> Kevin Street wrote: > > This is probably old news by now, but it's pretty surreal. Apparently, > > Kaiser Wilhelm II wanted to "put America in its place," and > even had a US > > invasion plan drawn up in 1897. > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,712147,00.html > > > > >From the article: "It was planned down to the last detail. Sixty German > > ships laden with tens of thousands of troops were to arrive at various > > points on the US Atlantic seaboard. Several thousand soldiers > would land at > > Cape Cod and march into Boston,
Julia Thompson wrote: > Quick question here -- when was the Cape Cod Canal built? 1914, according to a quick Google search. About seven years after Germany scrapped their invasion plans. Kevin Street
