War Plan Black

One of the United States color-coded war plans , War Plan Black was the name of an American military plan to fight Germany in the early 20th century. The best-known version was conceived in 1910 as a plan to gain control over German colonies in the Pacific and later modified as a contingency plan during World War I in case France fell and the Germans attempted to seize French possessions in the Caribbean or to launch an attack on the eastern seaboard . The United States was to plant mines and have submarines on patrol at sites Germany might seize for a foothold in the Caribbean. The plan was revised in 1916 to concentrate the main US naval fleet in New England , and from there defend the US from the German navy . Following Germany's defeat, the plan lost importance. ^[1]

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^ Session: Problems and Exercises, Blue and Orange Series, Blue and Black Series, 1914-1915 . Instructional Records, compiled 1921 - 1940, documenting the period 1864 - 1940. War Department . Retrieved 2011-11-29 .

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[1] Session: Problems and Exercises, Blue and Orange Series, Blue and Black Series, 1914-1915 . Instructional Records, compiled 1921 - 1940, documenting the period 1864 - 1940. War Department . Retrieved 2011-11-29 .

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