plan Red

Wednesday,

Did anyone see the subject program on TV (UK Channel 5) last night?  War Plan Red (and Snopes have never heard of it) was developed by the USA (exactly by who, the programme didn't make clear to me) in the 1930s, up to about 1935, for no less a purpose than to invade Canada, bombing civilians and using poison gas. Lindbergh, he of the sanitised reputation (A Nazi? Me?) in the film about him, did spying trips to assess the suitability of some Canadian terrain for seaplanes.  Others compiled books of photos showing strategic locations, roads, railways, etc.   Camouflaged airfields were built near the USA/Canada border.  The plan was for an amphibious landing near Halifax, followed by three thrusts north, west, centre and east, using thousands of conscripted men.  The aim of all this was to destroy or reduce the British Empire. Their war games evaluations showed (to them) that they'd succeed in the Canadian venture, and that Britain would be unable to organise enough manpower to to do anything about it.  The navies (the reckoned) would be evenly balanced, and a status quo would emerge with the Empire much reduced.  But the runup to WW2 emerged, and Roosevelt lost any interest he'd had in the plan.

Hugh.


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