If your country was invaded.....

[Vakz]

Depends oh so much on who my attackers were. I'm Swedish, and probably wouldn't give a crap if e.g. norway invaded us. Our cultures are so very similar, and so are our languages. I probably would resist if we were invaded by another culture forcing us to be "assimilated".

So in short; yes, i would resist, if it caused enough disruption of mine (and other people of this county) way of life.

 

[Simalacrum]

I'd fight to make sure that ordinary people (foreigners, natives, whoever) who didn't ask to get involved in war are protected.

The country and government? Fuck them, I'm a protester against our government anyways

 

[meowchef]

Being American, we wouldn't be losing if someone invaded.

However, if I were from a lesser country, I would definitely resist the foreign scum.

 

[Thaluikhain]

WW3: Invasion is the ONLY option for WW3, as a MAD scenario blocks all other possibilities if said war occurs.

Well...MAD has been quite successful at preventing WW3 for quite a while. Some useful (if disturbing) reading I came across, written by Stuart Slade (a military science fiction writer who spent many years as one of the people that determine exactly what nuclear device should by used on which part of whose cities):

http://homepage.mac.com/msb/163x/faqs/nuclear_warfare_101.html
http://homepage.mac.com/msb/163x/faqs/nuclear_warfare_102.html
http://homepage.mac.com/msb/163x/faqs/nuclear_warfare_103.html

One of the things he said which I found interesting is that once a nation gets WMDs to play with, it puts a massive limitation on what it can do, because things can escalate to much, much worse.

Holding us down: We occupy mostly the East coast, and anything else...Besides Tasmania, I guess, would be so small that Guerrilla warfare for a few years is inevitable but, I guess, inevitable to fail as well. We're not talking about every person at once, we're talking about a crippling majority in the urban sprawls.

That's true, but then again most of the resources are spread out all over the country.

Hydrogen: I totally agree, it would take a vast shidt in infrastructure, but then again, doesn't an invasion also require that as well? Hydrogen from geothermal works (EXTREMELY SIMPLIFIED) that: Big bottomless pit drilled, water goes in, steam comes out and collected, steam produces power, power used on steam to turn into Hydrogen and Oxygen, hydrogen used in fuel cell or just burnt with Oxygen. Since this is non-fossil-fuel dependant and available in the centre of a large land mass I see the occurance of this probable, if not likely.

The "hot-rocks" project has been much talked about recently, though its feasibility is currently unknown. It shows potential, though. On the other hand, there's a number of esoteric but possibly feasible renewable eneryg sources that we might see popping up in the not-too-distant future.

Logistics: China would probably invade other countries first, yes, but Germany conquered countries on it's way to Poland did it not? I see a very likely scenario revisiting the "Island hopping" strategy of WW2 Japanese soldiers and the supposed domino theory prediction line making Australia still a very logical target. And again, with MAD and the amount of Industry, America would have to bow down before China in this matter.

Well...you are talking about quite some time in the future there. No way of saying what things would be like then. If China developed the logistical capabilities to go a conquering and if it'd chewed its way through most of South East Asia, then yes, Australia might well be next...two big ifs though. And any number of powerful groups are going to see that happenign well in advance.

Personally, though, I'm getting a bit tired of China being seen as the next big baddie...it seems just as likely to me that we'll be on their side in the next major war.

 

[Treblaine]

I think the UK is in a prime condition to be invaded and occupied, the populace is suitably weakened, perceptually disenfranchised yet submissive.

As I live in the UK where the civilian ownership of guns is treated in much the same way as the rest of the world treats civilian ownership of weapons-grade plutonium

Private gun ownership isn't that important, if the UK was threatened with invasion they'd be mass producing Stens again and issuing them to volunteer groups.

Those days are long gone.

 

[Vault101]

Theres a book series (and a bad movie) about Australia getting invaded by ummm asians I think. "Tomorrow when the war began"

Basically if they hit the capital cities then we could be taken over, though I dont think the country would be very easy to overrun with the harsh climiate and its sheer size, it would be easy to hide out in the bush, mabye even do a little gurella warfare like they do in the books

I love those books!! To bad to hear that the movie is bad, it hasn't been released to the US yet. If it does I might skip it.

OT: I would fight back. For my home and ideas.

wow your in america and youve read the books? I am surprised

I havnt read the books so I don't know how they compare (Id wager the film isnt as good, like 99% of all adaptions) , but I mean its not horrible just average and a little cliche, I just couldnt take it seriously eather (one of the guys is from the cheesy soap opera Home and away which dose NOT help) not really my thing anyway

 

[Shock and Awe]

Well if I wasn't already in the military at that point(planning on joining up) I would definitely be fighting. There would almost definitely be a shit ton of civilians fighting where I live seeing as everyone and their mother has a rifle, a good chunk of them military grade+ to boot.

 

[z3rostr1fe]

100% sure that my country will be doomed...

But hey! I can be of good use to the invaders. I mean, come on! I'm a medical personnel! The Geneva convention also protects me.

 

[Smooth Operator]

I'd ring up Rent-A-Car and google "how to make car bombs", you can probably guess the rest...

 

[dementis]

I'd be the tea maker of the English resistance, tea is the fuel of our country Also we wouldn't really need a resistance as we have such crappy weather invaders would just give up eventually, that's why the Romans gave up on Scotland haha

 

[zfactor]

After seeing all these ________ invades America games like Homefront and MW2, I started wondering about this. If your country was invaded a foreign army and were losing, would you resist the invaders?

If it was extremly close or if the invaders were being very cruel (like Japan when it invaded China), I would. But otherwise no. If I wasn't being treated horribly and my countries army was getting clearly beaten, I wouldn't. If the pros can't do it, I couldn't either.

How zealous would you be in defending your country against a foreign army?

Very. Also, your "If the pros can't do it, I couldn't either" comment doesn't make sense. In the event of invasion, you resist the invaders, not engage them in open battle (that's a one way street to dead). The resistance fighter's job is to break enemy moral. The enemy thinks the army is the only threat, but when the civilians start sabotaging their stuff and picking off their scouting patrols with stolen high powered sniper rifles, they'll have to set up some kind of police state, which will only make everyone angrier. That's when you start bombing their buildings and ammo depots. Then they have to bring in more troops to keep you from blowing everything up, which means less troops on the front line. It's exactly the same thing the POWs did in Germany in WWII (watch The Great Escape, great movie). They tourmented the guards and were always trying to escape, making the Nazis use more troops to guard them. Then they had about 80 people escape at once, and hitler pulled a million troops from the front lines to find them. A resistance fighter's job is to make the actual army's job easier, not fight the war.

 

[[.redacted]]

Couldn't care less.

This, especially as if I had my way, I'd invade it too.

 

[epiccowFTW]

To my last breath I would FIGHT!

I live in england BTW.

 

[Fangv2]

Wait is this military invasion or cultural invasion?

I'm assuming military cause cultural invasion would take centuries and you wouldn't notice.
If military I wouldn't fight.

 

[Danny Ocean]

Obviously...​

 

[Buleet]

We would get assraped by EVERY single country that has an army.

Belgium is not known for its army.Unless we know how to make chocolate bombs or something we can't do much.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

*Lifts gun above head.

WOLVERINES!!!!!!

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

As I live in the UK where the civilian ownership of guns is treated in much the same way as the rest of the world treats civilian ownership of weapons-grade plutonium

Private gun ownership isn't that important, if the UK was threatened with invasion they'd be mass producing Stens again and issuing them to volunteer groups.

You do know that against modern armor, the Sten's pistol calibur bullets would be as useful as firing used tampons right?

 

[Thaluikhain]

You do know that against modern armor, the Sten's pistol calibur bullets would be as useful as firing used tampons right?

Well, yes, I said "Sten" because of the connatations, not because I seriously thought they'd mass produce a weapon from the 40s, before telescopic bolts.

Having said that, SMGs haven't been totally phased out of military use yet. And even if the invading force equipped its troops with modern body armour, a resisting force is likely to ignore the rules of war and attack people that aren't legitimate targets.

Actually, can you get decent sabot rounds for pistol calibres?

We would get assraped by EVERY single country that has an army.

Belgium is not known for its army.Unless we know how to make chocolate bombs or something we can't do much.

Well, that makes Belgium a target for other places without much of a military as well, though. It does also have the benefit of hosting the headquarters of the EU and NATO.

 

[Brandon237]

After seeing all these ________ invades America games like Homefront and MW2, I started wondering about this. If your country was invaded a foreign army and were losing, would you resist the invaders?

If it was extremly close or if the invaders were being very cruel (like Japan when it invaded China), I would. But otherwise no. If I wasn't being treated horribly and my countries army was getting clearly beaten, I wouldn't. If the pros can't do it, I couldn't either.

How zealous would you be in defending your country against a foreign army?

Pretty much exactly as you would do.
If I knew that the conquerors would make life horrific, I would try and escape/ die fighting to avoid the torture. But if they weren't cruel to the civilians, Personally I wouldn't care, they'd probably be better than our current government. And if our government started conscripting, I might be tempted to change sides completely.