Vanni_Fucci Vanni_Fucci:
Here's the Scenario: With just 3 Divisions (that's 30,000 to 45,000 troops) they would attack Edmonton, Ottawa, and Montreal, as 2 carrier battle groups sit offshore to disrupt shipping and put pressure on cities and bases on both coasts. Sorties from Grand Forks AFB take out airbases in Cold Lake and Bagotville and all along the way. All of this happens nearly simultaneously, as they sufficiently smash any hope of military resistance by Canadian forces...all of this could be accomplished in 2 to 3 days from the time the order to move out is given...and with our Capital and major cities, and most of our bases over-run, we'd be hard pressed to offer any effective resistance at all...the Alberta oilfields would be behind enemy lines, and the bastards would control the St. Lawrence Seaway and our Pacific and Atlantic harbours...the only place to effectively mount resistance would be Saskatchewan and Manitoba, or the Territories, perhaps, but there would be no time...having cut them off from the rest of the country, they could just wait it out...and because of the speed with which our defenses would fall, there would be no hope of help from other nations, unless it be Russia from the north...and then it would take weeks to mobilize a force sufficient to challenge the entrenched and reinforced US forces...
This is, of course, ridiculous. One of the few saving points of still belonging to the British commonwealth is that if we were ever attacked, Britain would very likely come to our aid, and cut off all diplomatic contact with the United States.
Agreed. Canada in the Commonwealth is one of those things that would serve to dissuade the Americans from ever annexing Canada. Britain along with the other nations of the Commonwealth (and just about every other country on the face of the Earth) would condemn America and isolate it if it ever invaded Canada. This would bring America to its knees. Thus, America will not annex Canada.
But if it does, I doubt that there is much that Britain could do to provide military support to Canada...