EVERY Country that England has Invaded: Visualized, Reaction
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Every country that England has invaded: visualized on a map, as explained by RealLifeLore. This one had me in a deep focus, realizing how vast this empire was. Leave your thoughts.
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as a portuguese not only do we have the oldest alliance in the world we have always been friends with the british for a long time and they never invaded us or our colonies
Just busy at the moment, but sure, we will get around to it, lol 😆
Your colonies, then you're as bad as them
@peter meichan you really have a flea in your bonnet, don't you. History is just that HISTORY.
Unless you count us coming out there for holidays? Which is funny because thats where i am right now, in the Algarve. Love the portugese and their culture. Hope your having a great day :)
That's very true,we love the Portugese!
Portugal got off the hook thanks to having an Alliance with Britain, which is still in force to this day. The longest continuous Alliance in history.
We invade Portugal every winter (in a slow, pensioner kind of way..... 26°C in the winter....great for sore joints...and lots of barbecue chicken and fish 🍗🐟😸👍
Americans: Most of us rarely leave our state, let alone our country.
British: We get around...
You had the Beach Boys to get around.
@@davidcopson5800 lol 😆
United Kingdom and Portugal are long standing allies. We helped rid them of the French and Spanish.
Oldest continuos alliance in history.
@@switchie9762 you do realize you’re literally watching a video which mentions and rectifies this problem, right?
This is literally the case for most historical claims and always has been. For example, the claim that France has the no. 1 military history isn’t accurate , and was done via keyword Wikipedia searches (which would count diplomatic wars). People still take it as fact
Or the belief that winter was the main cause of Russias success in WW2. History is always simplified, idk why you’re so convinced it’s all Britain
Technically Portugal has been invaded though. So many people not understanding history in these comments
@@switchie9762 you kept blaming “the Brits” … watch the video
@@switchie9762 but you took issue with the claim that Portugal was invaded? Napoleon invaded and occupied Portugal, and then occupied Spain, which had been its ally. So how can Napoleons invasion of Spain be counted, but not Britain, who Napoleon clearly didn’t want there? That’s like claiming Britain, Canada and the USA never invaded France in WW2, they simply “fought alongside Free France” 😂😂
As a Brit I just want to say, the world had it coming.
Too fecking right.
Someone had to bring a bit of order to the world. Look what’s happened since we tried to let countries govern themselves, we tried to give people a chance to sort themselves out, and everything ended up going to the dogs. 🤣
All hail the British Empire proud of my British ancestors ❤
And then you guys want to complain when brown people are in your country haha. Nothing compared to the millions killed by famine caused by the English who took over their land. Or the rapes, pillaging, slaughters comitted by your people on innocent people on their own land
We'd have been peasants/slaves.
Sorry World, we had all these ships and needed to get away from the British weather for a while
@tobe1207 I agree, I was mostly being silly. If you play a game of Alternate History where you look at the values of a country and what they would do if they had the power of the British Empire or the American hegemony, pretty much every other country would have had worse outcomes for native peoples/ conquered/colony.
So you are right about silly apologies unless for a joke.
People aren't rational though and find it hard to look at hard bits of history in a sober, levelled sort of way.
If you ever want to feel awe at a man's accomplishments despite the hate he gets nowadays- Capt James Cook was a brilliant human.
“Everyone’s a gangsta until my ships arrive on your shore” - Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth I
I loved the quick reference you sang, "the Sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now" 🎶
We love our "history of the entire world I guess" shout outs.
The Sultan is a paedophile,fact.
6:30 - 7:06 Goes from quoting Bill Wurtz to swearing in French in seconds. You're one of my favorite channels for a reason.
Just goes to prove Britain really did create the modern world.
Nah Scotland did!
@@paulwilson2651 Britain did
@@daveffs1935 Don't think so Scotland did!
@@paulwilson2651 Scotlands not part of Britain?
Nope!
Malta was missed. In 1798 when young Napoléon was a Republican general, he was on he's way to invade Egypt, to block British trade from India. He stopped in Malta and conquered it. British invited the island in 1800 and got it "official" in 1814 as part of Treaty of Paris to end the Napoleonic Wars (for now). Malta was a strategic naval base, half way between Spain and the Middle East and it played a key role in both World Wars, later one got more attention. Modern Republic of Malta got her independence in 1964.
The Maltese invited the British to come to their aid against Napoleon to free the island. They formally wrote to the queen and invited the armed forces over to Malta and made a treaty with the queen, and the Maltese accepted British forces help, but the Maltese argued that since they've formally invited the empire over, they had the right to severe that pact and part ways with the empire. Eventually the British spent 200 years in Malta regardless, and in the early 1960's then Malta prime minister first tried to negotiate with Britain to let Malta become part of it, but the Brits refused and from then, they pushed to gain independence and eventually succeeded in gaining freedom from the Brits in 1979.
For all the countries we missed. I appologise.
No worries! We're fine on our own!
And I apologise for this commenter not being able to spell 'apologise' correctly! 🤣
Look at brits now lol 😆 how things have changed we americans could wipe out limely land in one sec
Dont get on our bad side. This aint 1700s. Brits arent a power anymore. Even if they think they are lol
@@ishrendon6435 mate calm down 😭
Fascinating as always
You will know this already I suspect but just to say that the British Empire was about trade and most of the invasions were about protecting that rather than territorial gain. It developed haphazardly and was policed by the Royal Navy backed up by a relatively small army.
It is very interesting to note that many countries that gained independence stayed as a part of the Commonwealth or joined it later. The Commonwealth is a subject worth investigating and one that would surprise many people
A lot of my ancestors suffered under the British Empire but I hold no grudges against the modern British nation state, though that may be because I was born and raised here ;) some context for the invasions would always be welcome, however. For example I wasn't aware whatsoever that Britain didn't establish a presence in West Africa until it had to forcibly abolish the slave trade, as it was so profitable that the Warlords of that region didn't want it to stop. That was the casus belli anyway, but they still hadn't invaded before then, so.. All European Empires were competing with each other at that time. Had Britain not ruled over India, it would have been the French, or the Dutch, or the Portuguese, or the Mughals, or the Marathas, etc..
The days of Empire are over thankfully but at the same time the world is still a geopolitical chessboard, whether we like it or not
On behalf of The Swiss Nation,I feel disrespected that the British never thought of us as worthy of being conquered..😥😥😥
you have the wrong idea mate!
its not because we deemed you unworthy - it is because you didnt annoy us, and we get on well with you!
Bro you have a reverse Crusader flag, our flag is yours with reverse colours 😂
"Huh Nice Flag, like ours but reverse colours, we'll leave em' be"
Lol
@@EdwardOfEastAnglia That is a good enough reason, Mein Freund.:)
I put a similar comment on a similar video with 400 likes now.😀
@@Isleofskye Hahaa a great reason, I say!
Well you know what they say right mate? Great minds think alike.
And yes I love your beautiful flag 🇨🇭
Deserves 400 likes because it's true! Ha, be well brother.
Keep flying that thing with Glory. Btw your Swiss military drummers are some of the best I've seen. They're amazing.
@@EdwardOfEastAnglia You are more than kind, Mein Freund.
Ironically, our "Top Secret" Drum Corps are quite "high profile" performing many times at The Edinburgh Tattoo.
There are a few Pacific and Atlantic islands omitted, however I would appreciate the list of the 22 potential targets in case an excuse arrises, that's not to say previously invaded soveriegn states are immune. It must be pionted out that back in the day we did not have TV and RUclips, ergo boredom abounded, therefore invasion and collonisation was almost the only popular form of entertainment since the witch hunts where outlawed!😁
And dont forget the Crusade for Curry and Ice cold beer.
Hope the Woke and BLM are reading this.
The interesting ones for me are the ones that start with British assistance, and end with the British just going "you're part of us now".
Iceland: Yeah, you can stay here for a bit, but remember this isn't an invasion.
Britain: You don't happen to speak French, do you?
Yup they gave Hong Kong the same treatment
We are a bunch of land-grabbing twats. Nuff said.
I will say the Vikings started it though.
Isn't that what the US does now
@@runyunhyde4373 "In payment for our help we will just have this land for another military base"
The world: isn't it terrible that Britain has colonialised most of the world?
The world during that time: yeah we all tried to invade and conquer other nations some of us were successful some not.
not all.
my people never tried to invade anyone.
so yeah. we have the moral high ground. and we can freely call the english pirates pirates. because that's what they have always been.
@@sabin97 which people?
@@sabin97 oh grow up. England did a lot for most of these nations anyway.
@@IamTheStormThatIsApproaching1 We have a Chinese born politician here in Australia, who recently made a fool of herself by lecturing to the U.K on the evils of colonisation. Yet, here she is now, as a front bencher in the government, benefitting from that very thing. At the same time, she states that her ancestors made a free choice to move from China to Hong Kong, to also take advantage of this 'supposed' evil. The hypocricy.
yeah, and NSDAP convinced everyone Germans were being destroyed by Jewish minority, some people (mostly Germanic) would believe BS to justify their actions...
We never beat Nepal but we admired their fighting abilities so much we amalgamated them into the British Army, the Gurkhas, and they still fight for Britain today, very brave and loyal warriors.
They fight now to support our special forces because their the only unit in the British commonwealth we now they can handle it without worry, and this is a Cheshire talking.
The Falklands island they are British, and always will be ,
And thanks for the books recommendation ,👍
Falklands is ours (U.S.A.) because you soft brits are a U.S. vassal, and our red headed step child. You basically belong to us now, and always will. ha ha ha
And thanks for giving us the pleasure of whooping your ass in 1776 & 1812
👍
France has entered the chat.
@@adam_2539 They left the chat in 1815.
@@asl7235 The French left the chat in 1805 (at sea) and tried vigorously to re-join the naval chat in 1850-1870 (a British-French naval arms race phase) but then both realised they couldn't come close to the Royal Navy (being 1/4 it's size) and then Prussia invaded them in a manner in which their expanded navy they had just been spending so much extra money on, played very little part (money their army needed more at that time)
The Germans entered the chat in 1871 and by 1890 were actively trying to be the naval rival to Britain that France tried and failed to be. Arguably, by the 1910's, the Germans had largely managed to present a credible opponent to the Royal Navy, with the 2nd largest navy in the world, even bigger than the US Navy or Japanese Imperial Navy of the time (both then up-and-coming navies and powerful forces themselves) But the Royal Navy was still far larger than even the Kaiserliche Marine.
France, I hear, has lost more Wars, but won the most Battles of any other country. You certainly want them on your side
@@grabtharshammer France in 2023 is:
- an official Great Power
- Tier 2 Blue Water Navy (very good)
- one of the best land armies in Europe
- strong in MBTs (Leclerc)
- strong in the air
- strong at sea
- strong at submarine warfare
- capacity for a lot more
- a major NATO member
- nuclear weapon armed
- respected amongst peers
Only a fool would doubt that France in 2023 is very strong. Britain and France are very closely matched if we're not looking at the time army sizes. However, military history matters too, of course. And Britain and France have many shared histories for obvious reasons. They had 34 wars between them (English VS French) since Medieval times.
@@ThePalaeontologist A larger armed forces,With a smaller defence expenditure than the U.K.. Does U.K. defence budget go on Admirals and Generals extravagant pensions, alone?
Hawaii....it still has the Union Jack featured on its State flag
The poster misspelled a few places in this video.
Edit: Some places were missed on the video too. Some land [mainly island] were ruled by England/Britain but not invaded: like Tangiers [inherited], Bermuda, Atlantic/Indian/Pacific Ocean islands.
Most of the 'invasions' were against coalition enemies like Napoleon/Italy/Germany/Russia/Spain etc.
Aren't they German troops at 0:15 secs helmet shape
@@sjbict Most likely, although the Russians have been know to supply revolutionaries in southeast Asia with captured German equipment.
@@warrenbridges1891 yes but this video is about the Brits invading countries. and showing Brit troops But then Americans are famous for misrepresenting facts in history
@@sjbict Of course. I wasn't trying to suggest that they were Asian. Simply giving an example of equipment distribution.
Amazing that what is such a small country,has had so much influence on the world..
lowkey proud to be from a country that was never in beef with Britain/England and therefore wasn't in this video... 🇵🇱🤝🇬🇧
What’s about napoleon’s times?
@@Nicminiezrobisz what exactly about Napoleon's times? I don't see no Poland on any map then, I don't see no British army coming to invade Poland.
We probably Saw yall drinking vodka and thought nah, we'll stand with you 😂 can't lie I've only always had good times with polish people, you just have good vibes 👌👐
We know history. You helped (massively) to stop the Islamic Caliphate from taking over Europe, which would eventually mean these Sceptred Isles.
Makes you gold in our books.
Long live the memory of the Winged Hussars.
@@Iluvantir we generally love you polish ❤️
Hard to believe that one Island was able accomplish that much.
Not enough emphasis is put on "The Industrial Revolution" which played by far the biggest part in "this drama". With out all the inventions ( cast and steel being the biggest ) they would'nt have got too far into the dominions.
@@blackbob3358 I suppose so.
Because we're British
@@blackbob3358
The inventions are also part of our accomplishments though? So…. You’ve just described how we accomplished so much by using what we already accomplished.
We had the most powerful Navy in the world.
HistoryMarche is a God-tier channel, with hundreds of videos that give rich detail into the context of major battles and conflicts throughout history.
Kings and Generals also.
Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules, of Hector and Lysander and such great names as these, but of all the world's brave heroes there's none that can compare...
To the British Grenadiers!
The Royal Marines? Around since 1664 them nutters
Royal Navy! Without us the squaddies and Bootnecks wouldn't be able to get there to do the invading!
Talking bravery here but I get your point
Trenton NJ, Saratoga NY and Yorktown VA . New Orleans, LA. British Grenadiers didn't fare too well in those locations.
The English common law, so named because it was "common" to all the king's courts across England, originated in the practices of the courts of the English kings.
In English common law, which Australia and the usa is a part of, everyone (King, Queen, Lord, peasant, white, black, brown, yellow, pink, purple) absolutely everyone is equal by law.
-The British Empire later spread the English legal system to its colonies, many of which retain the common law system today. These common law systems are legal systems that give great weight to judicial precedent and to the style of reasoning inherited from the English legal system.
The term "common law," referring to the body of law made by the judiciary, is often distinguished from statutory law and regulations, which are laws adopted by the legislature and executive, respectively. In legal systems that follow the common law, judicial precedent stands in contrast to and on equal footing with statutes.
The other major legal system used by countries is civil law, which codifies its legal principles into legal codes and does not treat judicial opinions as binding.
- Today, one-third of the world's population lives in common law jurisdictions or in mixed legal systems that combine the common law with the civil law, including, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Burma, Cameroon, Canada (both the federal system and all its provinces except Quebec), Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia, Malta, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom (including its overseas territories such as Gibraltar), the United States (both the federal system and 49 of its 50 states), and Zimbabwe👏
The word "invaded" does some very heavy lifting in these videos!
But someone should really make a video of all the times Britain (especially England) was invaded or attacked. That's a truly staggering number.
It is nothing in comparison to the Mongol Dynsasties, Rome etc. How far back do you want to go with this crap? The fact is UK is no longer in that space. How about we look forward to our future rather than looking to the long distant past and trying to cancel it or using it to try to discredit a country today.
A LOT of countries have an invading history. So what. That is how the geopolitical landscapes of today were formed. It still happens today by countries including China and Russia. Are you going to waaa about that too?
And while you are at it, do the video about WHO invaded them all of those times.
@@toddmaek5436 Thank you! That's what I was hoping people would do. The word invaded isn't appropriate for many of the situations in this video. And I think many people would have their world view changed when they see who kept invading England throughout history - and who joined each invasion. Some nearby Nationalists would struggle to justify their victim status.
@@lokki245 I’m confused… literally speaking, no one’s invaded the United Kingdom and I’m assuming you’ve confused it for England or Great Britain. The closest occurrence I can think of was during WW1 when a German battleship attacked a coastal town, sitting directly in their waters. But that’s more of a bombardment…
The United Kingdom has never been a victim like you’re implying, but I don’t think that means they’ve always been the aggressor, I also don’t understand the problem with the term “invading”, it hardly means conquest. WW2 Operation Barbarossa is still referred to as an invasion even when it failed. Napoleons invasion of Russia was still an invasion when it failed. In fact, this list could be much bigger if you change the terms to “conflict with”.
@@XXXTENTAClON227 I suspect the reason for your confusion is because you haven't read what I actually wrote.. I didn't mention the United Kingdom and, yes, I am talking about a very long time span. My point about the word 'invaded' was that Britain [sic] didn't invade many of their countries in the way that is implied by this video - or implied by the other videos and books of the same ilk. My point about "Britain , and especially England" was simply that they were invaded (often unsuccessfully) relentlessly throughout history, very often by their closest neighbours (including those within what is now the UK) and often by a combination of those neighbours. I was simply pointing out the very loose way that the word invaded was being used.
The British Armies role in Bosnia and other Balkan Nations was part of a United Nations peacekeeping Operation and so calling them an Invasion is a little disingenuous
Another interesting one a lot of people have not heard of or know little about is
"The British Crusade against Slavery"
If you haven't already seen it, it would be great to hear your thoughts on it,
Link here
ruclips.net/video/_NoWIZv96KU/видео.html
Channel is "Sargon of Akkad"***
Calling slavery something else is hardly a crusade against it.
@@johnbreen8994 good attempt at wise words …. I’d score you 3
because it never happened
they didnt invade Portugal or its colonies because the two countries always had amicable relations, including a alliance made in the 14th century. Although there was technically an invasion in the 19th century, Portugal asked for british troops to help get rid of Napolean
I was just reading about this. It’s odd, because I never remember seeing Portugal on the list of countries “Britain hasn’t invaded” but now I’ll be on a mission to find out why
@@NoProtocol just edited the comment, dont know if you saw, I guess there was technically an invasion in the 19th century, Portugal asked for british troops to help get rid of Napolean. I dont know if that counts, probably not
@@TheGabrielPT so you said "they didn't invade" then said "there was a technically an invasion" THERE WAS an invasion
@@pheobebuffet3719 the thing is is idk if it counts as
@@TheGabrielPT it does
Listen I'm not saying the Empire was free of atrocity, no Empire in history was. However I do know middle eastern women aren't celebrating the British leaving their countries. Most of Hong Kong felt the same before we gave it back. Imagine Britain ruling your city and then Communist China coming to take it. I know which one I'd choose.
I depends on if you believe that the 'backwardness' of these people happen because of the british. The Middle east is probably the best example, the middle east was far more free, stable and accepting of other people before it got colonised. Even more, most of the extremism on the middle east was directly of indirectly created by American influence.
If you also could say this about china is another question tho.
@@Broken_Mesh That statement needs a whole load of qualification. You'd have to consider the enslavement of East Africans who were brought to the middle east in their millions, the ongoing schism between Sunni & Shia Muslims, the recent (decades after the British left) moves by religious fanatics to subjugate the rights of women and minorities. The Palestinian question. Sure some of the problems might have been caused by British actions, but many times the issues were just under the surface anyway.
@@Broken_Mesh The backwardness is a direct result of the oppressive aspects of their religion and those who use it as a tool to gain power, which existed before British rule and came back strongly after. It definitely was not more free on a human rights level for the average person. More free to choose its own destiny via the oppressive dictatorships that seized power there before and after, sure.
Now do one on all the nations that have invaded the isles.
Err. Roman Empire, Denmark, Norway. Normandy, Netherlands. That's it isn't it?
@@chesterdonnelly1212 yeah I’m not quite sure what he’s trying to get at… not to mention it’s only applicable to England
@@XXXTENTAClON227 Not just England, half of present day Scotland once belonged to Norway.
@@krashd But not at the same time as England, Wales and Ireland. That’s my point; the subjugation of the British Isles first happened under Oliver Cromwell
Also as far as I’m aware, it was never half unless Scotland is smaller than I thought. You are referring to 1263 correct?
I'm an oldtimer Englishman who is astounded at that list. "Invaded" has to be used loosely, because some countries needed protection from aggressive forces intent on conquering them, were "handed back" when the threat was irradicated.
ahaha... yeah, protection, spoken like a true mobster
It's always a justification, sometimes it's justified.
You're trying to deceive the Anglo-Saxon. your country has existed for 500 years only by robbing other countries.You are nothing of yourself.You robbed the former independent countries that became your colonies by buying up raw materials there on the cheap, and exporting it to your island, and there you sold deep-processing goods for a lot of money much more expensive than they cost in continental Europe.You are a nation of Parasites
Cool. Now is, "Bring democracy".
@@puzzled012 shhhh don’t tell them about our business or you get clobbered 😁
England is not Britain, never was, never will be, wrongly or whatever, we Scots played a disproportionally large role in empire. That is just an historical fact & we werenae cannon fodder but for sure we fought, however, we also ran a hell of a lot of it. 🤪💙🏴
I can't find any source that says England invaded Finland, Estonia and Latvia during the Crimean war. Wikipedia says there were some Finish harbors attacked in order to block shipping to Russia, that's it!
Also, England helped Baltic States in WW1 to gain independence from Russia. Is that considered invasion?
@@switchie9762 And what's your source?
Portugal has never been an enemy of the British and has always been allied. Malta requested Britain to help them in fighting Napoleon and gained it's own rule in 1974 having been a part of the Commonwealth since joining in 1964.
Portugal is a long standing ally of Britain. Britain liberated Malta from the French in 1800 and it was ruled as a British protectorate until 1964. The entire island of Malta was awarded the George Cross for resisting the Axis powers during the second world war.
as someone from Malta, we helped the Brits chase Napoleon out of the Mediterranean. Then they decided to occupy us. And Britain had a piece of portugal occupied at a time
@@panxtomate8822 I understand you blame the Brits but you have to remember we were only given the vote at the same time as you were.
@@paulmidsussex3409 I don't blame them at all, I'm just explaining about how you were wrong about BOTH Malta and Portugal. Not one of those mad at a group of people for something happened years ago, its all a part of history
@@panxtomate8822 What did I actually say that was wrong? If it wasn't fr us you would be speaking French and eating Brie.
@@panxtomate8822 was Portugal an invasion? Genuinly asking. I thought the Portuguese and British were allies and as part of a trade agreement Britain agreed to defend Portugal should Napoleon attack. Surely it isn't an invasion if sanctioned by that country?
Should see the list of countries who invaded England. Also, England never invaded any of those in the video, it should say Great Britain.. the British Empire.
So, just another 22 until we get the full set? So close. Btw, The US has CURRENTLY 750 bases in around 80 countries. So there's that. If you can, please do a review of 'The Shortest War In History' by The History Chap. Thanks.
The French bit is a little misleading saying we controlled the place. It was a little more, we were invaded by the French (William the conqueror) and with him came his lands in France which were then folded into the British crown.
A good number of English kings lived and are buried in France.
The Hanova bit too is a little flakey mentioned. The guys in charge of the place became our monarchy
Amazing, we got so close to perfection.
It’s was in our blood, as we the British were invaded and colonised for two thousand years starting with Roman occupation of 400 years! I blame the Romans, they started it.
I know you dig the Napoleonic wars. The War of 1812 was byproduct of that. The book 1812 is a compendium of two books: The Invasion Of Canada, and In Flames by Pierre Berton, author from the North West Territories you might recognize as the guy who interviewed Bruce Lee
We just went looking for hot & spicy food, and Olympic quality athletes.
Too Much No Protocol is a GREAT THING!
But not tribbles?
never too much
We did it all in the name of spicy food and Olympic quality athletes.
You certainly make a refreshing change to the usual USA reacters. Well done so far from Steve from Halifax, Yorkshire. UK. (Not Nova Scotia, Canada. Or North Carolina, Usa or West virginia, Usa) lol
The two so called invasions of Norway, was just two naval engagements of the coast of Norway...
England, "Frienemy" of the Dutch. Many battles against each other, many battles along side each other. Interwoven.
Dutch never really invaded England, but they did destroy the English navy yard in Chatham. They even towed back their flagship back to The Netherlands as a trophy.
But when Lord Nelson fought the Spanish at Trafalgar, the Dutch held back Spanish re-inforcements in The Channel. And of course the English helped liberate Europe twice.
Now we battle it out, on the football field only.
I see the brits with the dutch like a big brother to a smaller brother, i can give them a dig but if you touch them then we will f you up 😂
Football field ?? Lmao. Grow up mate. Both countries look like a Ghanain team. Smh
Yes we did. We invaded, we conquered, and left prince Willem on the British throne.
But the narrator was wrong in calling us archnemeses. We've always been natural allies. It was only during the little ice age, when much of Northern Europe was starving, that we fought a succession of wars over what were basically fishing rights.
As a British man I can tell you the reason the UK invaded all those countries is because of our shitty weather, it was a choice of sit in the house and watch the rain or go somewhere hot and set up shop!
It's no coincidence nearly all the places we invaded are warm!
I'm so proud to have enhanced so many nations, where are the thank yous.
There's quite a number of British dependencies that still exist today that weren't mentioned, e.g. the Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands & Isle of Man), the numerous British-dependent islands in the Caribbean, the Falklands (over which a war with 🇦🇷 was fought in the '80s)...
Not sure why Portugal would be on the list tho, the english helped them in the reconquista and they have the oldest alliance that's still in effect, dating back over 600 years.
Edit: 650 years exactly as of 2023 actually.
@@switchie9762 well i guess during the anglo-spanish war ? They captured a couple of towns in brazil when it was still a portuguese colony, so technically maybe it should be on the list of "invasions".
Ireland was not invaded by the English, the English were invited by the Irish tribes to keep the peace.
Couldn't help but notice the vast majority of those countries are doing much better today than their neighbors not directly influenced by Britain. If you name most the countries never colonized... it basically gives you a list of all the third world countries in the World.
Good job. I always get a good education from No Protocol. Your smile picks up the day. Keep 'em coming.
I must confess that the day is not the only thing that picks up from her smile !
Gutted we’ve missed 22… but there is still time!
We’re a very dominant species of human , always punch above our weight and stood tall in our history 🇬🇧
We punch above our weight.
Also, we're like cats. If something looks nice, then it's really ours and you were just holding on to it on our behalf for a while.
Well done young lady! History has always fascinated me.
We’ve been attacked a few times, too. One of my favourites was the Spanish Armada.
And that is putting it mildly. The British became strong because we had no other choice. Other Empires were willing to destroy us as fast as they could get away with, so Britain had to play them at their own game. They just didn't like it when they realised Britain was better at it than them.
That was an "act of god", 3302. A protestant wind blew the papists on to the rocks !! ( Ones tongue is firmly in ones cheek, before anyone bites ! )
We as well too! One of my favourites was 1589 The Counter Armada or English Armada 👍
Truth. Empire was the route to survival against the much more powerful and populous European powers. It was a trading Empire seeding colonists. We never had a land army to hold any where by brute forces. And it was local alliances, local forces that made it possible. The voluntary memberships of the Commonwealth is a strange sign of the "hated" occupation.
@@manuelrodriguez2637 That’s barely talked about in England. Spain subsequently lost hundreds of ships and soldiers in a counter-counter attack. Presumably, this helped inform the Royal Navy leading to the wars with France.
Not for nothing is the British Empire sometimes called the Scottish Empire because of the number of Scots involved in leadership, we try to keep quiet about that now letting our English cousins take the heat instead.
That's bollocks and you know it.
The Niall Ferguson documentary is a good recommendation, as would be his "War of the World" series, also available on RUclips.
We HAD to...it was drizzling here in England.
I think we have to define "Invade".
It was Britain that done this together not just England
Always been a huge fan of the British Empire, right alongside the Romans. Largest domain in human history and are just below France in most won wars in the world.
will catch up soon as France hasn,t really won a war since 1815 LOL.
@@asl7235 They won a lot, even after 1815.
EX: Greek Independance-Morea Expedition, Crimean War, Second Opium War, Second Italian Independance, WW1
And even WW2, they are considered as a victor etc...
2:04 I’m impressed more and more by your knowledge 🤣 was literally about to comment Benidorm is basically Britain in the sun.. we even have our own tv show there. But you beat me to it 🤣
It's just a hot sweaty Blackpool with a much better beach.
I've lived many years in southern Spain at Costa del Sol, specifically in Malaga province (Andalusia) and there is definitely a HUGE AMOUNT of British inhabitants in a lot of towns in that region (for example in Benalmádena and Fuengirola).
Not to forget the Canary Islands. I lived for a while in Tenerife, in the southern part of the island in a small town close to Las Americas, and I remember, when I moved in to town and started getting to know the people living there, that a high percentage of the inhabitants were British.
Besides that, I have to mention that I have double-nationalitie as I'm French 🇫🇷 and argentinean 🇦🇷, and I gotta add the information that in Argentina (a couple of hundred years ago) the British have tried 2 TIMES to invade the country attacking Buenos Aires (Argentina's capital city) being rejected both times, but they've occupied the "Malvinas" (called by them "Falkland Islands") together with other islands in that part of the South Atlantic.
Argentina has tried to get the islands back attacking in April 2, 1982 and starting a war which England won and as a result, the islands are STILL occupied and under the power of Britain and Argentina keeps claiming and trying to get them back (by diplomatic lines and international justice) so far with no success.
@@uwotm8 Hot, Sweaty Blackpool
It'sJust A Hot,, Sweaty Blackpool...:)
@ The country of Argentina has never owned the Falkland Islands and there is no such thing as the Malvinas.
This video is a little confusing... For some of these invasions it just draws a squiggly line of where the influence went... then for others its just like, "Yep, the whole country.".. Also it jumps back and forth in time and makes it super confusing. Chronological would have made this 100% easier to understand. Plus theres tons of misspellings and, I dont really know history TOO well, but... They definitely didnt occupy the United States all the way to Wisconsin.... Sooooo if thats wrong, who knows what else is wrong.
Proud Englishman and proud that we did what we did.
u like hitler also?
Errrmmm... It's worth looking into how Britain actually INVENTED Belgium rather than invading it... The history is complex but worth understanding. It wasn't that long ago and now the Belgians have their own unique culture (best beer in the world and mayonaise on chips). Which must be followed by: Oooops - if you look into the actual history you'll discover that the British NEVER invaded India - we simply BOUGHT it, region by region, form the pre-existing various local warlords. Yes, while they weren't looking we ended up running the whole place (and deploying the military more than once) but it's important to understand that we NEVER "invaded" India. Also remember that Pakistan and Bangladesh DIDN'T EXIST until AFTER India gained independance from the British. Again, the history is contencious but the genocide that followed Indian indepencance was a product of Indian only politics with no British involvement at all - we handed India back to the Indians and they immediately celebrated with what amounts to a civil war.
We just like to go on holiday alot and make new friends
..and bring back a few momentos and souvenirs from our holidays like a Stick Of Rock...No Biggie:)
The British occupation of the Balkans is a myth, although British troops were present in Serbian wars they never occupied the country. It was occupied by UN troops which British forces were part of. Secondly, Bulgaria had never been under British occupation whatsoever. They tried with combined British/Greek forces and they were heavily defeated in the battle of Doiran (12000 British casualties against 2000 locals) which isn't even within the borders of the country now, or as shown on the map. So, some of the so-called "facts" in this video are simply not true.
However, Britain always kept very close trade relations with Turkey (which caused lots of problems in Europe), as the Turks were the ones to rule the region for almost a millennia.
Some of those "occupations" are tailored to fit the authors of the video narrative, like Azerbaijan for example, they weren't there for a year and they never invaded it, they were there invited by the Azerbaijani government to stop Turks but ended up bitten by the Russians a month later so another made up story. British were present only in Baku that's where the battle of Baku happened end of August 1918, and as the British arrived there at the end of Jun 1918 (they were stationed in Baghdad (Iraq) it can't be called a year (unless a year is made of 2 and a half months) and they never "invaded" the place, they were invited there. Same story with Turkmenistan, they were there for less than a year I think. As for Vietnam, officially there were no British troops present, only recently it became clear there were some but only so small number that hardly can be called a presence, plus Britain never claimed they were there in the first place. What they did is supply American forces with arms.
China had never been entirely occupied by Britain, as this video makes it look.
Not "the entire Canada" become British see the Treaty of Paris (1763). Plus the map shown was so wrong.
Some videos on RUclips have to be carefully fact-checked as they give lots of simply false facts and twisted information to serve god knows what purpose, or simply to catch viewers.
British Redcoats have served in every part of the globe from the South Atlantic to Russia and North/South America to Tibet/China.
To all British Redcoats past and present, God bless you all.
Eww, cringe. And shameful lmao
I highly recommend MTWright's video about the Years of Lead, "Bella Ciao: Italy's Years of Lead". One of the darkest, most interesting, criminally overlooked chapters in Italy's and Europe's post-war history.
Malta, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falklands, Ascension, St Helena, Pitcairn, Diego Garcia, etc - he didn't mention them and they're all still British. Nor the Channel Islands, a remnant of the Duchy of Normandy.
7:37 Hong Kong was supposed to be fully autonomous for 50 years following the 1997 handover to China. China broke that agreement in 2020 when they invaded so either that handover agreement is torn up and nullified making Hong Kong an independent sovereign country or they go back to being a British territory.
Except we Brits don't have nearly the might to back up any threats we can make to take Hong Kong back.
Yeah, good luck with that
We didn’t really ‘invade’ all of those countries --we were just delivering Foreign Aid. To be fair we had been invaded ourselves by the Angles, the Saxons, the Normans, the Vikings and the Romans. Do we complain?
I missed Bermuda, Malta and the Pitcairn island.
As far as the occupation of France went, there's still a tiny rest: The Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney) as part of the Duchy of Normandy, but not of the United Kingdom.
That’s because they’re still British, so not invaded, just … occupied, I guess
EDIT: except Malta
@@XXXTENTAClON227 You're right about Bermuda and Pitcairn. Yet, these are still places that Britain has invaded, but not "countries".
BTW: Bermuda had a referendum about independence in 1995, but it was rejected by 3/4. As it is self-governing in internal affairs, it really doesn't matter.
@@mina_en_suiza ik I’m just saying since they aren’t sovereign states they can’t count, I’m aware they were invaded. But covering non sovereign states would take a really long time lmao
I don't acknowledge the argument that because England invaded Norway in 1810 and 1812, they also invaded Denmark.
Norway and Denmark was in an personal union at the time, but they were both independant countries. That's like saying if someone invades Australia, they invade England too, because they are in a personal union.
As far as the India territory is concerned, there where 3 places that the British did not invade: Goa, Damão and Diu the Portuguese where there much before the British. Portugal was the first to reach India, China (Macau peninsula was given to Portugal because they annihilated the piracy from China’s southern sea) Japan, the Portuguese where the first European nation to reach they shores. Last but not the least, the island of Timor off the coast of northern Australia coast.
I actually think the video leaves those areas if you watch the video. I can see gaps that aren’t filled in
I would question whether all of the invasions of France were carried out by the British. The early ones after 1066 were carried out by Norman French led invaders and conquerors of England? Also the Balkans in the 1990s were a NATO “invasion” rather than a British “invasion” - not saying the video is wring, just that History can be interpreted differently and usually is.
I’m Welsh. We got invade too:/
We put up with the English cus they’re great to poke fun at. In fairness, a lot of Celtic peoples have anti English sentiment but it’s mainly in good humour.
Also forgotten on the show were the Falklands, Jersey, Guernsey…the list actually goes on.
Well you also invaded England with Henry Tudor. We are in effect two peoples but one nation.
Sheep sheep sheep shagger! 🤪
Well England invaded parts of Denmark (Norway). But Denmark invaded the whole of England and it was ruled by the Danish King Canute the Great (Knud den Store in Danish)
Makes you proud don’t it. 🇬🇧
Ireland was never invaded by the UK or England unless you include when I went on holiday that week?
Ireland (northern) Is still part of the UK, Eire or southern Ireland or Republic of Ireland became independent.
Honestly makes me proud and sad at the same time, look at this tiny little island has done the sad part is look at what we have become.
Also the title kind of hurts as a Welsh man.
It’s ironic how people think they’re being “progressive” by blaming everything on England exclusively but in reality they are just unnecessarily excluding millions of people from their own country
Be fair, Rorke's Drift is yours!
"Because we're here lad. No-one else!"
It was for the best mate. Imperialism should not be our legacy.
@@salientsolution5436 Few years ago we had people marching in the streets shouting "death to the British" and we reward them by giving them a free house, free money, free healthcare you think that shit would've gone down like that in the past?
@@salientsolution5436 We are in financial ruin yet we send money to Ukraine, mass homelessness yet we house Ukrainians for money show me when the government has offered money to house British homeless people...
Ukraine had nine years to prepare after Crimea they did nothing (join NATO, EU, Warsaw pact, invest in better military budget nothing.) And now I'm paying for their stupidity. FUCKING JOKE
You were right, that's not how you spell it! I needed to Google it ofc! Nicaragua, I was 2 letters out!
Most countries loved Elizabeth II, Charles is another dish entirely; still not out of the Diana picture and no-one ever thought he was going to get the seat, I really think the old girl was trying to outlive him!
I think more countries very soon may vote, to be independent from the Commonwealth within the next 5 years.
Times Change.
i like how they actually left aside the number of time France invaded England as well. These two were invading each others constantly, fell at the hand of the other multiple times and the English Monarchy is riddled with French ancestry.
Because this is about Britain invading, not France. I'm sure there's one with the French empire
It should be Iraq. They missed out the Falklands and some of the South Pacific Islands, plus Atlantic Islands, our part of Antarctica too.
One thing that’s interesting is the even though we here in the United States were “neutral” during the time we actually took over the occupation of Iceland so that the British could focus more on the war. We also occupied Greenland. We had a history of wanting to buy Greenland and Iceland from the Danish, but were refused throughout the centuries. We were like “I’m gonna take them” lol 😂
Join the army they said, see the world they said. We had a lot of time on our hands.
And the Royal Navy to get them there 👍🇬🇧
You left out the Falkland Islands, (which BTW, were re-taken from Argentina just 41 years ago, in 1982)!
You know what bothers me about this. England is not large. How in the Flip did they ever have enough soldiers to take, and hold this much territory?
The benifts of having a european style nation state and it was the first nation to industrialize since it invented steam-powered
Machines. Plus they had the best navy in the world.
Naval Superiority, for power projection and trade protection. It would probably let them choose their battles more often than not.
also having no landborder with foreign countries from 1707 onwards helps.
Brits have a piratical instinct and they love fighting. I'm not sure why the conquering lark became unfashionable.
Pure excellence! The domination is unmatched.