The Canadian-American War of 1975

The Canadian-American War began in 1975 with the bombing of Seattle, Washington, where over 3,500 people lost their lives. This came from years of American aggression towards Canada after the end of the war of 1812. The United Kingdom also had a growing hate towards the USA, so they funded the Canadians with soldiers and equipment to put up a fight against the growing US.

After the bombing of Seattle, US President Gerald Ford spoke to Congress, asking them to declare war.

"The Americans will stand defiant to this Foreign Aggression." -President Gerald Ford

The Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, responded to President Ford, saying:

"Us Canadians will tolerate this no longer." -PM Pierre Trudeau.

The war officially began on August 14th, 1975, exactly one month after the bombing of Seattle. The Americans began setting up a draft and recruited over 4 million soldiers.

The first battle began near the border of Maine and New Brunswick. Over 15,000 UK Soldiers assisted the Canadians in the battle. However, the British were not familiar to the terrain, and due to this the Americans began a advance, and their goal was to take Fredericton