Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain
Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26015783
source: https://www.statista.com/chart/3441/countries-never-invaded-by-britain/
source's source: https://archive.org/details/allcountriesweve0000layc/mode/2up
22 countries have never been invaded by the British yet.
26 0 ReplyHorseshit, 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
5 3 ReplyHmmm.
When were Holland, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain , Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Austria or Romania invaded by the British?
13 1 ReplyFrance and Britain have a long history of warfare.
9 1 ReplyWarfare and invasion are not the same thing.
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Germany, and probably Austria: World War 2
At the time the Netherlands and Belgium were occupied by Germany. Don’t know if that counts.
France: Probably during the Hundred Years’ war.
8 0 ReplyMaybe they are counting any wars where the British fought? If so, the two world wars would account for a lot of it.
6 0 ReplyStill Switzerland? We weren’t invaded in WW2 or WW1.
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Parts of probably, e.g. Gibraltar
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Finland, as we were part of the non-invaded Sweden
6 0 ReplyThe Britain's invaded Britain. Power move.
8 0 ReplySo 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
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Their politics still sucks to this day.
4 1 ReplyWell, The British? What do you have to say for yourselves?!
4 0 ReplyUS?
Edit: I am incorrect. I didn't see the "never" in the title.
3 0 ReplyPretty sure the British never invaded South Sudan…
2 0 ReplyBeware of wikihole: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Sudan
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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.
2 0 ReplyThe Brit fears the Mongolian
2 0 ReplyBritish are pretty welcome. Bring tea, cookies and the office guy. :)
3 2 ReplyHeheh...No they aren't.
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