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[email protected] · March 19th 06, 10:00 PM posted to rec.aviation.military.naval

On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 19:32 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),
(John Dallman) wrote:

In article 7g5Tf.62405$Ug4.24554@dukeread12, (Dan) wrote:

And there was a study (Tedder?) after WW1 done by the Brits to look
into invading the U.S. to keep us from becoming a world power.

Just as the USA had a war plan ("Red", I think) for war on the British
Empire. Competent militaries will study all sorts of things in peacetime
to keep people busy and see if any bright ideas develop. It doesn't mean
that they have any intention to /use/ those plans.

I've read that prior to WWI the two most common adversaries in RN war
games were Imperial Germany and the U.S.

Not only did we fight two wars with Britain we came close in at least
the American Civil War over the Trent Affair. We were at constant
loggerheads with Britain (and most other European colonial powers)
over their siezures of "Third World" territory. The USN was in no
condition after the ACW and before its major expansion in the 1880s to
do much, but we clearly had the potential. After our one foray into
imperialism (the Spanish-American War) we pretty much reverted to
prior policies.

I wold love to see some documentation on any British scheme to invade
the U.S. after WWI.

Bill Kambic
Haras Lucero, Kingston, TN
Mangalarga Marchador: Uma Raça, Uma Paixão