Talk:United States color-coded war plans

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I seriously doubt the validity of War Plan Indigo... at least I can't find any evidence that this plan ever existed.

Plexust 11:56, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)

If I don't see some citation given for the Standard Oil-Nazi Germany plot, I'm going to delete it.Brecchie 17:56, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If no citation is given for the War Plan in general, should it be deleted entirely? What you should do instead is formally request a citation. If this article is deleted out of private interest (or private agenda), it will be periodically restored. Just so that you know.

The war plans, from what I'm led to believe, are detailed in Joint Board File 325. I'm not sure exactly how to cite that. I've requested copies from the National Archives. Hopefully that'll shed some further light. Baka42 17:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum: I'd like to see it notated somewhere that the US wasn't the only nation that had contingency plans for conflicts with other nations. Any ideas how to word it? -Baka

links[edit]

there ought to be links to similar things, such as other US planned war scenarios and their details (as much as possible of course) KurtFF8 03:27, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment[edit]

The U.S. color coded plans preceeded the Rainbow 1 thru 6 plans, yet there is no reference to it in the article. MBohler 02:30, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rainbows[edit]

Do the Rainbow plan have anything to do with the color plans or not? The article doesn't say. Kevlar67 (talk) 18:22, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why the Color Code was specifically chosen for that country[edit]

I wonder how did Germany got the black color. Was it historical connotations or something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.217.75.13 (talk) 04:00, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Probably best not to read too much into it. Some are symbolic while others don't have an obvious symbolism. Just reflects that there was no one se naming convention other than choose a color. For example, shades of red for the UK, makes sense (Britiain usually poetrays itself red on a map; redcoats; etc.). Emerald for Ireland, well thats a no brainer. But why silver for Italy? Etc etc. Jersey John (talk) 09:22, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute tag[edit]

I've seen reliable sources assigning different colors to some of the Plans from what's listed here. I'll see if I can dig them up later. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 02:15, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The ones I found during my research at the National Archives include: Orange (WPL-16): Japan; Red (WPL-22, 23): Great Britain; Green (WPL-17): Mexico; Tan (WPL-9): Cuba; Neutrality (WPL-30); White: Internal Disorder; Gray (WPL-47); Special Plan Brown (JB325 S221): Emergency Transfer of American Forces from China to Philippines; Violet (JB325 S237): Emergencies. The National Archives indexes also mention Blue (US Peacetime Preparedness; ARC ID 2965734), Purple (South America; ARC ID 2965813), Yellow (China; ARC ID 2965863), and Indigo (Iceland; ARC ID 1490483). If there aren't any objections, I will remove the disputed tag. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apowers313 (talk • contribs) 22:36, 16 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

War Plan Red-Orange[edit]

The description of Red-Orange in the section Multilateral war plans—as a two-front war against the Anglo-Japanese Alliance—seems at odds with the later section List of Color Plans, where Red-Orange is indeed a two-front war, but opposing Japan while supporting Britain. Which is more accurate? Aboctok (talk) 12:20, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]