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Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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 · 2 years 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

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      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

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      I guess the civil war counts?

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      That’s the American Revolution.

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