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Commonwealth v USA Cold War

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GTX_Admin:
As some of you may know, the USA developed a series of "Colour Plans" looking at various scenarios.  One of these was Joint Army and Navy Basic War Plan Red w to estimate the requirements for a hypothetical war with the United Kingdom.  There was also subordinate plans (Crimson, Scarlet, Ruby, Garnet, and Emerald) for British dominions.



Canada (Crimson), Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Newfoundland (Red), British Raj (Ruby), Australia (Scarlet), New Zealand (Garnet), Ireland — by that time no longer part of the British Empire (Emerald), and other parts of the British Empire (pink — not part of the plan), United States (Blue).

What if somehow we didn't see WWII occur or whatever.  I really don't know the triggers for this scenario, but the basic idea is that the USA and the British Commonwealth fid themselves confronting each other.  Places such as the Canadian border would be a particular boiling point, perhaps akin to the inner German border during our history.  RCAF Hawker Hunters vs USAF Sabres and the like.

GTX_Admin:
Potential scene showing a snooping USAF U-2 being intercepted and escorted away by Commonwealth EE Lightnings:

Rickshaw:
Lightnings were reputed to be able to intercept SR-71s by flying ballistic profiles.  They supposedly caught the SR-71s by surprise from overhead. 

Klown:
I think Australia, since WW2 at least has been closer to the USA than the UK. So I think in this scenario Australia would side with the USA. New Zealand would probably try and go it alone which would mean Australia would have to invade them in case they got any bright ideas about turning to the USSR.  :icon_vader:

GTX_Admin:

--- Quote from: Klown on June 08, 2020, 11:29:58 AM ---I think Australia, since WW2 at least has been closer to the USA than the UK. So I think in this scenario Australia would side with the USA. New Zealand would probably try and go it alone which would mean Australia would have to invade them in case they got any bright ideas about turning to the USSR.  :icon_vader:

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Maybe.  Although Australia was definitely close to the US following WWII, they still maintained close ties with the UK and indeed, immigrations from places such as the UK was actively encouraged under schemes such as the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme.

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