Ah, America, you are like our unruly son that decided to take over our second home and disown yourself and then grow bigger than us and make us completely submissive to your huge, powerful muscles. We have to admit that you have somewhat earned the right to make jokes about our teeth and propensity for eating scones, what with the thorough trouncing you gave us back in the day, with the dumping of tea into a harbour and stuff. We like to think that we've mended things since then, and the ribbing is a little more good-natured. We're pretty much pals, right? Even before the "special relationship" got cemented by the Dubya-Blair tryst, we've been bros. So what's the deal with War Plan Red? Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan Red was an actual strategy devised the late twenties to estimate the requirements for a hypothetical war with Great Britain. Not just Britain but what remained of its Empire back then, too, with some rather detailed examples of how they'd keep the Atlantic coast safe against any attempted mainland invasions. It also outlined what it'd take for such a war to break out, and how they'd go about seizing control of Canada's military forces. The only reason this plan got canned was because of World War II happening. So at the first sign of, we don't know, the King showing off a new battleship, and America would have been ready to go to war with most of the Western world.
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
