Introduction
105 years ago, there was a U.S. plan to annex Canada.
It was first formulated in the immediate wake of World War I.
The first draft was released in 1921 by the U.S. War Department.
The 1924 draft declared that U.S.
“intentions are to hold in perpetuity all CRIMSON and RED territory gained… The Dominion government of Canada will be abolished.”
War Plan Red was officially approved by the US War Department in May 1930. The 1928 draft stated that:
“it should be made quite clear to Canada that in a war she would suffer grievously”.
As of the mid-1930s, mounting threats: the war plans against Canada consisted in the bombing of Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax and Vancouver. The use of “poison gas” was part of that project. General Douglas MacArthur was in charge of War Plan Red.
In March 1935, General Douglas MacArthur proposed an amendment making Vancouver a priority [bombing] target comparable to Halifax and Montreal.”
