of the American Heritage history magazine wrote a summary of the probable outcome of a notional Imperial German invasion of the US: they felt that the US under Roosevelt would not have accepted defeat or negotiated from a position of weakness. They compared the Kaiser's proposed invasion to the War of 1812 when serious political differences among Americans were set aside following the British burning of Washington in August 1814—an event which finally united the "United" States. See also Germany–United States relations Zimmermann Telegram, 1917 German plan for military alliance with Mexico against U.S. War Plan Black, U.S. war plans against Germany 1901 (novel), novel about a German invasion of U.S. 1920: America's Great War, novel about a German invasion of U.S. The Invasion of the United States Series, juvenile novels about a German invasion of U.S. The War in the Air, H. G. Wells' novel depicting a German invasion of the U.S. The Fall of a Nation (novel) about Invasion of America by a German-led European Army References Imperial German Navy German Army (German Empire) Military plans Military history of Germany Cancelled invasions Cancelled military operations involving Germany Germany–United States military relations Invasions by Germany Invasions of the United States