> the Germans had plans for _everything_ in their drawers We (the US) learned to do the same thing, even to the extreme of War Plan Red, the plan to fight the

> the Germans had plans for _everything_ in their drawers We (the US) learned to do the same thing, even to the extreme of War Plan Red, the plan to fight the UK and its colonies, beginning 1927 and updated through 1939. It broke down into sub-plans, one for the UK itself and one for each major colony, including War Plan Crimson, the plan to invade Canada. Did we imagine we'd have to actually fight the Brits? No, not really; we were just being prepared. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Plan_Red