During the 1920's and '30's the US military devised a series of colour coded war plans covering a number of varying contingencies. These included
War Plan Orange where Japan was the enemy,
War Plan Green focusing on Mexico,
War Plan Gold against a French enemy and
War Plan Red, a war against the British Empire.
There is a quite a lot of material on the internet about
War Plan Red and it could make for an interesting "what if?" gaming background. I came across this documentary on
You Tube that provides a lot of interesting information about it...
There were also sub-plans, such as WAR PLAN CRIMSON against Canada and SCARLET against Australia and New Zealand
ReplyDeleteYou may have missed it, but I did a series of articles on War Plan Red, which were based on my finding a copy of them in the archives at the US Navy War College:
http://pauljamesog.blogspot.com/search/label/War%20Plans
Fascinating stuff, thanks. I was unaware of this.
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