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The Canadian Maple Rush of 1884. The Syrup wars of the French and Canada. And let’s us not forget the cold syrup fiasco of 1912. Canada has a rich extended history of sticky viscous substances.
Well, Green is probably a by-product of the Mexican American war, yellow was influenced by US intervention in China as part of the eight nation-alliance, and orange was put on full display in WW2. There were a number of other codes as well. Black dealt with Germany, Brown dealt with uprising in the Philippines, Tan equated to an invasion of Cuba, Gold was war with France, etc. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_color-coded_war_plans?wprov=sfla1
@@jadapinkett1656 The details are are obvious and of course available with a quick search. I said I would like to see Knowledgia do the videos on them and enjoy his/her artistry and description of them.
Canada’s “war plan” wasn’t really a plan. It was more of a concept of a single officer. In the 1930’s the military was completely starved for resources and had no capacity for either action or planning. This video makes it appear the plan was a serious endeavour. It most certainly was not.
@@randomlygeneratedname7171 it would be a diplomatic disaster to invade Canada they're friends with everyone including us now. And Back when they were under British rule it would have been too difficult.
Overall you are correct, but Defense Scheme One is significant in that it was created a full 6 years before War Plan Red was, and correctly assessed the U.S.'s perceived strategy, which underlies the tensions that existed in the western hemisphere but not necessarily in Europe. T/he significance is the political climate that gave rise to both plans, not per say the merits
@@khein2204 You would like to think that. But the world has advanced in medicine, rising out of poverty, human rights, growth of democracy, reduction of war etc etc under their stewardship. It's easy to focus on only on faults or make something look negative on balance compared to fictitious utopia. But compare them to other nations and they are a bright shining jewel. You not be mature enough to accept that reality doesn't make that untrue.
@@NewsRedial lol western even got those knowledge from arab and persian muslim scientists, such as al khwarizmi who is the inventor of algebra and ibn sina (Avicenna) who is very instrumental in the field of medicine and many other scientists, when western were still in the dark ages islam is in its golden age but western burnt down muslim libraries, such a barbaric behavior, but luckily western also translated a lot of books into westerners language and learned from it , so don't be arrogant, it's not just the west who has contributed here, actually westerners make civilization more backward by burning Muslim libraries, if westerners didn't burn them then Muslims will be the most victorious and civilization is more advanced
The British Empire was so OP that only a British colony could ever surpass it as a world power. It reminds me of Rome and its fall, and all the mighty states that would spawn from its corpse and create global powers
I do think Canada could actually be a huge threat to the USA in the future, but their population is too small. But imagine say 200 years in the future Canada has a population of 150million, 200 million+ on the USA's door step... But the USA would probably prevent it before it gets to that stage
Nonsense the UK and USA have had fairly good relations since after the war of 1812. Only times they were tense when IKE didn't support the UK And France in Suez 56. The other when Wilson wouldn't send troops to Vietnam to help LBJ.
Nonsense because? America like many ambitious superpowers at the time was strategising it's place in the world as well as Germany, the USSR and Japan. War Plan Red wasn't mere conjencture it was calculated research. This wasn't a new entity at the time.. Many nations switched and played loose with their allegiences during this period in spite of past so called alliances.
Wars are started by people that know each other very well And Fought by people who do not know each other at all. The people do not decide on relationships between countries Politicians military and business decide that
We all KNOW where Canada is. Like the rest of the world, we just don't CARE. Many of us have Canadian ancestors who left to find jobs and live in an actual country instead of a large training camp for hockey players. At least now Canada can become a colony of Red China.
@@SWiftxFuRY I see us as Canadians pure and simple. We certainly have many things in common with both the USA and UK, as well as Australia and New Zealand, but at the end of a day we are our own country with our own identity, strong and proud enough that we don't need to latch onto another country to carry us. All the aforementioned countries can do that, so there is no reason we can't.
As an Aussie I see Americans and Canadians having much the same relationship as do ourselves and New Zealand... Connected by proximity/geography, shared common interests, similar accents/culture, friendly sporting rivalries (Our Rugby rivalry is almost identical to your Hockey rivalry... fierce but friendly) and our joined military history... Our ANZAC code has joined Aussies and Kiwis at the hip since WW1... Like twin brothers, we throw shade on each other but when the chips are down the ANZAC spirit and the history our forefathers shared comes into play... From the Battle of Beersheba in WW1 (where my Great Grandfather took a bullet from a machine gun to the knee) to the Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam; the Kiwis were by our sides, neck deep in the blood and guts and Aussies don't ever forget it. They may be a smaller nation than us.. but the Kiwi is one tough Mother Fcker and we're all proud to call them brothers and sisters. Americans should likewise be proud of their Canadian brothers and sisters for consistently punching above their weight class. My point is, we may all have our differences but let us not ever forget that the CANZAUKUS alliance has stood the test of time. We are all, at the core of our values, the same.
@@consciousbeing1188 Yes all very agreeable, though as far as sporting rivalries go, we don't really have one with the US (a bit surprisingly). In hockey, our top rival is Russia, there is a long history there, especially during the cold war era. Canadians and Americans watch many of the same sports, but we don't really PLAY the same sports. Hockey does have a niche following in certain areas of the US close to our border, but it's not really a national thing for them. If we do come up against them in a competition, that natural rivalry of neighbours does arise, but there's not really the same long history that you would see with Aus / NZ. Such meetings are usually one sided, we are rarely evenly matched in any sport, one of us is way better than the other (usually the US).
I think Warplan Red, had various sub-colours of red, like Purple, Rouge, etc, to describe the various colonies and dominions. Also, as far as I know, the US even considered using massive poison gas attacks on the various important harbors to prevent British landings there.
Mc Arthur once again proves that if violence isn't the answer to your problems, it's simply that you didn't use enough of it We might joke about it but both that and his plan for Tactical Nukes in Korea were both incredibly efficient and if implemented would most probably have seen results
Forgot to also mention War Plan Black which dealt with a war with Germany and War Plan Gold which dealt with a war with France. The United States was like Batman making contingency planning against friends and foes alike!
It is actually military standard. Foreign policy and war plans are not made on basis of what other nations will do, but what they can do. So any respectable military makes war plans like those - that's what armies do in peace - exercise and plan. At bare minimum, military should have plans for wars with the countries it neighbors. And most, if not all, have it. Regardless of how good the relations are. And those rainbow plans of US are simply interesting for their names and the fact they were discovered like that. But no one should be surprised that they existed. You can bet that Switzerland, a famously neutral country, has military plans for wars with all of its neighbors and prominent world powers. As I said, that's military standard.
@@isacstrand1690 The Royal Navy was stronger on day one yes, but as the US demonstrated in WW2, it can just vastly outproduce anyone. If was broke out between the two in the 30's, there would be a stalemate at first, until the vastly superior Industrial might (and manpower) of the US would allow it to just crush the Royal Navy over time. So no, the British couldn't have won the war, at best they could have hoped for an early peace by dragging the cost of war, but that would have costed them Canada at the very least
Fun Fact: After the war New Foundland almost joined the US but UK & Canada teamed up for a third option in the reerendum (stay british or become independent and may join US in the future): joining Canada
Not really, The us wasn't even on the referendum ticket, There was a small movement of joining united states because economic ties but it was short-lived. I'm pretty sure you meant the more economic ties with USA, Britian and Canada feared it but it was a small group. Independence first won the popular vote but no one got more than 50%. The Economic Ties with USA failed miserably with only 20k votes. A second referendum happened this time with only the two popular options and Canada won.
@@hokton8555 Newfoundland is not a significant province in Canada. In fact it’s received welfare from federal government. Newfoundland was in huge debt & that’s what led it to join Canada.
Interestingly enough, War Plan Red actually addressed that too. The plan was to secretly have major air bases near the Canadian Border that could be used for a massive aerial assault on Canada in order to gain air superiority over the empire. Crazy part is America actually built the air bases so we weirdly had these really high capacity airbases just chilling by Canada the whole time.
@@roflmywaffles1313 Siriously though. Can you please tell me why Americans think it’s a tie. You invaded Canada. Got pushed back. Then had your capitol burned down. How is that a tie?
Just to clarify, the Canadian plan mentioned in this video was not actually an officially approved plan. On the contrary, it was primarily developed by a senior Canadian officer with a particularly strong connection to the UK. It was ultimately rejected by the Canadian government and other senior military officials as being pretty much suicidal. They believed that invading US terrritory and destroying infrastructure and civilian communities would only ensure that the Americans would enter Canada in a blood rage. Imperial Japan would eventually be able to describe how well such a strategy works. As it turns out, the Canadian officials who rejected the plan were smart for another reason. The plan was designed solely to buy time for Britain to throw everything into the fight to protect Canada, while the British had already come to the conclusion that in the event of a war, Canada was screwed. The funniest part of the whole discussion is that the various sides normally have completely different stories that they believe will lead up tp a potential war, and those stories pretty much always make the other side seem like the offending party. In this case, however, both the Americans and the British basically agreed on the cause of a potential war. The Americans had a long history with the British (obviously), and had noticed that the British had a habit of attacking countries when they became wealthy or industrialized enough that they might represent a significant challenge to their superiority in the not-too-distant future. Hell, in their own history, the British had armed native tribes (one of the causes of the War of 1812) and considered aiding the Confederacy during the Civil War in an effort to slow down the United States' growth, and further their own interests in the region. As the US had no intentions whatsoever of slowing down or limiting their growth, they felt it prudent to draw up plans on how to respond should the British initiate hostilities. The British who were concerned about a possible war noted the rapid industrialization in the US, as well as the growth in their economy and of their navy. They were concerned that such continued growth could result in the US being a major threat in the near future. As such, they considered whether or not they might find it beneficial to attack the US and try to set them back a bit. They also formed an alliance with the Japanese so that the Americans would be faced with a combined threat in the Pacific, and a dual ocean threat overall should hostilities actually commence. So, both sides were looking at events through the lens of a potential preemptive attack from the British. In this case, preemptive doesn't refer to getting ahead of any specific aggressive actions on America's part, but preventing the US from being in a position where it could eventually be aggressive (or even defensive) if they so chose to be.
@@colinharbinson8284 well being from an Irish family I can categorically say that Ireland was part of the British Empire up to the late 1940s. All it got prior to that was dominion status! In other words home rule. In fact if you want to be pedantic about it it didn't gain real Indy until it joined the Euro...
@@DFMSelfprotection your not being pedantic at all and you are quite right, although many people forget about Northern Ireland. Ps. check out the surname, Harbinson is of Scots origin, but my family has roots in Ireland.
@MI6 yeah but you can tell someone what to do but you can't make them do it. Furthermore, Germany was a threat. If the UK lost India would suffer. The US wasn't a threat to India. The US wanted all colonial powers to free their colonies. India was one of them. If US victory insured Indian Independence, then India and other oppressed colonies wouldn't do shit for Britain.
@@sebastiandomingos335 India had a volunteer army, and comprised mainly from families which had been in the military for many generations, in a country with rock bottom wages and over 350 million people. But this is neither here nor there, since the entire war would take place at sea.
America declared war on an already beaten country in 1917 when Britian Russia and France had already starting advancing and gaining rather than being pushed back . . Also the battle of Gallipoli that was a great loss for the three countries , the yanks missed that one !!
WW2 was the greatest thing to ever happen to the US Before the war there was 6 superpowers USA British Empire French Empire Nazi Germany USSR Japan After the war. Germany and Japan were obliterated and were no longer superpowers, British and French weakened and on the verge of losing their colonies and USSR weakened from fighting the Germans Leaving the USA the only superpower who didn't lose anything major during the war and didn't have their mainland attacked
Both sides employed "divide and rule"-strategies. In the end the USA was more successful. An example of divide and rule in practice, is US "support" for Irish independence (mentioned here from 3.00 minutes onwards). Obvious effect? It would weaken the UK, and if such exemplary events could spark further independence movements, even better. "Revenge" for London (and Paris) choosing the South during the Civil War in its efforts to effect a secession, and a resulting breaking up of a single hegemony in North America... After 2 world wars GB/Empire was no longer strong enough to ward off Washington DCs rise to nr.1.
@@kevinmaroon1093 british aren't wanna be Americans 😂😂😂😂😂 that's the stupidest thing I've heard for a long time...you must be American to make a comment like that 😳
@@bassicuk1986 I’m Canadian. Face it America is a better country than Britain ever was. We Canadians know british are just jealous of America’s power. You British wish you had America’s power & influence over the world !! 😂. Atleast we Canadians admit it & don’t envy America.
The UK struggled in fleet actions in WW2 outside of Europe because their various squadrons of ships were scattered all over the world defending colonies. Despite being far superior in tactics and capability, the UK struggled to even challenge the Italian Navy, which lacked fuel and RADAR. The US had a few islands, in comparison. So until around WW2 when the US built up massive quantities of ships and vehicles, they still had local concentrated superiority, even if they did not have overall numerical superiority. This doesn't matter anyway, since it never would have happened.
@@uni4rm Yes you are right that it wouldn't have happened and yes the RN was spread across the world. It didn't really struggle much against the Italian Navy though. My point was that video made out that in the interwar years that the US navy could just cruise across the Atlantic. Through the interwar years the RN was still absolutely massive and if there was increasing tension and any hint of the US making a move on the UK would have just concentrated some more forces where they were needed . Namely in the atlantic/North sea. All hypothetical though, as was the video
Well in 1942 Britain had to sail (simultaneously) to different continents to supply its colonies, making it vulnerable. US would have had an opportunity
@@haydnj1202 this doesnt even take into the account all the other sharks in the water that would be itching to make a move on a distracted Royal Navy. Namely Russia and France.
I kinda have to disagree with the video, well maybe the title, and not the video. Military war plans are not the same as planning to go to war. Military war plans are basically war games to make a plan just in case the shit hits the fan. That is not the same as planning to go to war.
Every staff has a plans division. It's their job to come up with plans to invade and defend against any country or combination of countries. As such they were just doing their jobs. I'm sure that even now, there are plans for conflict with Canada and or Britain. For instance Desert Shield (the first part of the first Gulf War) was based on a plan to respond to a Soviet land attack towards Saudi Arabia. It was only the availability of troops from NATO (not needed to fight the Soviets/Russians) that allowed the reinforecment for the attack into Iraq (Desert Storm).
@Lovable Wench they was little puppets alone real, if the soviet union and usa didnt join the war together they would not stop germany, if most of uk army that was in france runs away when france fail, they didnt even think about it lol.
@@martinjenkins6467 We will help our Aussie brothers out, no doubt, with or without Biden. Let's just hope it doesn't happen because millions will die, on both sides. We have to always remember that the biggest victims of war is almost always the most vulnerable (women, children, elders, disabled, etc.)
@@acosta2493 Well, everyone suffers in a war. But e women, disabled or children Are the secondary victims, the biggest and the primary victims are the men who fight the war and die fighting
@@ruinnaimperii4686 yes. Civilian casualties are usually higher than soldier casualties but the civilian men do get shot first and then the rest die from starvation, disease, etc. To die in war is the easy part. To survive and suffer the consequences of the war is alot harder.
@@martinjenkins6467 Don't worry the USA's got Australia and New Zealand covered Can't guarantee much blood won't be spilled keeping it that way though ;-;
The Monroe doctrine is funny because it was mostly aimed at the British, who had little interest I expanding their sphere in the Americas given they were already in control of a large chunk and most of South America was allied, only the US, Mexico and the French speaking areas weren't. Even more ironically is that America's tiny navy couldn't couldn't police such a doctrine meaning the British actually became the primary enforcers of the doctrine
@@hansgruber788 The UK didn't enter 'litte buddy' status until after WW II. And a thing called the Suez Crisis. Which the USA and the UK were not on the same side of.
@@hansgruber788 Ah No. Suez Canal Crisis was an embarrassing event for Britain & its clear Britain must always stay behind USA in all foreign policies LOL😂. President Dwight Eisenhower told Britain to pull its troops from Egypt. In retrospect Eisenhower did the right thing cuz he if he hadn’t Egypt would have partnered with Soviet Union. So yeah American hegemony rules !!
Surely, the commonwealth would've played a huge role in an event like this. You would have the Indian, Australian and Kiwis coming in from the Pacific ocean, or even landing in the Caribbeans.
to be fair the numbers would be quite small; the Indians, Anzacs and South Africans weren't able to make a decisive difference in Europe in the First World War...
The problem with that is American naval dominance was even stronger in the pacific than it was in the Atlantic, and had been since the Spanish American War in 1898. The failure of the British to create a strong naval presence in the Far East is precisely what led to the destruction of Force Z by the Japanese in 1941. Even if they did launch a pacific campaign, it would have mainly been focused on the American colonies of the Philippines and Guam, which were vital to the American military presence in Asia and far more of an immediate threat to British dominance in Malaya and Oceania. As indicated in the video, the British strategy was essentially to leave Canada to its fate and focus on saving the colonies that could realistically be defended in the Caribbean, and preventing the American fleet from sailing to the Home Islands by tying them down there. There was never any hope of winning the land war, such a conflict would have been determined by naval prowess near exclusively.
I read Saving Private Power by Mickey Z. He exposes the myth of the “good war “. The Austrian dictator was admired by many in US because he hated communists and unions. Greed and power is usually at the root of all geopolitics.
No they didn't, unions and the CPUSA (communist party USA) were at their absolute zenith in the 30s. Liking Hitler was unpopular and ruined careers. Charles Lindbergh liked Hitler and his career was ruined over it even before WW2. Stop falling for neo-Nazi propaganda.
You probably don’t know about the plan to overthrow the US govt by a military coup then do you, involving Gen Smedley D. Butler then do you? He wouldn’t take part btw which ended the plan.
The plan in the end was something the USA could use to invade Canada. Glad it didn't happen because they should be 2 separate countries. Maybe in union in Economics but have separate millitary, government, etc.
@@nathanjackson1091 it sounds like you're a teenager. and fyi half my family went to America... I had many opportunities to get a Green Card as my father is a US citizen, but I always refused because the significant amount of time I've spent in and all over the United States taught me that I have absolutely no desire to live there because it is by and large; a shithole
I think this disregards quite intensely British Naval superiority pre-WW2. Also, 'A quick UK surrender?' Good luck with that! It would have made D-day look like a tea party!
It starts with Wilson's advisors (Edward House and Walter Page; both Anglophiles) outright lying to Wilson about how the Brits and the Japs will come after the US if Wilson doesn't accommodate their wishes. This leads him to call for a massive naval buildup, saying to his advisor House regarding Britain: “Let us build a Navy bigger than hers and do what we please.” Discussions got heated at times in 1918 and 1919. Also Britain was allied to Japan then, which was seen as America's most likely enemy. The whole thing was resolved with the Washington Naval Treaty strictly limiting size of navies along a 1-1 ratio between UK and USA, Japan 2/3 of their tonnage, and others further down. Britain also left their alliance with Japan, but in London many continued to desire its renewal.
"Sith Lord Rule of 2".... UK thought US was a mighty student..... Now the US has a Military Force (according to spending) equal to the next 17 powers combined.....
The map of 1867 where it shows the Dominion of Canada is inaccurate. It should be the bottom part of Ontario near the Great Lakes, the bottom part of Quebec up to Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The western part of the country was considered to be Rupert's Land and was property of the Hudson's Bay Company.
in alternate universe,, USA declare war on Allies to conquer Canada and small islands around it, hopefully Mexico too,, but without join Axis Imperial Japan conquer China and push South to IndoChina, but station considerable troops on USSR border just in case
No. The two countries are different like night & day. America has a great Constitution britain doesn’t. As a Canadian, America is a special country & britain is just bland & boring. No comparison there whatsoever ! !
These plans were part of strategic training exercises. To suggest that there was a real chance for war, let alone the conditions or desire for one, between the USA and UK in the interwar period is nonsense. Add to this that the US Army in the interwar period was massively reduced and funding was decreased and you get the impression that this video is pretty misleading.
@Jinx Vanderz Yeah it is: Iraqis and Vietnamese kicked their asses until they sloped off. The Brits could have done serious damage to US economy and infrastructure.
It would be. The thing is, Canadian Forces, if necessary, would fall back further and further North. Americans at the very least would struggle similar to the German invasion of Russia as winter came. Not only that, but Canada is thousands of kilometers of dense forest and some of the biggest mountain ranges on the planet. The geography alone would make a full invasion of Canada very difficult.
@Jinx Vanderz the US also had to rapidly increase its army. If the UK send a 200k experienced force the US could have great casualties before it does the job. Plus the Soviets usually wasted a lot of men in every conflict that was just a Russian thing. No tech but man power enough so using it as the advantage. The US would be outnumbering Canada a lot more on the front line and that frontline be a lot easier to penetrate. Finland is worthy country. Not a puppet of super powers like Canda always been
@@crowbar9566 iraq fell in weeks what are you talking about ? your confusing guerrilla war fare for two armies fighting . the brits lost in guerrilla ware fare to america when they had no army before the french joined . there is a difference between nation building and ware fare if america goes in head first and kills everything moving countries would fall but nation building is different training a army and building a government to fight for you is different .
@Jinx Vanderz American strategy recently has literally been "who needs strategy when you have superior firepower?" Which was exactly the same mistake that the Soviets did with the Finns
I think something that was missed in this video is that the U.S. was a completely different nation than they are now. For instance, prior to WWII, the U.S. was significantly more isolationist than they are now, with many Americans still holding up George Washington's Farewell Address to the nation about the dangers of foreign entanglements as proper American policy. The realty is that if nobody is an ally, than everyone else are potential adversaries, and so you should have a plan to deal with them, A.K.A. the multi color war plans that were concocted. This idea is foreign to most people, as they don't fully understand the ramifications of courses of isolation among countries. However, in accordance with the statement, "where goods don't cross borders, armies will", wars and preparation for wars are the logical end result of isolationism.
This looks great but is factually short… the US considered many outcomes and played out endless scenarios & (at that point in time) knew that the Royal Navy would wooop them at sea & between the Canadians, British & other troops from the Empire it would be a stalemate on the border with Canada. Britain knew better than invading US east coast so both parties never went there..
That rapid fire invasion from the brits would’ve been slowed down by American militiamen. We were and are a land with guns for defense. Not just hunting.
@@HolyShitNew a lot of people don’t, but the people who do always come out on a video about the US for some reason. Its only these specific type of hater on the US and nothing else.
@@noname_758 because the history of man is so devoid of these things. But the history of man, other than the US, is completely devoid of a country and it’s people sacrificing our people and our wealth doing so much for so many people that can never begin to repay us. We aren’t perfect. But we are the light and the leaders of freedom in the world. Even with the loser we now have as President in 2021.
Until 1943 the us navy was smaller than the Royal Navy. At the beginning of the war, substantially so… a sea Atlantic war would not see an invasion of the uk….. the rn was just too big in the twenties and thirties
It is for this reason that I think the US would have definitely lost the war. Nothing to stop the UK from blockading the American coast and taking out American naval production. The USA should really thank Germany for tearing apart Britain and Europe because it handed the world to an American hegemony.
@@CeruleanSword There's no way America loses the war, the UK would be helpless to take America out of the war as a successful invasion would've been impossible, while America would easily take Canada and there's not much UK could do about it, also America can ramp up war production to terrifying levels and the British wouldn't be able to stop that either just damage some of it, the US was destined to become the hegemon, that had nothing to do "Europe" fighting, it was always going to happen
We might not be able to change what a country ever does as far as wars or politics. But we can allow Jesus to be Lord over our lives and lead us individually while changing who we once were. It’s personal and God will save those who call on him.
ironic considering that happened in ww2 the brits in Singapore surrendered swiftly to a much smaller japanese force so yes it happened...but brits managed to keep this quiet.
@@CAM8689 it's wasn't a smaller force, they had plenty of reinforcements. And what your talking about is a battle within a wider war. Don't forget you tit we was fighting for our lives in Europe at the same time, we was protecting the Atlantic lanes, we was protecting the eastern seaboard of the US.
@@logangallagher7050 it was a smaller force a much smaller force he surrendered to churchill's own words confirm this.......but m ore to the point you said swift british surrender in the same sentence....and that is clearly lie....you can live in denial if you want many people do nowadays about a great many things.....surrender without a shot could be said about the channel islands as that is what happened....that imo is worse...brits are no better then anyone else even if they try to act like it just be grateful the US came to your aid after you declared a war that neither you or the french were capable of winning on your own....the others nations were attacked
@@NautilusSSN571 it’s delusional for Americans to be posturing about invading and pacifying other countries just mere weeks after being fully routed from Afghanistan. Completely absurd
Disappointed in the sponser of the video for providing inaccurate information regarding the plots of land being sold. I am from Dunfermline and can tell you that is not a map of Dunfermline but of a small village 20mins away called Saline.
With an empire, Britain had no interest in a lawless America. It supported Canada in every matter of security. People forget America was fighting Indians for land for many years.
There is no such thing as british empire it’s a figment of your imagination. Uk didn’t provide jack to Canada? Is that what british people tell themselves? 😳. The only time Canada was at risk of being attacked was The Cold War. With that Canada & US started NORAD. Canada was also given nuclear arsenal during the Cold War by US in case Soviets attacked via the Arctic cuz our safety was also US safety. Those nuclear bombs were eventually decommissioned. Lawless America? How so? Pretty sure it was all of europe that had 2 world wars & needed help from USA at the end.
Britain knew that America was far too powerful to take on and could easily take over most of its colonies probably even faster than the Japanese did in the Pacific, which is why they never really tried to pick any fights in the Americas.
The Brits were the more realistic in all this. They knew it would be distratous to come up against America some 3 to 4000 miles away in a war. They would have been playing in America's front yard. Trying to transport a big army all the way to Canada would have been pure folly for them and even if it succeeded, the US would have been way to big for them to invade or expend the resources trying. Canada herself would not have really enhanced the manpower resources either at the time as she had a small population of less than 13 million then. In those days it was about manpower baby. So with that and all the other logistical stumbling blocks it would have been a pure madness and sure defeat for Britain and Canada. And probably an even earlier sure collapse of the British Empire and geopolitical disaster for Britain.
That's not true tho, could the US taken Canada almost certainly, could it have taken most of the British colonies as you say, it would have been almost impossible for the US.
It's been documented that an American invasion plan for Canada survived WWII, and was in place well into the 1950s. Your "as far as we know" qualification is an apt one. It would not surprise me if there was an updated contingency plan to invade Canada actively maintained by the Pentagon to this day.
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Not to be an ass but the warships you showed for both the UK and US were french
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Alternate universe: the Canadian Empire invades countries to extract syrup
I'd watch that video
The Canadian Maple Rush of 1884.
The Syrup wars of the French and Canada.
And let’s us not forget the cold syrup fiasco of 1912.
Canada has a rich extended history of sticky viscous substances.
A Canadian fighting defence would take some beating.
Finland but the size of Russia.
@NARRATOR MEME JR. hamster
Canadian troops very effective in WW1.
Didn't take prisoners.
Please make videos on the strategies of the other war plans. Orange, green and yellow.
I second this
Well, Green is probably a by-product of the Mexican American war, yellow was influenced by US intervention in China as part of the eight nation-alliance, and orange was put on full display in WW2. There were a number of other codes as well. Black dealt with Germany, Brown dealt with uprising in the Philippines, Tan equated to an invasion of Cuba, Gold was war with France, etc.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_color-coded_war_plans?wprov=sfla1
@@jadapinkett1656 The details are are obvious and of course available with a quick search.
I said I would like to see Knowledgia do the videos on them and enjoy his/her artistry and description of them.
I third this
War Plan YELLOW will be fully displayed very soon. Turn on the tv and stay tuned.
Canada’s “war plan” wasn’t really a plan. It was more of a concept of a single officer. In the 1930’s the military was completely starved for resources and had no capacity for either action or planning. This video makes it appear the plan was a serious endeavour. It most certainly was not.
Source: My hoi4 gameplay as Canada
(no I'm not insulting you)
@@garmenlin5990 ¨no I'm not insulting you¨ he says after mocking Kevin Dooley.
(yes i am insulting you)
I am just wondering why USA spared Canada. Why does Canada continue to exist?
@@randomlygeneratedname7171 it would be a diplomatic disaster to invade Canada they're friends with everyone including us now. And Back when they were under British rule it would have been too difficult.
Overall you are correct, but Defense Scheme One is significant in that it was created a full 6 years before War Plan Red was, and correctly assessed the U.S.'s perceived strategy, which underlies the tensions that existed in the western hemisphere but not necessarily in Europe. T/he significance is the political climate that gave rise to both plans, not per say the merits
Even Batman developed contingency plans on how to destroy his friends and partners in the Justice League.
and himself
They call Superman "the Boy Scout" but Batman is the one who's motto is "be prepared"
but these countries ain't superheroes, they're colonizer and bullies, therefore they suffocate each other, because of bad karma
@@khein2204 You would like to think that. But the world has advanced in medicine, rising out of poverty, human rights, growth of democracy, reduction of war etc etc under their stewardship.
It's easy to focus on only on faults or make something look negative on balance compared to fictitious utopia. But compare them to other nations and they are a bright shining jewel.
You not be mature enough to accept that reality doesn't make that untrue.
@@NewsRedial lol western even got those knowledge from arab and persian muslim scientists, such as al khwarizmi who is the inventor of algebra and ibn sina (Avicenna) who is very instrumental in the field of medicine and many other scientists, when western were still in the dark ages islam is in its golden age but western burnt down muslim libraries, such a barbaric behavior, but luckily western also translated a lot of books into westerners language and learned from it , so don't be arrogant, it's not just the west who has contributed here, actually westerners make civilization more backward by burning Muslim libraries, if westerners didn't burn them then Muslims will be the most victorious and civilization is more advanced
The U.S. while making War plan red,orange, green, and yellow: “Ain’t gotta get ready when you stay ready”
lol
Says the country that had its White House torched. Lol
@@666zombee lol. Big bad empire brags about torching a country that isn't even 100 years old.
@@FormerPessitheRobberfan It torched a country that had just invaded Canada.
Remind me what happened in Peal Harbour.
History is already one of my favorite subjects and your channel makes me love it even more. Keep up the good work!
The British Empire was so OP that only a British colony could ever surpass it as a world power. It reminds me of Rome and its fall, and all the mighty states that would spawn from its corpse and create global powers
US didn't surpass UK until after WW2
@@chrisklitou7573 WW1. Arguably post civil war.
@@logansdomain16 UK was more powerful than the US in the 1800s
WW1 US has a small military
@MikeProductions1000 USA had a small military before WW1
I do think Canada could actually be a huge threat to the USA in the future, but their population is too small. But imagine say 200 years in the future Canada has a population of 150million, 200 million+ on the USA's door step... But the USA would probably prevent it before it gets to that stage
I Never heard about this story ,in my whole history studies , thanks knowledgia .
@Prussian Army Im not
@Prussian Army Prussian army
Nonsense the UK and USA have had fairly good relations since after the war of 1812. Only times they were tense when IKE didn't support the UK
And France in Suez 56. The other when Wilson wouldn't send troops to Vietnam to help LBJ.
Nonsense because? America like many ambitious superpowers at the time was strategising it's place in the world as well as Germany, the USSR and Japan. War Plan Red wasn't mere conjencture it was calculated research. This wasn't a new entity at the time.. Many nations switched and played loose with their allegiences during this period in spite of past so called alliances.
Where are you from? The US war plans are well known to American historians
Funny how now these 3 nations are now some of the closest allies in the world...
Relationships between people.. on a macro level 😁
The fabric of society can be very complex.
You mean overlord and vassals.
Add France to this and it's even funnier considering the long history of England vs France. In Europe and in Canada. lmao
Wars are started by people that know each other very well
And Fought by people who do not know each other at all. The people do not decide on relationships between countries Politicians military and business decide that
Canada's defence plan was simple: just rely on the Americans' inability to know where Canada actually is.
*accidently invades mexico*
We all KNOW where Canada is. Like the rest of the world, we just don't CARE. Many of us have Canadian ancestors who left to find jobs and live in an actual country instead of a large training camp for hockey players. At least now Canada can become a colony of Red China.
@@SWiftxFuRY I see us as Canadians pure and simple. We certainly have many things in common with both the USA and UK, as well as Australia and New Zealand, but at the end of a day we are our own country with our own identity, strong and proud enough that we don't need to latch onto another country to carry us. All the aforementioned countries can do that, so there is no reason we can't.
As an Aussie I see Americans and Canadians having much the same relationship as do ourselves and New Zealand... Connected by proximity/geography, shared common interests, similar accents/culture, friendly sporting rivalries (Our Rugby rivalry is almost identical to your Hockey rivalry... fierce but friendly) and our joined military history... Our ANZAC code has joined Aussies and Kiwis at the hip since WW1... Like twin brothers, we throw shade on each other but when the chips are down the ANZAC spirit and the history our forefathers shared comes into play...
From the Battle of Beersheba in WW1 (where my Great Grandfather took a bullet from a machine gun to the knee) to the Battle of Long Tan in Vietnam; the Kiwis were by our sides, neck deep in the blood and guts and Aussies don't ever forget it. They may be a smaller nation than us.. but the Kiwi is one tough Mother Fcker and we're all proud to call them brothers and sisters.
Americans should likewise be proud of their Canadian brothers and sisters for consistently punching above their weight class.
My point is, we may all have our differences but let us not ever forget that the CANZAUKUS alliance has stood the test of time. We are all, at the core of our values, the same.
@@consciousbeing1188 Yes all very agreeable, though as far as sporting rivalries go, we don't really have one with the US (a bit surprisingly). In hockey, our top rival is Russia, there is a long history there, especially during the cold war era. Canadians and Americans watch many of the same sports, but we don't really PLAY the same sports. Hockey does have a niche following in certain areas of the US close to our border, but it's not really a national thing for them. If we do come up against them in a competition, that natural rivalry of neighbours does arise, but there's not really the same long history that you would see with Aus / NZ. Such meetings are usually one sided, we are rarely evenly matched in any sport, one of us is way better than the other (usually the US).
I think Warplan Red, had various sub-colours of red, like Purple, Rouge, etc, to describe the various colonies and dominions. Also, as far as I know, the US even considered using massive poison gas attacks on the various important harbors to prevent British landings there.
Yeah you’re right
Poison gas was basically McArthur's plan. He was going to use it on British and CAnadian cities.
Yes, Canada was Crimson
that's just not cricket
Mc Arthur once again proves that if violence isn't the answer to your problems, it's simply that you didn't use enough of it
We might joke about it but both that and his plan for Tactical Nukes in Korea were both incredibly efficient and if implemented would most probably have seen results
UK be like:
"I brought you into this world, I can take you out BOI"
Civilization first began in Iraq... Iraqis will say this to everyone else...
@@hitesh8383
Who asked?
@@hitesh8383 prove it
US: really? How’d that go the first time?
@@CeruleanSword No one... Just sayin'
What beautiful software do you make these maps on? Its all gorgeous. The shading, the colors, the way it shows invasions everything!
"You Yanks may have the numbers but we Canadians have our Maple Syrup" - Some Canadian General in an alternate Universe
Vermont maple syrup is better than Canadian maple syrup.
@@astrobullivant5908 why do you think so?
@@astrobullivant5908 Think what you want, it only means your defeat in the Great Syrup War.
Syrup bombs 🤩🥴
The Maple Power
Forgot to also mention War Plan Black which dealt with a war with Germany and War Plan Gold which dealt with a war with France. The United States was like Batman making contingency planning against friends and foes alike!
It is actually military standard. Foreign policy and war plans are not made on basis of what other nations will do, but what they can do. So any respectable military makes war plans like those - that's what armies do in peace - exercise and plan. At bare minimum, military should have plans for wars with the countries it neighbors. And most, if not all, have it. Regardless of how good the relations are.
And those rainbow plans of US are simply interesting for their names and the fact they were discovered like that. But no one should be surprised that they existed. You can bet that Switzerland, a famously neutral country, has military plans for wars with all of its neighbors and prominent world powers. As I said, that's military standard.
Only difference is Batman could back it up, the US could never take Uk pre ww2, the british naval dominance was to large
@@isacstrand1690 the US could, given the fact that Britain could never overtake the US in terms of economics and industry and military strength
@@Jay-qb9gi nope, UK could not beat Usa close to ww2 but Britain with it’s full empire and navy would make it impossible for Usa to take UK pre ww2
@@isacstrand1690 The Royal Navy was stronger on day one yes, but as the US demonstrated in WW2, it can just vastly outproduce anyone. If was broke out between the two in the 30's, there would be a stalemate at first, until the vastly superior Industrial might (and manpower) of the US would allow it to just crush the Royal Navy over time. So no, the British couldn't have won the war, at best they could have hoped for an early peace by dragging the cost of war, but that would have costed them Canada at the very least
Fun Fact: After the war New Foundland almost joined the US but UK & Canada teamed up for a third option in the reerendum (stay british or become independent and may join US in the future): joining Canada
What about a name change referendum? It’s been found a very long time now.
Not really, The us wasn't even on the referendum ticket, There was a small movement of joining united states because economic ties but it was short-lived. I'm pretty sure you meant the more economic ties with USA, Britian and Canada feared it but it was a small group. Independence first won the popular vote but no one got more than 50%. The Economic Ties with USA failed miserably with only 20k votes. A second referendum happened this time with only the two popular options and Canada won.
@@lenny7822 i said *may* (misspelled as my)
@@hokton8555 My bad but you said "New Foundland almost joined the US " in the first sentence.
@@hokton8555 Newfoundland is not a significant province in Canada. In fact it’s received welfare from federal government. Newfoundland was in huge debt & that’s what led it to join Canada.
"That they almost went to war- THIS VIDEO IS SPONSORED BY ESTABLISHED TITLES." has to be the greatest line in a documentary I've ever heard.
How similar was War Plan Orange to America’s entry into the Pacific Theatre of WWII?
ua-cam.com/video/kss0X8oaeow/v-deo.html
It will tell you at the end that it was changed….
British Airpower in Canada pre WW2.They could have done some damage to the Heavy Industrial and Railroad Networks in the Great Lakes Region
Interestingly enough, War Plan Red actually addressed that too. The plan was to secretly have major air bases near the Canadian Border that could be used for a massive aerial assault on Canada in order to gain air superiority over the empire. Crazy part is America actually built the air bases so we weirdly had these really high capacity airbases just chilling by Canada the whole time.
@@koshaku Airport in Niagara Falls, New York was built for that purpose, now it is fairly big airport with really no use.
"Aight bois 1812 was too ambiguous wanna do round 2?"
The White House was literally burned to the ground. How was it ambiguous?
@@politicalbandwagon4989 your pfp says all I need to know
@@roflmywaffles1313 Siriously though. Can you please tell me why Americans think it’s a tie. You invaded Canada. Got pushed back. Then had your capitol burned down. How is that a tie?
@@politicalbandwagon4989 how infantile is your perception of war that a capitol burning is a sign of victory?
@@roflmywaffles1313 And the fact that Canada isn’t part of the us right now is also a sign of victory.
Just to clarify, the Canadian plan mentioned in this video was not actually an officially approved plan. On the contrary, it was primarily developed by a senior Canadian officer with a particularly strong connection to the UK. It was ultimately rejected by the Canadian government and other senior military officials as being pretty much suicidal. They believed that invading US terrritory and destroying infrastructure and civilian communities would only ensure that the Americans would enter Canada in a blood rage. Imperial Japan would eventually be able to describe how well such a strategy works. As it turns out, the Canadian officials who rejected the plan were smart for another reason. The plan was designed solely to buy time for Britain to throw everything into the fight to protect Canada, while the British had already come to the conclusion that in the event of a war, Canada was screwed.
The funniest part of the whole discussion is that the various sides normally have completely different stories that they believe will lead up tp a potential war, and those stories pretty much always make the other side seem like the offending party. In this case, however, both the Americans and the British basically agreed on the cause of a potential war. The Americans had a long history with the British (obviously), and had noticed that the British had a habit of attacking countries when they became wealthy or industrialized enough that they might represent a significant challenge to their superiority in the not-too-distant future. Hell, in their own history, the British had armed native tribes (one of the causes of the War of 1812) and considered aiding the Confederacy during the Civil War in an effort to slow down the United States' growth, and further their own interests in the region. As the US had no intentions whatsoever of slowing down or limiting their growth, they felt it prudent to draw up plans on how to respond should the British initiate hostilities.
The British who were concerned about a possible war noted the rapid industrialization in the US, as well as the growth in their economy and of their navy. They were concerned that such continued growth could result in the US being a major threat in the near future. As such, they considered whether or not they might find it beneficial to attack the US and try to set them back a bit. They also formed an alliance with the Japanese so that the Americans would be faced with a combined threat in the Pacific, and a dual ocean threat overall should hostilities actually commence.
So, both sides were looking at events through the lens of a potential preemptive attack from the British. In this case, preemptive doesn't refer to getting ahead of any specific aggressive actions on America's part, but preventing the US from being in a position where it could eventually be aggressive (or even defensive) if they so chose to be.
Well, that sounds so familiar these days regarding China. Are the Brits still behind this sort of things?
Ah yes, the time Ireland got independent before 1867. You realize that Ireland became independent in 1922?
Ireland did not become independent in 1922.
@@colinharbinson8284 It became independent in the 40s
@@JJaqn05 No Ireland did not become independent in 1940s ( but I am being a little pedantic ).
@@colinharbinson8284 well being from an Irish family I can categorically say that Ireland was part of the British Empire up to the late 1940s. All it got prior to that was dominion status! In other words home rule. In fact if you want to be pedantic about it it didn't gain real Indy until it joined the Euro...
@@DFMSelfprotection your not being pedantic at all and you are quite right, although many people forget about Northern Ireland. Ps. check out the surname, Harbinson is of Scots origin, but my family has roots in Ireland.
Canada had a population of 5 to 10 from 1900 to 1940 while the US had a population of 76 to 149 in the same time. No contest here.
@MI6 India wouldn't fucking help Britain. Especially if the US wants your independence.
@MI6 yeah but you can tell someone what to do but you can't make them do it. Furthermore, Germany was a threat. If the UK lost India would suffer. The US wasn't a threat to India. The US wanted all colonial powers to free their colonies. India was one of them. If US victory insured Indian Independence, then India and other oppressed colonies wouldn't do shit for Britain.
@The Floppa show - SUBSCRIBE! You seem confident history will repeat itself given how tenuous the relationship between India and the UK was during WW2
@@sebastiandomingos335 India had a volunteer army, and comprised mainly from families which had been in the military for many generations, in a country with rock bottom wages and over 350 million people. But this is neither here nor there, since the entire war would take place at sea.
@@Cotswolds1913 Yes but it would be very strenuous and during ww2 it quickly came apparent that India will have their independence quite soon.
Why is the Netherlands being bombed in the clip for ww1? They were actually neutral.
Its not that deep, its just showing that europe was at war. The main stage was between the british isles and the United States
America declared war on an already beaten country in 1917 when Britian Russia and France had already starting advancing and gaining rather than being pushed back . . Also the battle of Gallipoli that was a great loss for the three countries , the yanks missed that one !!
@@robbieevans5236 pretty sure the Russians were out of it by that stage but yes the Germans were losing by that point.
@@maxdavis7722 I read that the ottomans defeated all three of us in the battle of Gallipoli ? Or do you mean the main battles in western eu
@@robbieevans5236 when you said britain, France and Russia I thought Russia had been knocked out of the war.
WW2 was the greatest thing to ever happen to the US
Before the war there was 6 superpowers
USA
British Empire
French Empire
Nazi Germany
USSR
Japan
After the war. Germany and Japan were obliterated and were no longer superpowers,
British and French weakened and on the verge of losing their colonies and USSR weakened from fighting the Germans
Leaving the USA the only superpower who didn't lose anything major during the war and didn't have their mainland attacked
yep
I thought the French lost that status long before that, when they got their arse whooped by Prussia
I think it was inevitable honestly.
@@matpesot9903 they still had loads of colonies
@@phoenix1782
🤔🤨Pity we failed to press the advantage *completely*…
(😏!…)
Both sides employed "divide and rule"-strategies.
In the end the USA was more successful.
An example of divide and rule in practice, is US "support" for Irish independence (mentioned here from 3.00 minutes onwards). Obvious effect? It would weaken the UK, and if such exemplary events could spark further independence movements, even better.
"Revenge" for London (and Paris) choosing the South during the Civil War in its efforts to effect a secession, and a resulting breaking up of a single hegemony in North America...
After 2 world wars GB/Empire was no longer strong enough to ward off Washington DCs rise to nr.1.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff
Yanks and Canadians LOVE us British. We do have a Great country 🙂
NO it’s the other way around. Canada loves USA & British are just wannabe Americans.
@@kevinmaroon1093 british aren't wanna be Americans 😂😂😂😂😂 that's the stupidest thing I've heard for a long time...you must be American to make a comment like that 😳
@@bassicuk1986 I’m Canadian. Face it America is a better country than Britain ever was. We Canadians know british are just jealous of America’s power. You British wish you had America’s power & influence over the world !! 😂. Atleast we Canadians admit it & don’t envy America.
@@kevinmaroon1093 aren't Canadians wannabe Americans? U also have the same accents.
@@kevinmaroon1093 influence over the world ? Than why do yall speak their language?
Never knew that the US - Canadian/British relationship was so bad pre-ww2
well, tthats why the Brits and Canadians do nothing but talk nonsense about us, because thats all they can do.
Kind of an uplifting ending lol Nice to be reminded when countries are buds now :)
I love this concept
Knowledgia, when will the video about Gjergj Kastrioti Skandebeg be released?
Another great video as per usual.
Not convinced the US Navy could just cross the Atlantic like you suggest in the interwar years without getting mauled by the Royal Navy
The UK struggled in fleet actions in WW2 outside of Europe because their various squadrons of ships were scattered all over the world defending colonies. Despite being far superior in tactics and capability, the UK struggled to even challenge the Italian Navy, which lacked fuel and RADAR. The US had a few islands, in comparison. So until around WW2 when the US built up massive quantities of ships and vehicles, they still had local concentrated superiority, even if they did not have overall numerical superiority. This doesn't matter anyway, since it never would have happened.
@@uni4rm Yes you are right that it wouldn't have happened and yes the RN was spread across the world. It didn't really struggle much against the Italian Navy though. My point was that video made out that in the interwar years that the US navy could just cruise across the Atlantic. Through the interwar years the RN was still absolutely massive and if there was increasing tension and any hint of the US making a move on the UK would have just concentrated some more forces where they were needed . Namely in the atlantic/North sea. All hypothetical though, as was the video
Well in 1942 Britain had to sail (simultaneously) to different continents to supply its colonies, making it vulnerable. US would have had an opportunity
@@englishmanlee6119 Yes it would in 1942 but the video is really about plans years before the second world war.
@@haydnj1202 this doesnt even take into the account all the other sharks in the water that would be itching to make a move on a distracted Royal Navy.
Namely Russia and France.
I am so taking advantage of the Established Titles promo. That is too good to pass up. Great video as well.
love this video, id also love to see you cover the other war plans for japan, mexico, china and germany
Nicely explained.
USA 🇺🇸 loves Britain 🇬🇧 and our alliance is stronger than ever! As an American I can say we love our Brit brothers and sisters!
Canada,usa,Australia,New Zealand are kids of Great Britain
Nah we don't love crooked teeth monsters
Nice work!
I kinda have to disagree with the video, well maybe the title, and not the video. Military war plans are not the same as planning to go to war. Military war plans are basically war games to make a plan just in case the shit hits the fan. That is not the same as planning to go to war.
exactly what kind of comprehension do you have?
Every staff has a plans division. It's their job to come up with plans to invade and defend against any country or combination of countries. As such they were just doing their jobs. I'm sure that even now, there are plans for conflict with Canada and or Britain. For instance Desert Shield (the first part of the first Gulf War) was based on a plan to respond to a Soviet land attack towards Saudi Arabia. It was only the availability of troops from NATO (not needed to fight the Soviets/Russians) that allowed the reinforecment for the attack into Iraq (Desert Storm).
everyone was Gansta until Germany joined the game, and it happen twice lol
@Lovable Wench because they got scared and suddenly all united against Germany.
@Lovable Wench they was little puppets alone real, if the soviet union and usa didnt join the war together they would not stop germany, if most of uk army that was in france runs away when france fail, they didnt even think about it lol.
@Lovable Wench
Still took 3 countries to beat them
Nicely informative video.
lol everyone expects their superpower friend to arrive eventually
We in Australia hope our big brother the USA comes to our aid , if China invades. It makes us nervous with funny old Biden in the Whitehouse .
@@martinjenkins6467 We will help our Aussie brothers out, no doubt, with or without Biden. Let's just hope it doesn't happen because millions will die, on both sides. We have to always remember that the biggest victims of war is almost always the most vulnerable (women, children, elders, disabled, etc.)
@@acosta2493 Well, everyone suffers in a war. But e women, disabled or children Are the secondary victims, the biggest and the primary victims are the men who fight the war and die fighting
@@ruinnaimperii4686 yes. Civilian casualties are usually higher than soldier casualties but the civilian men do get shot first and then the rest die from starvation, disease, etc. To die in war is the easy part. To survive and suffer the consequences of the war is alot harder.
@@martinjenkins6467 Don't worry the USA's got Australia and New Zealand covered
Can't guarantee much blood won't be spilled keeping it that way though ;-;
Great video could you do one on each of the War plans for the other 3 countries
The Special relationship between the two is a beautiful thing
Today is ossam day! kings and generals realies a vidio and now the Knowlegia give a nother vidio.
As a brit.. I can't see a world worth living without my fellow americans love you all.
The Monroe doctrine is funny because it was mostly aimed at the British, who had little interest I expanding their sphere in the Americas given they were already in control of a large chunk and most of South America was allied, only the US, Mexico and the French speaking areas weren't. Even more ironically is that America's tiny navy couldn't couldn't police such a doctrine meaning the British actually became the primary enforcers of the doctrine
Once the UK became the little buddy who tagged along with Uncle Sam the relationship became much better.
Nope we realised we shared the same world views and ideas of freedom and trade especially when it was clear Germany was rearming
@@hansgruber788 The UK didn't enter 'litte buddy' status until after WW II. And a thing called the Suez Crisis. Which the USA and the UK were not on the same side of.
@Adolphus Inc. pls try to hide your envy
Adolphus Inc. Another envious post...don’t worry, Britain will let you be friends as well one day.
@@hansgruber788 Ah No. Suez Canal Crisis was an embarrassing event for Britain & its clear Britain must always stay behind USA in all foreign policies LOL😂. President Dwight Eisenhower told Britain to pull its troops from Egypt. In retrospect Eisenhower did the right thing cuz he if he hadn’t Egypt would have partnered with Soviet Union. So yeah American hegemony rules !!
I'm literally watching this at 1am so... I'm not surprised.
Surely, the commonwealth would've played a huge role in an event like this. You would have the Indian, Australian and Kiwis coming in from the Pacific ocean, or even landing in the Caribbeans.
No they wouldn’t. We Canadians wouldn’t participate invading Canada & little Britain is no match for mighty USA so bro stop lying.
@@kevinmaroon1093 how old are you? and have you read any history? 😂
to be fair the numbers would be quite small; the Indians, Anzacs and South Africans weren't able to make a decisive difference in Europe in the First World War...
@@kevinmaroon1093 you’re literally not even Canadian lol
The problem with that is American naval dominance was even stronger in the pacific than it was in the Atlantic, and had been since the Spanish American War in 1898. The failure of the British to create a strong naval presence in the Far East is precisely what led to the destruction of Force Z by the Japanese in 1941. Even if they did launch a pacific campaign, it would have mainly been focused on the American colonies of the Philippines and Guam, which were vital to the American military presence in Asia and far more of an immediate threat to British dominance in Malaya and Oceania. As indicated in the video, the British strategy was essentially to leave Canada to its fate and focus on saving the colonies that could realistically be defended in the Caribbean, and preventing the American fleet from sailing to the Home Islands by tying them down there. There was never any hope of winning the land war, such a conflict would have been determined by naval prowess near exclusively.
Time traveler slap mosquito
The entire universe:
You know as a US soldier I think that it would literally be treason if I became a lord of Scotland 🤣
You're not an US soldier
@@yukotrey9422 how old are you then?
@@Kaiii141 22
@@yukotrey9422 show a video
@@Kaiii141 of me? I’m not posting anything on UA-cam. Again give me your discord and I’ll send you proof.
How did The United States plan to fight the British Empire before WW2?Britons were planning to fight against Britons!?!
Every country must be ready to fight every another country. We never know when collective madness strikes a people.
Good video
I read Saving Private Power by Mickey Z. He exposes the myth of the “good war “. The Austrian dictator was admired by many in US because he hated communists and unions.
Greed and power is usually at the root of all geopolitics.
Drinking all that kool aid
No they didn't, unions and the CPUSA (communist party USA) were at their absolute zenith in the 30s. Liking Hitler was unpopular and ruined careers. Charles Lindbergh liked Hitler and his career was ruined over it even before WW2. Stop falling for neo-Nazi propaganda.
Your naivety or ignorance is staggering. So WW2 was a good war in your eyes? And propaganda does not exist 😂
You probably don’t know about the plan to overthrow the US govt by a military coup then do you, involving Gen Smedley D. Butler then do you? He wouldn’t take part btw which ended the plan.
No, I just read books with verifiable sources. What do you do? Talk shit? 😂
Awesome, as always, great vid. Please do vids on the other 3 war plans. 🙏🙏
Can you do a video on the war plan for China kinda curious on how America planned on winning
Opium
@@dr.floridaman4805 so just copy what we done then lol
@@Hallzilla send florida man
See Boxer Rebellion
The bit about turning Ireland from red to green took place in 1922 AFTER the Great War of 1915-1918 ended. Many Irish fought for the Allies
The plan in the end was something the USA could use to invade Canada. Glad it didn't happen because they should be 2 separate countries. Maybe in union in Economics but have separate millitary, government, etc.
Sports to a degree too because they have separate forms of Gridiron Football for example (imho Canadian is better than America).
the US should also be a bunch of different countries 🤷🏻♂️
@@greg_4201 Why? sounds like you’re just jealous of USA & the great country it became.
@@nathanjackson1091 it sounds like you're a teenager.
and fyi half my family went to America... I had many opportunities to get a Green Card as my father is a US citizen, but I always refused because the significant amount of time I've spent in and all over the United States taught me that I have absolutely no desire to live there because it is by and large; a shithole
@@greg_4201 so you went to all 50 states in America?
those cards could make good wallpapers
War Plan Red, AKA: "The Day of the Rake"
Or "Operation Leaf-blower".
Completely ignored the British kidnapping American sailors to fight the French around 1812
I think this disregards quite intensely British Naval superiority pre-WW2.
Also, 'A quick UK surrender?' Good luck with that! It would have made D-day look like a tea party!
The Americans always tend to think any military endeavour they do will result in a "quick surrender" from whoever they are up against.
The British had naval superiority in the revolution war and still lost
@@jordanrosalez6706 the revolutionary war was basically a coalition. France and Spain were fighting Britain too
I actually didn’t realize American/British relations were tense after WWI. I guess we learn something new every day.
It starts with Wilson's advisors (Edward House and Walter Page; both Anglophiles) outright lying to Wilson about how the Brits and the Japs will come after the US if Wilson doesn't accommodate their wishes. This leads him to call for a massive naval buildup, saying to his advisor House regarding Britain: “Let us build a Navy bigger than hers and do what we please.” Discussions got heated at times in 1918 and 1919. Also Britain was allied to Japan then, which was seen as America's most likely enemy. The whole thing was resolved with the Washington Naval Treaty strictly limiting size of navies along a 1-1 ratio between UK and USA, Japan 2/3 of their tonnage, and others further down. Britain also left their alliance with Japan, but in London many continued to desire its renewal.
An even more interesting story is how the US completely f*d the UK from WW2 onwards.
"Sith Lord Rule of 2"....
UK thought US was a mighty student.....
Now the US has a Military Force (according to spending) equal to the next 17 powers combined.....
The map of 1867 where it shows the Dominion of Canada is inaccurate. It should be the bottom part of Ontario near the Great Lakes, the bottom part of Quebec up to Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The western part of the country was considered to be Rupert's Land and was property of the Hudson's Bay Company.
in alternate universe,,
USA declare war on Allies to conquer Canada and small islands around it, hopefully Mexico too,,
but without join Axis
Imperial Japan conquer China and push South to IndoChina, but station considerable troops on USSR border just in case
we did that in our Axis & Allies campaign 😁👍
The United States and Britain are two countries divided by a common language.
No. The two countries are different like night & day. America has a great Constitution britain doesn’t. As a Canadian, America is a special country & britain is just bland & boring. No comparison there whatsoever ! !
@@kevinmaroon1093 Sure thing buddy.
@@kevinmaroon1093 Britian has a constitution, the magna carta, which was made in 1215
@@kevinmaroon1093 I’m pretty sure most of the US and Canada uses English common law
"Why do Brits speak English, an American language, rather than speaking some European language?"
These plans were part of strategic training exercises. To suggest that there was a real chance for war, let alone the conditions or desire for one, between the USA and UK in the interwar period is nonsense. Add to this that the US Army in the interwar period was massively reduced and funding was decreased and you get the impression that this video is pretty misleading.
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I think Canada would be quite a bit tougher than Finland
@Jinx Vanderz Yeah it is: Iraqis and Vietnamese kicked their asses until they sloped off. The Brits could have done serious damage to US economy and infrastructure.
It would be. The thing is, Canadian Forces, if necessary, would fall back further and further North. Americans at the very least would struggle similar to the German invasion of Russia as winter came. Not only that, but Canada is thousands of kilometers of dense forest and some of the biggest mountain ranges on the planet. The geography alone would make a full invasion of Canada very difficult.
@Jinx Vanderz the US also had to rapidly increase its army. If the UK send a 200k experienced force the US could have great casualties before it does the job. Plus the Soviets usually wasted a lot of men in every conflict that was just a Russian thing. No tech but man power enough so using it as the advantage. The US would be outnumbering Canada a lot more on the front line and that frontline be a lot easier to penetrate. Finland is worthy country. Not a puppet of super powers like Canda always been
@@crowbar9566 iraq fell in weeks what are you talking about ? your confusing guerrilla war fare for two armies fighting . the brits lost in guerrilla ware fare to america when they had no army before the french joined . there is a difference between nation building and ware fare if america goes in head first and kills everything moving countries would fall but nation building is different training a army and building a government to fight for you is different .
@Jinx Vanderz American strategy recently has literally been "who needs strategy when you have superior firepower?"
Which was exactly the same mistake that the Soviets did with the Finns
I think something that was missed in this video is that the U.S. was a completely different nation than they are now. For instance, prior to WWII, the U.S. was significantly more isolationist than they are now, with many Americans still holding up George Washington's Farewell Address to the nation about the dangers of foreign entanglements as proper American policy. The realty is that if nobody is an ally, than everyone else are potential adversaries, and so you should have a plan to deal with them, A.K.A. the multi color war plans that were concocted. This idea is foreign to most people, as they don't fully understand the ramifications of courses of isolation among countries. However, in accordance with the statement, "where goods don't cross borders, armies will", wars and preparation for wars are the logical end result of isolationism.
This looks great but is factually short… the US considered many outcomes and played out endless scenarios & (at that point in time) knew that the Royal Navy would wooop them at sea & between the Canadians, British & other troops from the Empire it would be a stalemate on the border with Canada. Britain knew better than invading US east coast so both parties never went there..
Exactly. Fun vid. Buy exactly.
That rapid fire invasion from the brits would’ve been slowed down by American militiamen. We were and are a land with guns for defense. Not just hunting.
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Crippling their tea supply line in Boston is clearly the best strategy.
I always find it hilarious how Knowledgia's videos on the US always bring out the pathetic haters.
The haters of American are pathetic. Agreed.
tbf who doesnt hate the US
@@dr.floridaman4805 Stop your country being so deserving of it and people won't.
@@HolyShitNew a lot of people don’t, but the people who do always come out on a video about the US for some reason. Its only these specific type of hater on the US and nothing else.
@@noname_758 because the history of man is so devoid of these things.
But the history of man, other than the US, is completely devoid of a country and it’s people sacrificing our people and our wealth doing so much for so many people that can never begin to repay us.
We aren’t perfect. But we are the light and the leaders of freedom in the world.
Even with the loser we now have as President in 2021.
The US CAN and UK are three old life long friends. No friendship is richer than these three.
Until 1943 the us navy was smaller than the Royal Navy. At the beginning of the war, substantially so… a sea Atlantic war would not see an invasion of the uk….. the rn was just too big in the twenties and thirties
It is for this reason that I think the US would have definitely lost the war. Nothing to stop the UK from blockading the American coast and taking out American naval production. The USA should really thank Germany for tearing apart Britain and Europe because it handed the world to an American hegemony.
@@CeruleanSword There's no way America loses the war, the UK would be helpless to take America out of the war as a successful invasion would've been impossible, while America would easily take Canada and there's not much UK could do about it, also America can ramp up war production to terrifying levels and the British wouldn't be able to stop that either just damage some of it, the US was destined to become the hegemon, that had nothing to do "Europe" fighting, it was always going to happen
BRO honestly this video took 6 minute to get the the point. Half of the entire video shouldn’t be introduction.
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We might not be able to change what a country ever does as far as wars or politics. But we can allow Jesus to be Lord over our lives and lead us individually while changing who we once were. It’s personal and God will save those who call on him.
"swift British surrender" those three words will never be spoken and shouldn't even be in the same sentence.
ironic considering that happened in ww2 the brits in Singapore surrendered swiftly to a much smaller japanese force so yes it happened...but brits managed to keep this quiet.
@@CAM8689 it's wasn't a smaller force, they had plenty of reinforcements. And what your talking about is a battle within a wider war. Don't forget you tit we was fighting for our lives in Europe at the same time, we was protecting the Atlantic lanes, we was protecting the eastern seaboard of the US.
@@logangallagher7050 it was a smaller force a much smaller force he surrendered to churchill's own words confirm this.......but m ore to the point you said swift british surrender in the same sentence....and that is clearly lie....you can live in denial if you want many people do nowadays about a great many things.....surrender without a shot could be said about the channel islands as that is what happened....that imo is worse...brits are no better then anyone else even if they try to act like it just be grateful the US came to your aid after you declared a war that neither you or the french were capable of winning on your own....the others nations were attacked
Canada is like Russia honestly its just to big to conquer or control effectively
Not really, majority of Canadians live very near the border it would be a swift invasion for the US
Bfff, yeah right, take out the main cities(all of which btw are right next to the US border and the war is over.
@@Miyirwaaq you guys make some pretty compelling points looks like Ive spoken to soon
@@NautilusSSN571 take out cities?!?! what, nuke em?
@@NautilusSSN571 it’s delusional for Americans to be posturing about invading and pacifying other countries just mere weeks after being fully routed from Afghanistan. Completely absurd
It's Winnipeg, not Whinnipeg. Whoever made that map FAILED.
Disappointed in the sponser of the video for providing inaccurate information regarding the plots of land being sold. I am from Dunfermline and can tell you that is not a map of Dunfermline but of a small village 20mins away called Saline.
Wikipedia says Saline is just 5 miles to the northwest of Dunfermline. The entire area must have been ruled by the same "laird."
interesting video
War plan orange? Japan. Canada attacking the USA? I have never heard of any of this. What are the references that you rely on? 🇦🇺
When was Winnipeg ever spelled with an 'h'?
I crie everytime. The world would be much better if USA had never attacked the motherland and robbed us of our future
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@@nemog5184 good point
What?
I’m Canadian & i’m glad Britain lost The Revolutionary War 😁. It’s better to have USA as a superpower. Go USA!
@@kevinmaroon1093 Shameful like your whole country
No mention of the post WW1 naval arms race and the Washington Treaty restricting the numbers and types of new warships?
Just be glad it didn't happen, ya'll. ;P
True. It'd make Hitler's Germany conquest much easier I suppose which would be terrible for everyone
I'm an Indonesian and if USA join Axis, we're doomed 100%
we would still have beaten the axis, it just wouldve taken a bit longer.
@@GlizzyGoblin757 😂
@@GlizzyGoblin757 Funny
Modern War Plan Red: get some tea and dump it again.
I'm sorry-- why are we talking Republicans in 1812? Those would have been the "Democratic Republicans" would they not? Let's use proper terminology.
They called themselves republicans then
No, Republicans is the correct term
With an empire, Britain had no interest in a lawless America. It supported Canada in every matter of security. People forget America was fighting Indians for land for many years.
There is no such thing as british empire it’s a figment of your imagination. Uk didn’t provide jack to Canada? Is that what british people tell themselves? 😳. The only time Canada was at risk of being attacked was The Cold War. With that Canada & US started NORAD. Canada was also given nuclear arsenal during the Cold War by US in case Soviets attacked via the Arctic cuz our safety was also US safety. Those nuclear bombs were eventually decommissioned. Lawless America? How so? Pretty sure it was all of europe that had 2 world wars & needed help from USA at the end.
Britain knew that America was far too powerful to take on and could easily take over most of its colonies probably even faster than the Japanese did in the Pacific, which is why they never really tried to pick any fights in the Americas.
The Brits were the more realistic in all this. They knew it would be distratous to come up against America some 3 to 4000 miles away in a war. They would have been playing in America's front yard. Trying to transport a big army all the way to Canada would have been pure folly for them and even if it succeeded, the US would have been way to big for them to invade or expend the resources trying. Canada herself would not have really enhanced the manpower resources either at the time as she had a small population of less than 13 million then. In those days it was about manpower baby. So with that and all the other logistical stumbling blocks it would have been a pure madness and sure defeat for Britain and Canada. And probably an even earlier sure collapse of the British Empire and geopolitical disaster for Britain.
The U.S. was never interested in Imperialism. 9:40
That's not true tho, could the US taken Canada almost certainly, could it have taken most of the British colonies as you say, it would have been almost impossible for the US.
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It's been documented that an American invasion plan for Canada survived WWII, and was in place well into the 1950s.
Your "as far as we know" qualification is an apt one. It would not surprise me if there was an updated contingency plan to invade Canada actively maintained by the Pentagon to this day.