U.S. planned Canada invasion -- in 1930

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Jokes aside, the United States does indeed have a bold war plan for attacking Canada -- only thing is, it's almost 76 years old.

The Washington Post says the plan is a 94-page document that was approved by the War Department in 1930, a blueprint for battle that includes a step-by-step plan to invade, seize and annex The United States' neighbor to the north.

First, according to the plan, the U.S. military sends a joint Army-Navy overseas force to capture Halifax, cutting the Canadians off from their British allies. Then forces would seize Canadian power plants near Niagara Falls, so the Canadians would "freeze in the dark," as the Post's version said.

Then the Army invades on three fronts -- from Vermont, North Dakota and the Midwest -- while the Navy seizes the Great Lakes and blockades Canada's Atlantic and Pacific ports.

The invasion plan was declassified in 1974, the word "SECRET" crossed out with a heavy pencil and now sits in a little gray box in the National Archives the Post said.