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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain

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Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain

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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago
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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

cover of the book "All the countries we've ever invaded, and the few we never got round to" by Stuart Laycock

  • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
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    Maybe they are counting any wars where the British fought? If so, the two world wars would account for a lot of it.

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      Still Switzerland? We weren’t invaded in WW2 or WW1.

      • 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.dev
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        Switzerland was a part of the wars of the 2nd, 5th and 6th coalition against Napoleon against the British.

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      Yeah, they are. It’s bullshit.

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