Militärische Modelle der kanadischen Reaktion auf eine hypothetische amerikanische Invasion
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-military-models-canadian-response-to-hypothetical-american-invasion/
Militärische Modelle der kanadischen Reaktion auf eine hypothetische amerikanische Invasion
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-military-models-canadian-response-to-hypothetical-american-invasion/
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Paywall free article: [Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion](https://archive.is/2026.01.20-110456/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-military-models-canadian-response-to-hypothetical-american-invasion/)
Canada can’t fight off America
Their special forces have more personnel than our entire military
It would be a waste of a lot of young men and women to try.
We’d ask them to die on Saturday for half the country to be back at work on Monday.
Don’t want to be American but let’s use our heads
„Canada does not have the number of military personnel or the sophisticated equipment needed to fend off a conventional American attack, they said. So, the military envisions unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military or armed civilians would resort to ambushes, sabotage, drone warfare or hit-and-run tactics.“
Red Dawn 3
In the unlikeliest of scenarios.
It’s possible… but I imagine a lot of hoops to jump through for the American military and their public to sanction such a move.
Taking Canada is one thing…….keeping Canada is another altogether that the would have a much harder time to do.
Could be easier to ask France for some nukes…
I’d rather be here, a free man among brothers, facing a long march and a hard fight, than to be the richest citizen of Rome, fat with food he didn’t work for, and surrounded by slaves.
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ITT: A lot of people who do not understand how dramatically modern warfare has changed.
This would be a slaughter, not a fight. People have the idea in their head that they’re going to go outside with a scoped rifle and shoot marines. That’s not how it goes. A drone is going to spot your heat signature from 2 miles above you. Another drone is going to swoop in with a grenade, and drop it on you. You shoot that drone down? Here comes another from the swarm.
If the US decided to invade Canada, it would be over in hours. It’s a simple numbers game. But if you don’t believe in numbers, then it is a simple armaments game. If you don’t believe in *that*, then it comes down to the simpler question of „*Would you die for the federal government?“* because I don’t think anyone, on either side, would be especially excited to do that.
A lot of American moms gonna be weeping.
Depends on how much they’re willing (and able) to commit. People seem to be acting like the US completely conquered Venezuela, even if that demonstrably isn’t the case.
I really hope the American generals would put their foot down about this or even Greenland for that matter. So many people have family and friends on the other side it is just insane.
Also the US can barely keep itself together without occupying extremely pissed off recent allies. Not to mention I doubt we would be alone and France would probably launch nukes from subs at them. All of which sounds like a literal hellscape.
Ya the rockies would be a gong show for both sides
Canada Proud folks, where you at?
God the press is nauseating. Still using soft words suggesting it’s an unlikely scenario. Get off the pot Canada. This is real.
I like how our military is basically like „We’re just gonna surrender but if you civilians wanna try playing guerilla warfare go ahead, good luck!“
this is not an actual plan lmao
Logistically it’s impossible to hold Canada for any length of time. It’s just too big. And more importantly we don’t want to be Americans. It would be like every other failed US “conquests”. They would come in, declare victory , then kick their feet up. Couple years later they would be scrambling to escape leaving billions in military hardware.
What a joke
Take away rifles from law abiding citizens with one hand and tell of small civilian ambushes with the other hand…which one is it ?
Stupid government 🙄
51st state is the better option
You take Southern Ontario and it’s over before it even started. 40% of the population is bottlenecked in a peninsula with nowhere to flee if fighting were to start. The choice would be to stay put or to take your chance on the highways leading to nowhere but lakes, forests and the Canadian Shield. Empty farmland between cities makes the Windsor to Kingston corridor very easy for mobile units to navigate and launch rapid advances.
Every single Canadian in Southern Ontario would be a hostage. And unlike the Ukraine scenario, there is no Poland or Romania for Canadians to flee to.
For that reason alone, they have us beat. Half the populace would be a hostage within 24-48 hours. No need to even discuss the staggering military imbalance.
Armed civilians. Hmm. I spotted a problem with this plan. At any rate, even if we had the guns the government is taking away from us who’s really going to risk their lives in such a scenario. Life went on in occupied countries in WWII. French cafes were open, they dated Germans. They didn’t even have a shared culture. You think I’m going to risk my life fighting back against the threat of In N Out and Buc-ees? Nah. You guys can. I’ll sit this one out and enjoy free shipping from US websites lmao. Maybe I’ll move to Cali without paperwork. Lots of cool cities I could move to as an American. Each state has its own particular character and flavour. Canada will still have that and will be covered by the Bill of Rights. Yeah I won’t be picking up a gun. Maybe if they’re gonna round us up and put us in camps maybe I’d fight back then. Depends on how they feed us. Really think about it. What would it take for you to risk your life? Nationalism? In 2026? On my Reddit?
I wish you luck Liberal freedom fighters smh
One must look at what Canada has that the US likes.
Natural resources, energy and cultural similarity.
One must retake Swiss WW2 strategy.
Systematic scorched earth policy, systematic strategic retreat to maximum defendable positions (alps for Switzerland, most probably a million fishing cabins for Canada).
Cultural similarity is the most important.
Show regular Canadian midwesterners living their lives and programmatically preparing for an invasion.
Design a massive mobilization program (also ask Switzerland, they are the best at planning for mass recruitment and preparing a whole population for war). Make a real TV out of it, show this is the US.
It will resonate a lot for the US midwesterners living their lives and preparing for an invasion.
JAS 39 Gripen
Step one- Take guns from the law abiding citizens.
Weapons of mass destruction will help even the playing field.
1. America could take Canada by force in 1 day.
2. American could never hold Canada. As soon as the explosives (by us) start going off in American territory,killing American people, they themselves will start their own civil war.
That’s the single biggest problem with this idea. The delusion by any American politician that an insurgency won’t be at their door step killing tbem until they leave.