An invader would encounter more than regular Canadian formations. First World War veterans, police, militia, and local communities could organize resistance as the advance penetrated farther from the border. Local knowledge and widespread firearms would make the second and third days of an advance harder than the opening border crossing. Although speculative, the point shows how political assumptions about a population can matter as much as maps and troop totals in invasion planning.
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Canadian local resistance in the counterfactual invasion
The scenario rejects the assumption that Canada would collapse politically, emphasizing local knowledge, First World War veterans, militia organization, and homeland defense.