And the US government turns a blind eye to this.

Why is IRA always so based

And they only had like 2000 guys

In total

If even that.

And the start of the raids is just them walking into Canada, which had an undefended border. It took like 3 weeks before any fighting happened.

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Imagine walking with your army into Canada

Well they had some boats but it took longer than expected.

And then just not being bothered by anyone

Yeah that's actually what happened.

They took over several townships

At gunpoint.

And people were just like "alright buddy"

And then carried on and waited for British forces.

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Why are Canadians so fucking based

That said, the raids accelerated Canada's confederation.

So that was bad.

"We're taking over this town!"
"Yeah, whatever man"

Canada became Canada from the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEI, lower Canada (Quebec) and upper Canada (Ontario) because of the Fenians.

Which then also prompted John A MacDonald to construct a proper state militia.

Unironically, the Fenians plan was to *invade* the celtic parts of Canada and they would just side with them.

Because fuck Britain lmao

*Holds up your town at gunpoint*
Lets kill England together.

They also thought that Quebecers were gonna be the same way and just join them.

It also might be one of the only examples of actual Canadian nationalism.

As a response to essentially being invaded by the IRA.

>Canadian nationalism

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Canada is too cute for real nationalism tbh

Yeah when a meme invasion is a source of nationalism you know that ship ain't sailing far.

Like, Canadians are kind of like Czechs to me
No one can treat you seriously

We used to have the 5th largest navy in the world during WWII.

We even had a carrier or two.

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Ok bud

WE

HELPED

😎

You reminded me about stories from WWII
When Germany and Slovakia invaded Poland