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Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain (lemmy.ml)
submitted 10 months ago by cypherpunks@lemmy.ml to c/historyillustrations@lemmy.world
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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

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[โ€“] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

If you accept the concept of territorial waters a naval blockage actually is an invasion, but that's irrelevant, because beyond all that bullshit this map reveals the only nation capable of defeating the British once and for all:

Sweden. The only nation to have invaded Britain but not been invaded by Britain.

Get your goddamn longships out of storage, Sweden, you must finish the job your ancestors left undone.

[โ€“] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

I don't think people typically understand coming into other country's territorial waters as invasion. I guess it can be that but personally wouldn't include it. Modern day equivalent could be air incursions, which I wouldn't really count. Boots on the ground is what I think most expect when they hear "invasion".