Germany Had Plan to Take New York in 1900

The Royal Navy would have had something to say about it.

We wouldn't need the Royal Navy...The French would have stopped the Germans before they embarked......BWAHAHAHA!!

FMCDH

Exactly so. Do you Navy types question why we had to document who was SOPA ( senior officer present afloat) in our logs? It was due to the long ago Samoan command screw up

So how do you keep them supplied afterwards?

There's a lot more to an invasion than simply putting a bunch of guys on ships. Same reason an invasion of Taiwan would fail.

They don't need supplies for tanks or aircraft. They can seize American cities and military bases in the initial assaults which hold plenty of ammunition, transportation and supplies. They can then hold millions of the citizenry hostage and begin negotiations. No American President would nuke a city on American soil filled with our citizens. My assumption is that they would also sabotage our nuclear power plants and attempt to seize the nuclear arsenals. They could also release vast quantities of biological agents. It would be a massive special forces operation.

Remember that the Chinese have no chance in a conventional war with the US or even in a thermonuclear war. Their only chance lies in an unorthodox application of assymetrical warfare. Can anyone think of a better strategy if they decided to go to war with us? They may attempt to do this when most of our front line forces are engaged at the other end of the Globe: the Gulf. Middle Eastern terrorist groups would most likely join in the fray as well.

They don't need supplies for tanks or aircraft. They can seize American cities and military bases in the initial assaults which hold plenty of ammunition, transportation and supplies. They can then hold millions of the citizenry hostage and begin negotiations. No American President would nuke a city on American soil filled with our citizens. My assumption is that they would also sabotage our nuclear power plants and attempt to seize the nuclear arsenals. They could also release vast quantities of biological agents. It would be a massive special forces operation.

Remember that the Chinese have no chance in a conventional war with the US or even in a thermonuclear war. Their only chance lies in an unorthodox application of assymetrical warfare. Can anyone think of a better strategy if they decided to go to war with us? They may attempt to do this when most of our front line forces are engaged at the other end of the Globe: the Gulf. Middle Eastern terrorist groups would most likely join in the fray as well.

Well, if the Chinese invaded and took control of say, Seattle and Portland (Oregon, not Maine!) and a few other cities in the NW, I still think we could handle it. First, our troops would blow up every bridge in the cities, making it difficult for them to move about. We'd use smart bombs to selectively destroy various troop enclaves, and if the troops were so spread out amongst the general population, the local population would likely attack them. Finally, we'd be launching all kinds of things at the Chinese mainland, and we'd cripple the Chinese navy completely.

We wouldn't use nuclear weapons on our own cities. But the Chinese couldn't suddenly take them. They'd need enough troops to overrun the cities, and we'd know they were coming. They wouldn't get far.

"Yeah, but what I want to know is--does the United Stateshave a plan for invading New York?

Allow me honor of being the first New Yorker to surrender, should this ever happen.

Well, if the Chinese tried to invade California, every able-bodied man would grab up his rifles and handguns and head to the beaches to repel the invaders. Oh, wait a minute. A lot of cities don't allow you to own guns, and there's a 10 day waiting period. Never mind.

I heard they like Chinese food in CA.

It would be interesting if they tried to invade thru Galveston or Mobile.

They'd be met by about 10 million guys with 4x4's and high-powered hunting rifles.