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Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 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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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They're counting everything they can, and a lot of things they can't, just to manipulate your perceptions of world history for their own reasons