Could Russia invade Canada? (If US remains neutral?)

This video explores the issues surrounding a hypothetical Russian military invasion of Canada. And explores the two sides' armed forces through the analysis; as well as accentuates the each sides' strengths and weaknesses.
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[@ShroomsInLocker]

Russia: We have winter on our side. Canada: *So do we*

[@stevesteve7386]

This would be the soviet union's war against Finland all over again

[@thelt1506]

@@stevesteve7386 but canada could win two easy ways 1. Throw all our hockey sticks at them. 2. Flood them with maple syrup with a bit of acid in it. 3. There we won

[@stevesteve7386]

@@thelt1506 hmm, you have a good point, but doing that would be to impolite

[@geoffrust6787]

In the summer we have black flies...International treaties restrict their deployment beyond Canada because they are too OP, weapons that cause insanity are banned.

[@theimperiumofman3714]

Egg2 we would just destroy their culture

[@martinlutherkingjr2]

Reading the comments from Canadians and Americans. They don't like each other and talk a lot of smack to each other, but would gladly die for one another to keep America and Canada safe. What a crazy world we live in.

[@milkers8653]

Matthew Ross think of it as siblings haha we like tease each other a lot but we’ll also defend each other

[@martinlutherkingjr2]

@@milkers8653 I 100% agree.

[@ledumot4385]

Canada and the USA are like France and the UK, they love hating each other !

[@humansvd3269]

I only would because I'm a us mil member. Otherwise? No, they banned guns.

[@GiulGiu_1]

@@humansvd3269 :/ We didn't ban guns. It's just harder to get them and you need to have a license.

[@r.s.334]

I used this think this might be accurate, but after the clusterf*ck in Ukraine, I am not so sure.

[@tractortrio7763]

However Canada is able to produce military equipment quickly. We started ww2 with less than 10 ships and ended the war with over 300.

[@sabin97]

in ww2 nobody was attacking you. your industry was intact. and you had help from your usakistani masters. in this particular scenario you;d be on your own trying to defend yourselves against russia. and lucky for you the scenario doesnt allow for nukes, otherwise it would end rather quickly.

[@mrlime9526]

@@sabin97Even then, Russia would be hundreds of miles away from Canadian industry, and in this case there would be even MORE of a push for militarization, Canada has more population, more infrastructure and more of a reason to fight in this scenario.

[@sabin97]

@@mrlime9526 i'm pretty sure russia is the one with more population. and you are aware of these flying machines they use nowaday? they can fly pretty far and destroy centers of industry.....and russia has significantly more of those than canada, and arguably of better quality. so yeah. completely different scenario from ww2.

[@hashman3213]

our military might lose. but our 2.2million gun owners and hunters would most likely turn into a large malitia and would defend there homeland. this would be bad for Russia.

[@xXMc1ovinXx]

our army has no anti air do our army auto loses. and that 2.2 million is probably be gone in a few years if Trudeau gets his way. even then we need weapon modification to have more than our current 5 round mags

[@blazzoka]

War based on south china sea dispute please :)

[@hasanurus]

Last time I was this early, Alaska was part of Mother Russia

[@marks6663]

Because if there is one thing Russia needs more of, is cold, frozen godforsaken tundra.

[@May-gr8bp]

south canada is somewhat warm.

[@May-gr8bp]

@Karm G I've been to Ontario and In spring and summer it is warm

[@vortex9755]

@@May-gr8bp I live in Ontario it’s not that warm

[@williamhe1967]

BC is either Canadian California in summer or Western Maine in winter

[@Jaws10214]

@@williamhe1967 BC is in the penalty box until further notice!

[@hdufort]

Depends if their tanks can sustain the potholes in Quebec.

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

If my Hyundai can sustain it, they probably can... Oh wait, those are Russian tanks, of course they will break down!

[@ImWallace799]

They cannot

[@looinrims]

The best defense...

[@TheRifild]

have u seen Russian roads?

[@hdufort]

@@TheRifild Good point! 🤪

[@jasonchiu272]

Russia: *Invades Canada* USA: *your gamemode has been updated to spectator*

[@dennismaat9512]

Flat earth society: 'wait that's illegal.'

[@fjc331]

Lol

[@canruzgar6749]

@Tattle Boad not a flat earther but they won't argue, they accept u can pass through North pole, they say that u can't past through South pole

[@altaccout]

​@Tattle Boad The flat earthers believe that the north pole is the center and the antarctic is a big circle.

[@vatnikexterminator9074]

Me: When there's a day in Canada, there's a night in Russia. I talked with a Russian on the internet. He confirmed that. Flat earth society: Wait, that's illegal

[@MrBlueSleeves]

Underrated comment, you win.

[@amutah8063]

No they can't. Canada will launch a preemptive apology and then Russia will feel bad about invading.

[@tidefanyankee2428]

Or, Canada would challenge the Russians to a hockey game......winner take all. With no more Soviet Army team, Canada wins.

[@summer20105707]

Canada will unleash the Newfoundlanders on them. Lord Thunderin jazus look out. Talk about weapons of mass destruction. Only kidding. I love Newfoundlanders.

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@@summer20105707 Isn't that against the Geneva Convention????

[@summer20105707]

@@tidefanyankee2428 Russia is invading Canada and the US in this scenario doesn't give a damn. Who's going to stand up to the Russians for violating the convention? Maybe some European countries??

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@@summer20105707 It was a joke in reference to the Newfoundlanders.....SMH

[@Marshal_Dunnik]

Russia doesn't stand a chance against our Armoured Zambonis, Giant Beavers and Weaponized Moose.

[@abessa6993]

Well, if we stayed for those rules, nobody could even try to invade Australia, because they have their Armored Emus.

[@sirBrouwer]

@@abessa6993 nobody could invade Australia for having to stand upside down

[@abessa6993]

@@sirBrouwer That's a very good point.

[@GavinTheGrape]

ABessa3Ds call in the kangaroo battalions!

[@tiktokmemer703]

You forgot about terminator beavers

[@lamorte42]

Not gonna lie an entire land war on top of an ice cap sounds metal as fuck.

[@tacituskilgore2851]

Underrated comment

[@decentish8546]

You could have tanks on the ice fighting against ships sailing through the ice.

[@Mini17]

@@decentish8546 tanks drifting fighting each other sounds epic

[@_Matsimus_]

They’ve gotta go through me first lol!! 🇨🇦😁

[@КотОхотник-я1ю]

roger that o7 ru

[@hennessyblues4576]

Actually, they gotta get through your dog tank first. Then you're next.

[@Primedwhite]

Love your channel masti!

[@TheManinBlack9054]

Hi! Nice seeing you there! It's really unfortunate that relationship between our countries are sour, hope they will improve someday!

[@chrisk7050]

Love your vids brotha!

[@daniels1270]

Canada and Russia will stick to fighting their wars on the ice (hockey).

[@23AlexandreJ]

Canada would never tolerate such unpoliteness.

[@chrizzlenipsjomomma2568]

We would never let our Canadian brothers be invaded !

[@andrycanz8693]

no cap

[@ChaoticCobra]

CANADA VS DENMARK: FIGHT FOR GREENLAND!!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@matthieugauthier5128]

no for the rock

[@juanguzman9031]

Why not just buy it?

[@Caesar316]

Haha it's like the friendliest border dispute in history. We put up a flag and leave them booze. They put up a flag and leave us booze. Worse ways to settle things lol

[@tirpitz4657]

@@Caesar316 At this point it's just an exchange of alcohol, the flags are just for show

[@marc-andrebenoit5776]

@@Caesar316 we could leave a blunt or two now. See how they respond hahah

[@HeyImLucious]

"Imagine a *really* angry Russia" Doesn't take too much imagination there

[@konplayz]

Lucious insert after stalingrad

[@Joesolo13]

"So slightly less angry than normal?"

[@HeyImLucious]

@Darlene Sjostrom "murdered" nice bait

[@SparrowNoblePoland]

Actually it takes. Russia acts pretty rationally since the Khrushchev (or whatever you butcher his name), and since the Putin it acts extremely rationally. The is no reason for Russia to invade Canada, and lots to lose in terms of international trade, not to mention that China would probably use the opportunity to attack Russia and take eastern Siberia for it's resources. I think Russia is going to duck down for the next decades and mainly fear of Chinese agression over Siberia.

[@HeyImLucious]

@@SparrowNoblePoland The main point of the comment was just as a joke b/c of Russia's stereotypical *"ANGERY"* nature. Russia obviously isn't angry all the time but they are the only contemporary 1st world power to annex territory through force of arms in quite a few decades. Whether or not Sevastople/Crimea/Ukraine/etc. belongs to Russia or not is a completely separate discussion. Just pointing out that it happened.

[@allninelivez7631]

Russian soldier gets shot: Canadian soldier from across the field: Sorry!

[@sachyriel]

​@Yuri Kovalenko you sound upset :)

[@jobvandelaar7977]

@Yuri Kovalenko wtf u talking about😂😂

[@gksmcslayer2829]

Yuri Kovalenko maybe you should think before you type

[@allninelivez7631]

@Yuri Kovalenko I'm surprised he found my comment. This dude said the Russian military is the best in the world and never lost a fight. Lol. Bro, what about the war with tiny tiny Finland? Gtfo

[@allninelivez7631]

@Yuri Kovalenko but the Fins didn't ally with Hitler until the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. How dumb can you get? Stay in history class you uneducated slave (slav).

[@jimbeam7248]

I think the war would be decided by a hockey game

[@sorcererberoll4641]

Jim Beam then a drinking competition

[@jimbeam7248]

Sorcerer Beroll yes with Canadian beer no vodka

[@somewhere6]

@@jimbeam7248 Don't forget the whiskey!

[@samisha5834]

@@jimbeam7248 I mean Canada fucks us at hockey but we could win a drinking round

[@stn7172]

Well canada would definitely lose -_-

[@Amnesia1v9]

I bet they regret selling alaska now

[@Amnesia1v9]

@New_Account Yeah i see your point. You got me there.

[@Bear-kb4kt]

they would just end up being friends and getting drunk

[@probincruxiii1727]

And then they'd settle the war with a hockey game

[@Yezdansher]

I didn't know maple syrup makes you drunk

[@VoidXDsfx]

MaCCaRoNNi vodka does

[@appa609]

@@probincruxiii1727 Obviously the war started over a hockey game.

[@appa609]

@@VoidXDsfx As does Rye

[@kuku9458]

Don't get any funny ideas, Russians! I'm prepping my battle moose immediately!

[@phileas007]

it'll get easily distracted with tactical carrots

[@РоманЗолотилин-с8щ]

Зачем лосям и медведям драться ??? ))))

[@matthieugauthier5128]

don't exagerate...they're polar bears, now CHARGE

[@MrBlueSleeves]

@@matthieugauthier5128 In a charge situation, I would actually prefer moose cavalry. Ever seen one in real life? Those things are actual winter elephants

[@Soulkinthehuman]

I prefer weaponized beavers, but you do you!

[@tgoodson2]

He doesn't take into account the speed by which Canada could mobilize troops. Most people in rural and Northern Canada are already familiar with weaponry. At the end of the second World War the population of Canada was only about 12 million yet it had the third largest Navy in the world and the fourth largest Air Force.

[@Kevin-np3sx]

And honestly, the real amount of Canada's war effort and donations to Britain are truly immense. The manufacturing was a well oiled organized feat, creating 1million combat vehicles, then there was aircraft production, weapons, ammo and ordinance, food stuffs, raw materials, the construction of the commonwealth airtraining program called the PLAN which Canada payed billions of dollars for, not to mention the 1billion dollar donation and further loans in the billions range in today's money is tens of billions. While supplying over 250k fighting men.

[@AM0025]

If only Russia hadn't sold Alaska, it would be a different story.

[@lebanemcarl68]

RC Networks hell yeah it would

[@richdobbs6595]

Yes, Alaska would be part of USA via annexation (like Hawaii) instead of purchase. Or it might be part of Canada. There is a reason why Russia sold Alaska to the USA: They didn't think they could hold it against British Imperialism. There is no way the Russia could hold on to Alaska after its loss in the Russo-Japanese war.

[@jeffsanders1609]

Britain probably would have invaded Alaska from Canada then and taken it

[@hieuphungminh6690]

@CR it wasn't dumb back when they sold it.

[@looinrims]

@@james-baa1249 no they sold it for 3mil in contemporary currency, the inflation adjustment was something like 8.2 billion, or something

[@MrHusker1996]

Crazy what one disputable ref call in world championship hockey final can lead to

[@rosihantu1]

Justin Trudeau can't wait to dress up like a soldier and paint his face black.

[@Calaman228]

lol

[@DJones476]

ROTFLMFAO!!!

[@michaelferrell7924]

fucking lol

[@highog3288]

Lmaooo

[@Jaws10214]

Brown* You racist pile of fuck. He painted his face BROWN in his attempt to dress up for an Indian dress up party.

[@777Cobretti]

Most Canadians would also impose guerilla warfare in the Northern forests much more foiliage and stealth than Afganistan

[@it3897]

100% agree.

[@lairdriver]

They have fully trained Native people's living there. Eskimos literally have been trained to fuck up Russians goofing off quickly like the Taliban

[@dalesteffens6769]

Let's see in two years if the gun owners even have the guts to defy Trudy's gun ban if we can't even do something simple like that fighting off Russia or a strong enemy forget it.

[@it3897]

@Dale Steffens Canada is a post country now.. it’s a shell of its former self.

[@Abnarly]

Thing is though, the Russians have the same exact sort of environment back at home, they'd be right comfortable in the northern Canadian wilderness seeings it's the exact same climate and terrain as their homeland.

[@Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan]

European Union VS Commonwealth of Nations.

[@FriedrichHerschel]

And the UK is on which side?

[@Joesolo13]

@@FriedrichHerschel "UK is modeled as neutral in this scenario until parliament gets it's shit together" I think that would be an more interesting video than the brexit one though. For one thing there'd be mention of a joint Indo-Pakistani fleet, likely along with Aussies and new Zealanders. Since Cyprus is a member, they might be able to argue commonwealth forces could keep the EU back long enough for ships to rebase there. Canada would mostly get to roll it's fleet into the Royal Navy and lend the British some fighter cover.

[@matthieugauthier5128]

@@FriedrichHerschel anglos don't fight each other...well u know except that one time...

[@summer20105707]

Commonwealth wins.

[@summer20105707]

@@FriedrichHerschel They're leaving. Don't doubt it.

[@Skorch88]

Canada: U.S. we're be invaded by the Russians! Help please. U.S.: you're on youre own. Canada: what why!? U.S.: remember 1812.

[@hazzmati]

There was no canada back then. In 1812 US fought against the british empire

[@Skorch88]

@@hazzmati Canada was a colony of the British empire. And vast majority of canadians like to claim 1812 as their great accomplishment over U.S.

[@shyarusu7755]

@Stephen Jenkins Doesn't seem to stop Canadians from being proud. Let them have it.

[@Joesolo13]

Canada "BUT YOU STARTED THAT" USA: "well you shoulda thought of that when you burned the white house" Canada-"?!?!?!?!"

[@CuChulainnwd]

@@hazzmati Independent Canada? No, but the territory was still known as Canada making the citizens and their militia Canadian. Just like the yanks who figured they were not British when they decided to declare themselves independent. Most of the US is still descended from the UK. Most Americans still take pride in their past heritage. So what is your point? Canada kicked the US's ass back in 1812. Smarts doesn't it?

[@chad_b]

The only really fair way to solve this would be a best of seven hockey series between Canada and Russia

[@Hypercannon77]

I follow the NHL and I can tell you this much…we would smoke them!

[@dholley51492]

-"If us remains neutral" -Laughing in Bald Eagle

[@AgentPepsi1]

Considering that the Russian military, when operating outside of Russia, has an exceptionally poor history (primarily due to doctrine and in-grained nationalistic ideology), and that the Canadians are a resourceful people. Furthermore, even while the USA in your scenario would remain "neutral" (although Canada is one of the largest American trading partners and an historically staunch ally), the American people, however, would not remain neutral. There would be an unending flood of weapons and patriots north into Canada, including many anti-tank / anti-aircraft weapons as well. It would quickly turn into a colossal strategic failure for Russia (not to mention a horrendously expensive one).

[@Tatusiek_1]

It would be better if the US just annexed Canada and exile the Canadians further north.

[@Ashbringer36]

You hit the nail on the head when you mention Resourceful As I’ve noticed in literally all of these military analysis videos they don’t take into account the biggest advantage of the side of the defence, and that is the standing Civilian population There are many a hunter in the Norther Territories of Canada many people with more then enough firearm experience to be rallied into function and while not military level definitely very dangerous (especially once you account for knowledge of the terrain) militia’s which would make the losses even greater And then as you said, there is a big fat no on the chances that there wouldn’t be many Americans travelling the border and canadians sure as hell woudlnt’ stop em if they wanted to fall in line with the troops and swing the tide.

[@AgentPepsi1]

@@Ashbringer36 Now, leftist socialists and Marxists, know here as Democrats, would openly support and welcome the Russians as they are so mindbogglingly stupid to believe that today's Russians are actually Soviets trying to conquer the World under the banner of Marxist-Leninism.

[@Ashbringer36]

The amount of confusion and unrest that would create is mind numbing considering was it not a talking point of the democrats at one point that the Russians interfered with the Election that got Donald Trump the White House?

[@jasonnicholas8648]

Tradeu surrenders..😂 Vichy canada is formed.. Vichy canada goes Finland on russia...

[@7thkansascav468]

We may have our neighborly squabbles and poke fun at each other but if anybody messed with Canada there is no way in hell the US would remain neutral!

[@hugoyu2001]

Russia: Sends all soldiers to Canada The entire EU: Now it’s our chance! To Moscow, go go go! Russia: Sh*t

[@lairdriver]

Lol!!

[@dalliskal4827]

Good one

[@ItsMe-cf9hj]

))))))))

[@TheOneWhoMightBe]

*Commonwealth intensifies*

[@fullmetalalchemist9126]

No it wouldn't

[@royalteluis623]

Hahaha get roasted

[@pickleboi5548]

Russia: *Invading Canada* America: Eh, not gonna interfer Canada:*Has oil* America: PLAYER 3 HAS JOINED THE GAME

[@Shad0hawK]

Actually the US has more oil.:)

[@Shad0hawK]

@Ty On Tilt no, domestic oil. In fact, the US was a net oil exporter. In 2019 .en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_energy_independence

[@Shad0hawK]

@Ty On Tilt ok so you bitch about US oil tycoons, then brag that Canada has more estimated oils reserves. So which is the good thing or bad thing? So what. Who had more reserves was not the point. LOL. Nice try at deflection but you failed.

[@Shad0hawK]

@Ty On Tilt "toy with your prey" You need to get outside more! ROFL.

[@A_Degenerate_with_Glasses]

Cause of war: Canadian hockey team beats Russian hockey team.

[@КотОхотник-я1ю]

Cause of war: anime

[@420JackG]

Canadians are pretty good at Hockey.

[@zachboyd4749]

US President: “Hello, is this the President of Switzerland? You were right, this is more fun to watch!”

[@TheNkp08]

Forgot to account for canada deploying their fleet of millions of evil ass geese

[@CodeUK93]

The US remains neutral but Britain and I’m pretty sure Australia and New Zealand wouldn’t remain neutral! 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 🤝

[@vdotme]

It's a hypothetical. If you're going to get serious about it, the us wouldn't remain neutral and would do more than UK ANZAC put together.

[@newman793]

Cody Dewey They better were the ones that have the USA's back when it comes to war

[@Boss-dr2zk]

U forgot the rest of Nato

[@krazicanuck9045]

CANZUK baby!!!!!

[@ignisilluminati]

Yes, seriously, America will intervene even if Canadians refuse such offer. If you recall how America had responded to the missiles in Cuba, it seems pretty clear that America won't endure any potential threats from its long northern border.

[@SirDinzhi]

since philippines threaten war to canada how about you do philippines vs canada scenario?

[@irvenman]

The nonexistent Philippine navy could never launch an invasion. Canada laughs back at home.

[@DeusSalis]

What are they gonna do? Swim to Canada? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@djobert2402]

this video is BS. Canada has almost 50 000 active soldiers, not 33000, and more than 30 000 in reserve. And when it come to war, it's kind of an hobby for us.. millions volunteered during WWI and WWII, to fight in Europe, when the country's population was way, WAY lower. Imagine how many would volunteer to defend homeland. Goodluck And remember, Canada never lost a war it was involved in. Usually, Canadian soldiers are tasked with the toughest missions.. in WWI, WWII, Korea. Canada, among allied countries, always faced, and won, the toughest battles.

[@liammcshane7985]

A. Canada has 23,000 active soldiers whilst having 19,000 in reserve, your wrong on that first point. B. Everything after this point is either Canadian war time propaganda from the 1910’s and 40’s. Or, your just smoking crack.

[@DominicSteMarie]

@@liammcshane7985 have you ever seen Canada's tasks in kandahar? it was the toughest region yet we had lower casualities also if you want to doubt that you can look up canada's secret war.

[@subjectofsaturnyervahsa7386]

you are being invading by the ccp right now and you are doing nothing. you gonna be their farm if you do not fight

[@usaball9190]

Be a weird alternate universe where we won’t intervene.

[@realpolitics527]

Every binkov video is alternate universe

[@LordBitememan]

Yes, it's a hypothetical. In reality if the Russians landed soldiers in Canada the US and Russia would be lobbing nukes at each other before noon.

[@davidhouseman4328]

@@LordBitememan doubt it would go nuclear. US would shred any invasion forces conventional and I doubt Russia would use nukes without the motherland under threat.

[@420JackG]

@@LordBitememan neoliberalism kinda made nukes obsolete. As soon as everyone's economic interests became interconnected the nukes had to go away. That's why these days we only really see "war" in resource rich third world countries or their strategically positioned neighbors.

[@LordBitememan]

Except the nukes didn't go away? Both powers have treaty-declared weapons stockpiles deployed and with the capability of striking one another. Neoliberalism and economic interconnectedness have nothing to do it, conflict between the US and Russia is off the table for the same reason it was during the Cold War: Mutually Assured Destruction. There's a reason we didn't send troops to the Ukraine, and it has nothing to do with preserving Russo-American trade links. It would have resulted in a nuclear conflict. In fact our response to Russian activity in the Ukraine was to cut trade links through sanctions.

[@malcolmlaprairie5115]

As the person who suggested this video, it makes me so happy that Binkov looks at what we want and responds to it. Thank you so much, dude! Keep making the fantastic content

[@TrickiVicBB71]

As a Canadian, I greatly enjoyed this video. Thank you Binkov

[@agnosticatheist7529]

I didn't, a military invasion from the north? Come on...

[@palco22]

"Could Russia invade Canada ?" ... I doubt it. We Canadians have rifles !

[@harmen4436]

Nobody: Not a living soul Binkov: CoUlD RuSsIa iNvAdE cAnAdA

[@shyarusu7755]

Literally does no one in the comments understand the point of the rules? It's for the sake of the discussion. As an American, I don't care how many Americans would go up and volunteer. I don't care how our lack of support would change their defense infrastructure. And I certainly don't care about political implications. I care whether or not Canada- as is- could win by itself. Y'know, the point of the video.

[@kappadarwin9476]

Canadians just know they would lose, its frustrating like it should be.

[@ospray1888]

First of all, invading Canada isn’t nice.

[@HeyImLucious]

New hypothetical- Russia strategically bombs all maple syrup factories in Canada. How quickly until Canada's entire population calls for blood?

[@bear8ful]

Sorry.

[@stap1er]

Now with recent events in mind, turns out Russia can't invade anything

[@againstviralmisinformation510]

Much less America

[@Hypercannon77]

True 😂

[@stap1er]

@@againstviralmisinformation510 To be fair they occupied those middle eastern countries for many years. What they couldn't do was regime change.

[@againstviralmisinformation510]

@@stap1er correct. It was a loss

[@stap1er]

@@againstviralmisinformation510 yes but it shows strength as well as weakness. Uganda probably wouldn’t have been able to hold most of Afghan for that long for example.

[@pk-zi7lm]

the canadians would just apologize for getting in the way

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Obligatory I'm sorry...

[@pk-zi7lm]

"Who are we!" "Canada!" "What are we!" "Sorry!"

[@green5701]

But in the north of Canada the terrain is so bad that roads are very difficult to built, logistics would be a nightmare

[@lego501stTrigger]

Cuts both ways, whoever has a stronger air transport fleet wins, which is Russia, given that they have actual air defense platforms, and heavy weapons to move, not just some soldiers without any AT or AA weapons.

[@CuChulainnwd]

@@lego501stTrigger What does that have to do with anything? Basically controlling the north of Canada means nothing. There is nothing there. Coming south would mean Russian equipment would be lost do to environment and military loss. The Tundra is a fantastic natural defense and barrier. Using your air fleet to move further south risks losing them to surface to air missiles which Canada does have btw. So good luck invading from the north.

[@Communist-Doge]

In reality, the US and UK and rest of NATO would never abandon Canada. :D But it's interesting to imagine these types of 1v1 scenarios.

[@ganardian6224]

snowball fight, russia lost lol

[@mickeyg7219]

Even if the US hated Canada (it doesn't), the US won't let Russia build bases next to it. It's a strategic decision.

[@radforduniversity6424]

I think the Canadians being polite is mostly true, but I've met Canadian troops, and these folks are no joke, they can handle themselves

[@philmacgregor1374]

Canadian troops know how to kill their enemies and they don't play by rules just like our hockey!

[@blakenewton2781]

Truth.

[@johnladuke6475]

Yeah the troops are great, the problem is that we don't equip them.

[@nicholasbrassard3512]

@@johnladuke6475 i thought we had a rather decently equipped army 🤔

[@johnladuke6475]

@@nicholasbrassard3512 Are you joking? You must be joking. As I write this, the government is seeking bids to buy new pistols. To replace the ones that we've had since WW2. Which were actually made as lend-lease aid to the Chinese Nationalist faction to fight Japan, but ended up surplus. Not long ago we bought some second-hand F-18's from Australia because our 40-year-old jets are falling apart and we've been arguing about how to even have a fair contest for a replacement for about 15 years. Our navy can't meet our NATO commitments because they literally don't have enough working ships to defend the coastlines. Our (second-hand) submarines keep catching fire - while under water! And we can't seem to figure out who's even going to build replacement ships, or when. We sent peacekeepers to Mali in 2018. The comment from the general who reviewed the troops when they arrived was that we need to purchase new uniforms because the current ones are literally falling apart at the seams and our soldiers are wearing rags. We aren't ordering new ones, though. We're arguing about whether we should get the same fancy digi pattern camo that Russia and the US use instead of sticking to the CADPAT pattern patented by our own government. With all of that, one thing I will say for sure about the Canadian Forces is that they're well trained. Every Canadian soldier I ever talk to about their foreign service has tales of being treated as elite military royalty by our allies. They know our gear is leftover junk, but the soldier carrying it will go through hell and come back to tell you that he planted our flag when he got there.

[@Hamsteak]

Sounds good, now it would be even better once the military has better weapons after it's done all it procurement which is going to take decades. But if we had a larger military budget it would deff help. I spent 8 years in the Canadian forces, and served in Afghanistan. ATM our military is in the midst of upgrading everything again, and switching tactics in many fields. Yes were small but each infantry soldier is multi-trained, unlike other militaries where each soldier is train for a specific task. Love all your videos.

[@simpleman3458]

Hey nuke I mean NUKE you can't do anything against this if this is real there would be ww3 and Russia army maybe have no experience but the number talk and technology

[@Hamsteak]

@@simpleman3458 and if Russia used Nukes the United States would use their nukes in retaliation. And Russia would be obliterated too

[@summer20105707]

@@simpleman3458 If things get nasty enough chemical and biological weapons are a possibility though. Especially if they were getting desperate yet not desperate enough to use nukes.

[@hockeyholic8]

We'd come to Canada's aid in an instant without hesitation, nobody messes with USA's hat!

[@autoloadedbaguette6756]

We protect your mainland from the Arctic winds, eh?

[@clockworkNate]

Ahem!! That's toque* Nobody messes with the States toque lol

[@kylecollar24]

The commonwealth vs the United States

[@black10872]

That's easy... the commonwealth loses!

[@HemlockRidge]

@@adastra5469 Yet.

[@HemlockRidge]

@@adastra5469 You seriously misunderstood my post. The US and the UK will always be the best of allies, so forget the silliness. But, YOU made the statement, "The commonwealth has never been conquered", and I suggested that you add "yet". I mean "The sun never sets"? Well, yes it does now. No shame, just the new reality.

[@m60pattoncovidiot29]

Russia: invades. Canada: I WILL BREAK A HOCKEY STICK OVER YOUR HEAD

[@AtenMemes]

I like how the title has to be (If US remains neutral) Cause lord knows there would be a million Americans in Canada before an enemy army could even land

[@asianmurican3739]

You damn right.

[@coledavis5212]

Aten Yup. The 40 000 active Canadians would be overwhelmed by the 2 000 000 American ones.

[@420JackG]

A million? Try 5 million.... hell, there would be a million armed American civilian partisans in Canada before a foreign army could land.

[@laetrille]

Shows how utterly defenseless western countries are without the USA.

[@HeyImLucious]

@Elliott Ryersee You are forgetting that this hypothetical war has a 1-year cutoff. Russia could take more at less cost in a more realistic scenario where they dragged it out over many years since Russia could establish naval and air superiority over half of Canada while they slowly expand inward from whichever western beachhead they chose.

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

@@HeyImLucious Canada's military does have the home team advantage though, they can more easily navigate the terrain and as such make use of guerilla tactics which will serve to further damage Russian morale. Even over an extended timeframe, the Russians will ultimately have another Winter War, which was a Pyrrhic victory.

[@HeyImLucious]

@@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 In theory I agree with you there, nobody has really found a good answer to asymmetrical warfare. But do you think Canada would be able to pull off such a feat? The Winter War wasn't an easy undertaking for the Fins, but lets ignore stuff like the effect that their national history had on their morale, which is difficult to quantify, and look at something like Canada's demographics. By and far they're kinda old, with the average person being 35+ years old. That's approaching the end of prime combat years. Older people can fight, obviously, but not as effectively as someone in their 20s.

[@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447]

@@HeyImLucious You'd be surprised at how long some soldiers have kept fighting. One Japanese soldier kept fighting WWII decades after it officially ended, and when he surrendered the guy had to be well past enlisting age even by IJA and IJN standards. Some Vietcong were also in that age range, and continued to fight in the guerilla warfare style that the Vietcong were famous (or, depending on who you ask, infamous) for.

[@HeyImLucious]

@@oneofmanyparadoxfans5447 As I said, older people can fight. But both examples you just gave (Japan and Vietnam) involved a vast majority of soldiers in their prime years. Older & more experienced soldiers are better suited to leading/logistics, not front-line combat. The Fins (just like the Vietcong) had more than enough young men to fight effectively. Canada? Not nearly as much.

[@liberatetheworld1776]

Hmm this shows earth being “Round”.

[@420JackG]

Spherical, actually

[@stevesteve7386]

The only thing flat earthers have to fear is sphere itself

[@liketoknow6566]

One major problem with your analysis. Canadians in every world war has been able to amass a large military in a short time and Canadians are amongst the best trained in the world. Your analysis is based on the assumption that Canada would not build up it armed forces quickly. From what we are seeing from the current Russian invasion in Ukraine, the Russian Army is poorly equipped and using substandard equipment. The Russian army tactics are at best poorly organized. I would guarantee that Canada would have a million person armed forces within a number of months.

[@cowboylogic7858]

Canada would not need any help because Russian Generals are not idiots. Russia would not invade anywhere you indicated because geography would defeat them at those sites. Canada would not even fight in the arctic archipelago as the weather and horrendous logistics would do the job. The sites you identified are essentially barren frozen rocks. It is extremely expensive to supply small groups of soldiers in the arctic in peace time and there are no local resources. Forget about supporting a large military outpost with supply lines being harassed. Either east or west coast invasions face bottlenecks which prevent Russia from using numerical advantages to win tactical victories. The Canadian population and industrial centres are protected by geography which would ultimately allow Canada to generate localized numerical superiority to Russian forces at any invasion site. Something that would not be lost on Russian Generals.

[@bojangles8062]

Cowboy Logic Yup

[@volupte7605]

Even with all you said(wich i agree 100%) this whole video is based on numbers and statistics, if this really happened recruitment rate would be waaayyyy higher in canada, wich with would most definetly tip the scale

[@jonathanryan9946]

But does Russia have a large reserve of maple syrup?

[@keith8880]

Its rare for Binkov to overlook such an important factor

[@abandonedchannel281]

Oh no, that changes everything

[@matthieugauthier5128]

@@keith8880 they can make us drunk maybe with their vodka but we'll give them diabites first, we'll see what will kill you faster xD

[@hot2warm]

Canada vs Philippines

[@drmdmd1]

Lol I just watch the ctv report on that ahhahah....yeah do one on this please...I want laugh more!!

[@dustintacohands1107]

Which area? Whats the scenario?

[@hot2warm]

@@dustintacohands1107 Philippines attacks Canada with the trash barges, sailing into Vancouver. One of the barges houses 5000 paramilitary fighters. ;-D

[@dustintacohands1107]

@@hot2warma sneak attack huh? hmmm no not enough Canadian army 80000 at least half one one coast. 5000 isnt enough to hold anything and Phililppines army could not hope to resupply. Philippines get slaughtered invading any way you do it you cant sneak the equipment or people fast enpugb without getting caught. Its hard invading with such a far distance to move everything.

[@hot2warm]

@@dustintacohands1107 Both militaries are defense oriented. neither really has the capability of sustained offense. At best Canada might be able to sail to Philippine water, destroy their navy. down their fighter/attack aircraft and return home. But I am not the expert, which is why I would like to see Binkov explain things.

[@harrierr628]

90% comments don't understand what the title mean. It say "Canada vs Russian". Not Russia vs Canada & other country.

[@你看个锤子你看]

USA +UK vs EU Russia vs Japan USA vs India South Korea vs Japan Turkey vs Israel Vietnam vs Thailand

[@你看个锤子你看]

hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 Israel has nuclear weapons and F35....

[@你看个锤子你看]

hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 Israel has nuclear weapons, but they don't recognize them. Secondly, Turkey's F35 hasn't arrived yet. And Turkey's F35 is likely to be rejected by the United States. Please check the information and talk me again.🙂 Vietnamese Don't Think Ignorance is Personality

[@gamergirl8345]

@hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 Israel has 60 nuclear warheads

[@你看个锤子你看]

hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2LYap-qdq2ge7c Information about F35 of Turkey

[@你看个锤子你看]

hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWOlZXqiiNx-ntU Israel has nuclear weapons ~

[@subtitleaddict5343]

1. Can UK conquer Ireland in one year? 2. Chile vs Australia on Antarctica 3. EU Vs Arab League 4. USA vs Arab League 5. ASEAN vs China 6. ASEAN vs India 7. ASEAN vs ANZAC 8. Unified Korea vs Japan 9. Unified Korea vs China 10. India vs USA 11. USA vs Rest of America(except Canada) 12. Second Korean War(USA+Japan+ROK vs DPRK+Russia+China) 13. Canada vs USA 14. Argentina vs Brazil 15. Nigeria vs Cameroon 16. Iran vs Turkey 17. USA vs EU

[@jonathanryan9946]

I'll take a stab at calling these for giggles 1) UK Victory 2) Australia Minor Victory 3) Arab League Minor Victory 4) USA Victory 5) China Minor Victory 6) India Minor Victory 7) ASEAN Minor Victory 8) Korea Minor Victory 9) China Victory 10) USA Minor Victory 11) USA Victory 12) depends on prep time, if little North Korea victory, if months or years of escalation Draw to South Korea Minor Victory 13) USA Victory 14) Brazil Minor Victory 15) Nigeria Victory 16) Turkey Minor Victory 17) USA Minor Victory Hopefully many of these will get covered, further I hope Binkov actually calls a few of them differently than I do. I like getting well thought out and differing opinions.

[@matthieugauthier5128]

usa vs canada isn't needed as history tend to repeat itself....and we all know what happened there...twice ;D

[@militartan2944]

Lol, U.S. never be neutral! But Canada's military are so weak against Russia...

[@jackie520]

The canadian military is not weak -__-

[@fdinos69]

MilitArtan look up are military history of World War I and World War II send 1812 war then u will understand you are very wrong

[@404Dannyboy]

@@fdinos69 Canada didn't exist in 1812. Stop trying to credit Canada with a British victory.

[@bruderschweigen6889]

@@fdinos69 really 1812? We had a stalemate with the British Empire yet Canada wins? Lol

[@dt41105]

I live in northermn Quebec and thinking you can move here up north with tank is a joke, theres like 1 road leading to montreal, the 117, it would be easier invading thru the atlantic and being fired at all the way to montreal, ottawa and toronto than going north, labrador and Yukon is the same, only 1 road, i think it would even be easier going thru the USA and the US army than going north, guys i can hardly make 1km with my atv before getting stuck, i cannot think an army trying to get thru.

[@TheObsidianX]

I was thinking that the whole time but with the west coast, once they get past Vancouver it’s all mountains with very few roads. The Russians would be fighting through a massive bottleneck all the way to Alberta.

[@vistarox]

This video aged like milk 😂

[@penguinpie5056]

bagged milk

[@kurukblackflame]

This scenario suggests it would take '6 months to a year' -In which time the Canadians could put together a very strong defence. I don't think the Russians would be able to hold on to any gains they made. Even if the USA stays neutral I'm sure they'd be more than happy to sell Canada all the tanks and aircraft that it might need. The only way I see Canada permanently losing territory would be if the Russians were able to launch a large and rapid attack.

[@stickmanblubbles4489]

*Chuckles in blitzkrieg*

[@barrylinkiewich9688]

@@stickmanblubbles4489 It's 2000 miles from the Beaufort Sea to the nearest majorish city. The entire distance of the blitzkrieg was about 1/4 as far, mostly on well maintained roads lol Most of Canada's north is either impassable mountains, swamp or covered in lakes and rivers. It'd take an invasion force weeks, crawling along at 10 miles per hour to get anywhere that would do them any good. Go ahead Russia, please invade from the north, it'd make for good TV.

[@EricMewhort]

They can’t even capture Ukraine in the middle of summer, good luck in winter, bud.

[@XDJGYT04]

Russia wouldn’t invade Canada even if the us wasn’t involved because the 🇬🇧 🇦🇺🇳🇿 would join together to defend Canada

[@clockworkNate]

Yea you mess with one of us you mess with all of us. Too bad Ukraine didn't figure that out earlier.

[@sabin97]

@@clockworkNate i mess with the anglosphere all the time. you are free to come murder me. i have no guns or combat training of any kind. so i'm an easy target. also i'm a brown non-christian who speaks a langauge the average monoglot of usakistan(or england too) cant understand....so there's your motivation.

[@stepanfedun9122]

It appears most people in this comment section don't understand what hypothetical means hypothetical /ˌhʌɪpəˈθɛtɪk(ə)l/ adjective adjective: hypothetical 1. based on or serving as a hypothesis. "let us take a hypothetical case" supposed but not necessarily real or true. "the hypothetical tenth planet" synonyms:theoretical, speculative, conjectured, imagined, notional, suppositional; More supposed, assumed, presumed, putative; made up, unreal; academic "a hypothetical case" antonyms:real, actual LOGIC denoting or containing a proposition of the logical form if p then q. noun noun: hypothetical; plural noun: hypotheticals 1. a hypothetical proposition or statement. "officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals"

[@Joesolo13]

There's a lot of dumb asses on every single one of his videos. He still makes good content though so

[@BirdTurdMemes]

This is a hypothetical, 40% of the comment section don’t realize that

[@MrBlueSleeves]

Shhh, let the americans dream about this hypothetical situation being real.

[@ericvantorik884]

Many Americans triggered

[@dimitri7857]

Yeah the salt in comments is funny

[@arashifujimaru8772]

@Mikes Glove its an "if" situation

[@deathlycost1]

I know the us is out in this scenario, but if Russia attacked Canada, I’m sure the United States would help out. Much love from your brothers down south 🇨🇦🇺🇸

[@lofficer11]

ya think

[@humansvd3269]

UK would say,"This won't do at all! And send a Navy upwards.

[@ankat6756]

Well, putting it in reality, why would Russia need to invade Canada anyway

[@thenumber-0160]

the canadians will just apologize

[@1984Phalanx]

I'm surprised by many of the comments. The scenario is just hypothetical and for entertainment only. He's always used the same rules in his other videos. But thank you to everyone saying they'd volunteer lol.

[@chandlerwhite8302]

The Russian aircraft carrier can’t even sit at the dock and keep from catching on fire!. In case of war, no need to waste any ordinance on that thing. Just let it deploy and sink itself.

[@johnladuke6475]

To be fair, Canada keeps our entire navy in roughly the same condition, so it's kind of a wash.

[@anewstarttoabrokenlife8662]

@@johnladuke6475 what navy ? It's a coastguard

[@Christian-wz3gh]

canada is geographically impossible to invade

[@CoolGuy-xf3hb]

Yea. The arctic in hindsight seems like a viable entrance until you realize the northern regions are mostly covered in forests making it a logistical nightmare to put troops inwards. An amphibious assault on our western flank would also be painful as we got a big ole island in front of our soft point. If our military was slightly bigger, more modernized & we had just more funding in general we could defend ourselves properly.

[@JACKAL747]

Well the British conquered it.

[@jaybee2402]

@@CoolGuy-xf3hb You don't need to spend any money on defence. Your enormous neighbour is friendly and would take care of you. Just keep a token force of Mounties to keep the tourist dollars rolling in, and you're laughing 😁👍🏿

[@zed-47]

Unless you're USA. All cities are close to US borders so it'd be quickly done

[@claytondesmond8905]

@@CoolGuy-xf3hb This video is a hypothetical, Canada doesn’t need much security because everyone loves you guys. Uk, New Zealand, and Australia would back you no question. Plus Monroe doctrine is pretty much still a thing irl and our military makes Russias look like Afghanistans so they wouldn’t try anything serious against us.

[@knightdrako]

Russia Invades Canada: Understandable have a good day. Russia: We will not recognize lgbt communities and aboriginal rights. Canada: Blood for the Blood God!!!! **foams in mouth**

[@bronekjeszczeniezdechchwaakrl]

Russia: URRRRAAAAA

[@dacaptain842]

HERESY

[@SanctuaryLife]

Followed by a press conference given in Black Face

[@redditawesomenez3438]

Aside from the LGBT rights i think canadians are more similar to russians than americans. In every rural town in Canada most people own guns and drink like fish and consider it fun to camp outside year round(snow or not) drinking and shooting random shit(tvs our empty bottles furniture and appliances). And just to point out we dont have too many "big cities" .

[@Soulkinthehuman]

So we're basically saying that Canada is the pacifist version of Technoblade.

[@Broprotato]

Russia would never be ably to supply for such an invasion lol!

[@lahavmorris9919]

Do a US and Canada vs Russia and Belarus.

[@dipdop9734]

That's a very one sided battle

[@williamkirkland2222]

yeah, you completely glossed over Canada's "3 walls" defence. The rockies on the west, st Lawrence river in the east, and 1500 KM of desolate tundra to the north. and "both sides are used to the snow" doesn't count when Russia can't fly resupply missions to its forward bases for 6 months out of the year - the Russians would freeze after they ran out of oil for generators. there are no trees to burn that far north sir. also, you can't land troops in labrador - it's 1000km of tundra and one highway - with 6 bridges Canada would blow up. you also forgot that Canada is fucking massive, and our population is all within 100KM of the us border - you cannot land north and expect to set up a forward base that can reach our population centers or centers of production.

[@ianskinner1619]

Canadian military is equipment depleted and strung out. they are down on personnel by over 20% and bleeding troops, militia/reserve is at an all time low, technical's are spread thin to 'train' various CAF and militia units. These 'walls' mean nothing when the red team has the mobility and air superiority to do what they want in their own time. There are some serious hill boys that will lay a beating on most Russian troops and be into the action fast, but they are extremely limited and once gone, the window is no longer valid to train them. CAF is not and never was a stand alone force..

[@Sairam_chintalapudi]

U say russia will be out of oil for gens !! Seriously u need to learn Russian oil sources

[@wreckobservers]

Not to mention he thinks we only have 30k troops lol

[@chuckb11]

@@ianskinner1619 So is the Russian's. A lot of their armament are soviet era teach/gear, or retrofitted soviet era stuff. Not to mention most of the vast armed forces they talk about are actually conscripts on one year tours who they can only afford to actually have in use for three months of the year.

[@utkarshadhikari5525]

This would never happen *Canadians would apologise*

[@utkarshadhikari5525]

@wafu gon when was the last time Russians tried that? 😅 U are comparing Islamic jihadis with hypothetical agressors

[@alaskanbullworm5500]

The Russian advance would be halted at Sunnyvale trailer park, by a lone, old supervisor who has become the liquor, more powerful than Putin could ever imagine.

[@wetdog3664]

Alaskan bull worm god rest his soul

[@РоманЗолотилин-с8щ]

Да все русские решили выпить водки и не пошли оккупировать Канаду

[@Kman31ca]

I worked for years up in Northern Canada. With the weather, the terrain, especially the muskeg, (I've seen pics of entire Oil rigs sink in that crap) it would be one hell of a PITA... Equally bad idea trying to come through the western coast with the mountains you'd have to get through.

[@seanet1310]

But it turns out in the real world, Russia can barely support a logistics operation a few km from their railway lines in the early stages of an invasion let alone across half frozen oceans.

[@alexgorecki7282]

"If I had Canadian Soldiers, American technology and British officers I would rule the world" - Winston Churchill

[@charlesaghahowa7476]

And China numbers

[@matan7899]

true tho

[@humansvd3269]

British officers made some of the WORST mistakes in WW1, including Churchill.

[@humansvd3269]

@Roberto Salas As well as getting the USA into it when we had no interests or reason to do so.

[@humansvd3269]

@Roberto Salas If by USA, you mean Rockefeller and JP Morgan, sure. The average citizen wanted nothing to do with a European colonial spat. And yes, banking interests absolutely profited off the war.

[@Zachomara]

That's not a minor victory for Russia. That's a pyrrhic victory.

[@Ashbringer36]

Understatement Imagine if they kept trying how bad that would bleed Russian Economy back home, meanwhile Canada would probably be fast tracking training of Soldiers (whom in times of emergancy could be done in maybe a month if they already know how to use a gun which many do) If they kept going Canada could actually probably pull back and retke their land while Russia struggle to maintain their force

[@bobramsay4355]

The Ruskies would have to get past my wife first, I feel sorry for them already!

[@КотОхотник-я1ю]

sorry friend, you know, that war mod without super weapon like nuclear bombs and ect.

[@cookatktown]

They forgot the x factor everybody knows Canadians love their maple syrup but mix that with crude oil and you have Canadian napalm

[@ARC-Driver]

Oi BLYAT

[@flaviusbelisarius7517]

if only russia didnt sell alaska

[@aksmex2576]

They sold it because they didn't want the British to size it from them.

[@konstantinosnikolakakis8125]

@@aksmex2576 And they needed cash

[@420JackG]

You see, there's a reason for most of these things. You don't just go off and "sell Alaska" without weighing the major immediate and long term geopolitical ramifications.

[@rwjazz1299]

why not just have a hockey game? our best players against russia's best players.

[@cottonprint6388]

Russia: you cant defeat me Canada: i know but he can Usa: AMERICA FUCK YEAH

[@ronillomardajr2022]

Canada have a advantage

[@iglooproductions]

Mirage Nobody Go fuck yourself.

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

@m_hicks12 Russia: *launches the nukes*

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

@m_hicks12 "Russia uses nukes because they refuse to fight like men" Oh boy the irony. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still a part of history. When USA decided to play the pussy. And that's all you have left to say because you know if USA tries to fuck with Russia, they'll turn entire USA into ash. Russian nukes are greater in quality and quantity.