"Mr. President, if you deem it necessary, we can immediately dispatch troops to attack Canada. The British Army now has fewer than a million men remaining, and most of them are deployed around Quebec Province. If we launch an offensive from the Great Lakes region, we can easily defeat them and seize Toronto!" General Marshall said.
Compared with the United States, Britain's military strength was far too weak. It would be very easy for the United States to defeat Britain. Even destroying Britain would not be difficult. The only question was whether there was any need to do so.
President Roosevelt's brows furrowed tightly. The British betrayal made him furious, but upon careful thought, it was not entirely incomprehensible. Given the current circumstances, Britain had no choice but to surrender to Germany. After the Germans defeated the American-British Allied Forces, Britain no longer had the strength to continue fighting. If the Germans continued westward along the St. Lawrence River, the British would be utterly unable to stop them. Their country would then be destroyed. To preserve their nation, the British had no choice but to surrender.
President Roosevelt also believed that if the United States attacked Britain in a fit of rage, defeating Britain would pose no problem whatsoever. But was there truly any need? Attacking Britain would only tie down their military strength once more. That would do no good for the war against Germany.
"Mr. President, even if we do not attack Britain, we still have to guard against the British launching an attack on us," Major General Eisenhower said.
President Roosevelt nodded. "Indeed, that is a major problem. Once we are locked in a raging battle with the Germans, if the British suddenly leap out and attack us while the opportunity presents itself, we will be in