| sunjester | 01 Apr 2017 1:49 a.m. PST |
I've embarked on a new project covering a fictional border dispute between the USA and Canada in the 1920s. This will eventually involve the regular military, North West Mounted Police, gangster bootleggers and assorted local, loggers, trappers, hunters etc. In 1920, the the Jones Act required all goods entering or leaving Alaska had to be transported by American carriers and shipped to Seattle prior to further shipment. This caused outrage in Canada and led to Canada initiating border trade controls in retaliation. In remote areas this caused issues for those who regularly crossed the border as a part of their occupation, such as hunters, loggers and bootleggers. As tempers flared, violence broke out between armed civilians on both sides and Canadian customs officials came under fire….. There is more on my blog grahamsgaming.blogspot.co.uk
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| advocate | 01 Apr 2017 2:14 a.m. PST |
Nice idea. And no more impractical than what-ifs like Sealion… |
| stephen m | 01 Apr 2017 4:06 a.m. PST |
Of course its July so there has to be snow on the bases! |
79thPA  | 01 Apr 2017 6:28 a.m. PST |
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| Matsuru Sami Kaze | 01 Apr 2017 6:36 a.m. PST |
Note that PT Dockyard's Fury on the Lakes places a similar Turtledove-type 1918 era US vs Canada conflict onto the Great Lakes. |
| bmcfarlane | 01 Apr 2017 7:37 a.m. PST |
Check out Plan Crimson, the interwar US plan to battle the British empire. It focuses mostly on the invasion of Halifax and Montreal. Also check out the counter-plan developed by Canadian Chief-of-Staff, Buster Brown (you can't make this stuff up ). BB spent his summer holidays in up-state New York reconnointering the probable American invasion routes |
 Bobgnar | 01 Apr 2017 12:26 p.m. PST |
I am reminded of the scene in the movie "the untouchables "when the Mounties helped the Justice Department go after the bootleggers. Could it be Possible that the Fenians/IRA might open a new front as they did in 1865-66 between Canada and the US? |
| Ryan T | 01 Apr 2017 3:24 p.m. PST |
Sounds like great fun. But note that the Royal North West Mounted Police ("Royal" since 1904) were renamed the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on 1 February 1920. |
| sunjester | 03 Apr 2017 8:46 a.m. PST |
Thank you all for the kind words, especially Ryan T, I appreciate the historical correction and will amend my notes accordingly. More updates to follow very soon (once the paint is dry). |
| sunjester | 03 Apr 2017 11:59 p.m. PST |
I've made a start on terrain , plus adding a few vehicles link Also finished another small group of gunmen and added a group shot to the blog link
Some Army types next. |
| sunjester | 09 Apr 2017 1:44 a.m. PST |
First batch of regulars are now finished, plus I have acquired some frozen ponds. link
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| sunjester | 10 Apr 2017 3:35 a.m. PST |
I've now got the Canadian and US Regular Army figures all finished. I also managed to get to the local fabric shop and pick up some white fleece fabric for a table cover. I quite like the effect, so the latest figures are pictures in their "natural habitat" as it were. More pictures on the blog link
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| sunjester | 20 Apr 2017 11:56 p.m. PST |
Just in time for tonight's first game, I've painted up some naval ratings and all-important RCMP in red tunics.
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| sunjester | 21 Apr 2017 6:53 a.m. PST |
A box of terrain has just been delivered so i've added some pictures to the latest blog post link
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| Come In Nighthawk | 22 Apr 2017 7:02 a.m. PST |
Who makes the 1920s US troops in winter gear? Also, are they 25/28mm? |
| sunjester | 23 Apr 2017 1:13 a.m. PST |
Nighthawk, all the minis are 28mm by Tiger Miniatures. |
| cosmicbank | 02 May 2017 7:19 p.m. PST |
Once again Canada Pushes the bounds of Politeness, |
| sunjester | 11 May 2017 1:05 a.m. PST |
Now I have got some snowy fences for the game. link
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| Cacique Caribe | 14 May 2017 3:20 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure why this reminds me of that messy truck scene in the Bruce Willis movie Last Man Standing. Dan |
has been watching some documentaries lately set in the Western Desert, and was inspired to create this...
