Hmmm.
When were Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain , Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria or Romania invaded by the British?
Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain
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vk6flab@lemmy.radio 6 days ago
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 6 days ago
France and Britain have a long history of warfare.
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
I think it would be easier to list the periods where France and Britain were NOT at war which each other rather than the opposite.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 6 days ago
Warfare and invasion are not the same thing.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
Germany, and probably Austria: World War 2
LarsIsCool@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Weird to exclude Luxembourg from that as they were also occupied by Germany and freed by the Allied forces
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Italy probably WW2 (operation dragoon)
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Maybe they are counting any wars where the British fought? If so, the two world wars would account for a lot of it.
Klear@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Yeah, they are. It’s bullshit.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Still Switzerland? We weren’t invaded in WW2 or WW1.
Redredme@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Rampjaar. 1672. We where the dutch republic back then so it included belgium, Luxembourg. We had a lot of wars before and after between us and the English in which the english took a lot of our colonies by fotce.
Belgium was “invaded” during WW1 and again during WW2.
Spain: ever heard of Gibraltar?
The English fucked with everyone who had a ship back then.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 days ago
- Netherlands - Holmes’ Bonfire, 1666
- Belgium - Napoleonic wars — Waterloo
- France - (as England) 1230, 1337-60, 1369-89, 1373, 1415-53, 1562, (as Britain) 1794, 1795, 1813, 1815, 1944
- Germany - 1914-18, 1944-5
- Spain - 1808-14
leftascenter@jlai.lu 6 days ago
Parts of probably, e.g. Gibraltar
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Horseshit, half the countries in the world didn’t even bother getting around to existing until long after the British put the great project on pause
adam_y@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The Britain’s invaded Britain. Power move.
Sconrad122@lemmy.world 6 days ago
So many times depending on who you trace modern Brits to. Romans invaded the Celts. Saxons invaded the Romans. Normans invaded the Saxons. And that’s just England. Wales and Scotland could probably come up with another dozen plus examples between them
Nighed@feddit.uk 5 days ago
I guess the civil war counts?
asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 5 days ago
That’s the American Revolution.
boonhet@lemm.ee 4 days ago
The map is bullshit tbh. It includes countries where the brits actually helped achieve independence (the Baltics after WWII).
The definition of invasion according to the book is apparently “has fought in conflicts in territory”.
E.g Sweden is uninvaded according to this map. If Norway invades Sweden and the UK goes to help Sweden, it’ll count as the brits having invaded Sweden for this map.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yup, when did Britain invade Poland, Lithuania, Estonia or Latvia for example?
LarsIsCool@lemmy.world 5 days ago
To clarify a lot of confusion I see in the comments. This book considers a country to be invaded when:
- At any point during the history of England, Whales, northern Ireland, Scotland, and or significant predecessors any army of theirs “invaded”,
- Counting any part of the land that is now considered part of the UN country. So not only from when the country existed,
- And being invaded meaning they had some control over, or fought conflicts in the territory.
Dasus@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Finland
Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Looks like the US is going to try to break this record
Elkot@lemmy.world 4 days ago
John@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
They saw the Flag of Ivory Coast and thought they allready invaded it.
AntelopeRoom@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Their politics still sucks.
RandomVideos@programming.dev 5 days ago
To distinguish Chad and Romania, Romania should add the UK flag in a corner (like New Zealand)
1984@lemmy.today 6 days ago
British are pretty welcome. Bring tea, cookies and the office guy. :)
Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I guess Britain’s attempt to restore order in the colonies that recently became the US doesn’t count?
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Well, The British? What do you have to say for yourselves?!
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Please calm down and would the outstanding 22 form an orderly queue.
crapwittyname@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Loves me empire, hates immigrants, simple as.
pancho@lemmy.eco.br 4 days ago
At first I thought that it was a bit of a stretch to include Brazil there, but I think that you can say that if you consider the English corsairs/pirates activity during the early period of Portuguese colonization.
TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Rule #1 to not get invaded: Hide your country as centrally as possible in your continent.
waigl@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Pretty sure the British never invaded South Sudan…
yumpsuit@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Beware of wikihole: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Don’t rush them! They’re doing their best. If anything, the Tories have been working with US Republicans to get things back on track.
PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The Brit fears the Mongolian
PanArab@lemm.ee 5 days ago
I don’t think they ever invaded the entirety of the Arabian Peninsula, they had protectorates: Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, South Yemen, and the seven emirates that later formed UAE.
Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
22 countries have never been invaded by the British yet.