American Reacts to Every Country England has Invaded!

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Комментарии • 766

  • @3nok
    @3nok  3 года назад +48

    When I said Bristol it was not referring to the west side of Liverpool! Lolz just another city.

    • @abbiecorcoran6006
      @abbiecorcoran6006 3 года назад +9

      during 1812-15 it was when the brits sailed to america and set the white house on fire and americans then had to white wash the whole thing which is why it’s called the white house and then as it said we had 2 states until a few years later aswell so

    • @whitecompany18
      @whitecompany18 3 года назад +1

      Oh I just commented on that lol hay man this godforsaken island is so small it is only 100 miles away so to you it's local , you probably drive further than that to get milk and bread 😂

    • @Jack-lk7wk
      @Jack-lk7wk 3 года назад +1

      U mentioned pirat films tv shows if u havent seen it I highly recommend black sails series its pretty fucking good

    • @dvdextras-byvincentcorani9136
      @dvdextras-byvincentcorani9136 3 года назад +4

      Cary Grant is from Bristol - a city in the west.

    • @robertdraper5782
      @robertdraper5782 3 года назад +2

      I'm from Liverpool and have also lived in Bristol so can confirm it's not the same place. There is no west Liverpool just North and South but to be fair you'd be hard pressed to find someone from North Liverpool who does not have Irish Heritage, there was only one kid in my year at School who didn't have either Irish parents or Grandparents, he was Sri Lanka.

  • @FlbcImp
    @FlbcImp 3 года назад +448

    Invading and upsetting the French is more of a hobby

    • @stephenenglish9254
      @stephenenglish9254 3 года назад +11

      Hahahahaha

    • @saundyuk
      @saundyuk 3 года назад +48

      It's said that a Brit can't stare at the smug face of a Frenchman for more than 5 minutes without wanting to go to war.

    • @nyarlathotep6465
      @nyarlathotep6465 3 года назад +14

      Mark Saunders The french don't have the stomach for it, too busy bathing in perfume, and making love with their faces.

    • @annemariefleming
      @annemariefleming 3 года назад +10

      That's what France is for, lol!

    • @chrismolloy8097
      @chrismolloy8097 3 года назад +3

      @@saundyuk ITS TRUE!

  • @Wesker1984
    @Wesker1984 3 года назад +342

    We were so impressed with Nepals resistance that to this day we recruit their people to serve in our military as Ghurkas.

    • @jonathanbarnes7981
      @jonathanbarnes7981 3 года назад +30

      Fuck yeah we do lol the crazy but humble bastards lol

    • @stevehughes6627
      @stevehughes6627 3 года назад +29

      If you can't beat them get em on your side!
      Once they draw their kukri (official knife/sword) they have to draw blood - even their own.
      It's considered a supreme right to join the Ghurkas; and they're loved ny the British people.

    • @cyrus2728
      @cyrus2728 3 года назад +10

      @@stevehughes6627 they dont have to draw blood thats a myth. that said ghurkas are fucking awesome.

    • @wezab
      @wezab 3 года назад +6

      The Maori were also hard nuts and impressive fighters. Though they fight only for NZ

    • @80s_kid_80s
      @80s_kid_80s 3 года назад +9

      Ghurkas fight like demons best servers to the Britain army ever i would not want to fight against them lol

  • @Wesker1984
    @Wesker1984 3 года назад +263

    The British Crusade Against Slavery is another good reaction video.

    • @georgerobartes2008
      @georgerobartes2008 3 года назад +9

      Yes I agree . It forced Lincoln to later add slavery in his list for reasons to invade the South as up until then the British were supplying the underdogs with no industrial might with arms and supplies .

    • @kevinrobertfrasier1309
      @kevinrobertfrasier1309 3 года назад +9

      The English stopped slavery here in the UK not the British.

    • @amethystlarktree5962
      @amethystlarktree5962 3 года назад +1

      @@kevinrobertfrasier1309 Yawn 😧

    • @etherealhawk
      @etherealhawk 3 года назад +2

      @@kevinrobertfrasier1309 while you're technically right, at this point the distinction between British as a nationality and English as a ethnicity is not worth much effort. Of course English people are a distinct ethnicity, but the efforts of continuing stopping the slave trade into the future was a British effort

    • @69JayBee
      @69JayBee 3 года назад +1

      Also they stopped other countries trading and shipping slaves.

  • @RubyMarkLindMilly
    @RubyMarkLindMilly 3 года назад +90

    I hit the jackpot being born British I'm very proud of my country and it's history were a small country with a mighty heart

    • @johnhopkins7690
      @johnhopkins7690 3 года назад +27

      To be born British, is to win first prize in the lottery of life

    • @Turner7759
      @Turner7759 3 года назад +5

      Amen, rule britannia

    • @Belladonna313
      @Belladonna313 3 года назад +9

      I agree. Some people try to shame our history but never bring up all the great things we have done for the modern world.

    • @amethystlarktree5962
      @amethystlarktree5962 3 года назад

      @@Belladonna313 True but if people are going to be proud of something they personally had nothing to do with and take credit for it to feel good about themselves, they also have to acknowledge the harm alongside it. We can't just cherry pick the good things to boost our egos.

    • @amethystlarktree5962
      @amethystlarktree5962 3 года назад

      @@Belladonna313 True but if people are going to be proud of something they personally had nothing to do with and take credit for it to feel good about themselves, they also have to acknowledge the harm alongside it. We can't just cherry pick the good things to boost our egos.

  • @paulWalker-zh7nk
    @paulWalker-zh7nk 3 года назад +133

    This is why we no longer win Eurovision song contest 🇬🇧✌️

    • @kevinrobertfrasier1309
      @kevinrobertfrasier1309 3 года назад +4

      Bloc Voting

    • @spana123321
      @spana123321 3 года назад +2

      I think the last time we won that thing was Katerina and her Waves and it wasn’t Walking on Sunshine

    •  3 года назад

      Also because our latest entry was awful lol, that Italian band was way better

    • @captainl-ron4068
      @captainl-ron4068 3 года назад

      Nil Points

  • @stevegiles4549
    @stevegiles4549 3 года назад +44

    The Pirate accent is derived from the UK West Country accents - Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Bristol etc

  • @gr3yh4wk1
    @gr3yh4wk1 3 года назад +39

    We only invaded these places so they would speak english when we went there on holiday.

    • @nicolalaws1791
      @nicolalaws1791 3 года назад +1

      Lol

    • @SpamQGamers
      @SpamQGamers 3 года назад +2

      @@nicolalaws1791 plus we needed someone to play against in cricket

    • @nekane6168
      @nekane6168 2 года назад

      That's clever, Mallorca still has more British than spanish 😂🥘
      But we swindle you with bad sangría at high price in vengeance 😘

    • @karenlittle8041
      @karenlittle8041 5 месяцев назад

      And play cricket

  • @josef596
    @josef596 3 года назад +74

    The funny thing is, the video even left a few places out.

    • @chrisholland7367
      @chrisholland7367 3 года назад +19

      The Falklands 🇫🇰

    • @josef596
      @josef596 3 года назад +14

      Bermuda

    • @james06598
      @james06598 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/eYfV1REeHuw/видео.html

    • @palatialpetals
      @palatialpetals 3 года назад +12

      Mauritius

    • @bogarte7185
      @bogarte7185 3 года назад +13

      Yes, there's a reason half the world's penguins are British!

  • @SuperTyrannical1
    @SuperTyrannical1 3 года назад +69

    There's a reason for the saying that "the sun never sets on the British empire." ;)

    • @richieb7692
      @richieb7692 3 года назад +17

      This is because God would never trust an Englishman, in the dark....

    • @tomnicholson2115
      @tomnicholson2115 3 года назад +4

      @@richieb7692 If the French had knocked out the British navy this would be a French empire or possibly Spanish it was going to happen anyway someone in Europe would have had this empire for awhile.

    • @v_cpt-phasma_v689
      @v_cpt-phasma_v689 3 года назад +2

      @@richieb7692 yes Britain so good even god fears us.

    • @v_cpt-phasma_v689
      @v_cpt-phasma_v689 3 года назад

      @@richieb7692 thankyou for the compliment.

    • @jamesevans938
      @jamesevans938 3 года назад

      and well technically the sun still hasn't set on the empire well it not the empire any more but there are just enough island nations that are still British territories so that at least one of them still has the sun shining for one 1 a day there is only one where the sun hasn't set

  • @liamberry2450
    @liamberry2450 2 года назад +4

    For the majority of these countries, the day that they encountered the British was the most significant day in their nations history ..For the British it was just a Tuesday.

  • @peterweaver5919
    @peterweaver5919 3 года назад +30

    One of the benefits of our history is that our actors get to play the villains in many Hollywood films.

    • @stevehilton4052
      @stevehilton4052 3 года назад

      Hahaha glad someone else recognise that .The British don't even have to be in a film to be the bad guy....I am legend... British drug to cure cancer makes everyone into zombies.... golden eye British intelligence information was to blame for bad decisions and the big AI system tries to take over the US..
      Or just watch a Mel Gibson film .
      Or the die hard films were the Germans are the baddies played by British actors ( although Jeremy irons is Irish I believe).
      Obviously there are no bad guys in Germany....
      An American told me that it's because of the accent that makes them sound more believable....( I think it is because of the subconscious anger about being a colony ... hehehe). still it's nice to be good at something....

  • @Bertie22222
    @Bertie22222 3 года назад +56

    There was no TV or internet in those day so we had to find out what was going on.

    • @joshuawoods7775
      @joshuawoods7775 3 года назад +4

      ...or make it happen

    • @KangoV
      @KangoV 3 года назад

      The British were laying undersea communications cables in 1850. It's why they were so successful at trade.

  • @SCARHEMBROW
    @SCARHEMBROW 3 года назад +9

    What amazes me most about it ,is the LOGISTICS involved , planning ,movements etc must have been AWESOME .

  • @philipmason9537
    @philipmason9537 3 года назад +11

    When you think that the U.K. is 45 times SMALLER than the US those figures are amazing !

    • @liamberry2450
      @liamberry2450 2 года назад +3

      And when you think that Texas is almost 3 times bigger than the uk kind of makes it seem crazier haha

  • @j7ech402
    @j7ech402 3 года назад +15

    Us Brits just like to tell the rest of the world how to do things properly. We're usually right of course.

  • @boosterbaboon
    @boosterbaboon 3 года назад +21

    Actually the classic 'pirate' accent made popular by the actor playing Long John Silver in the original Treasure Island movie was based on a South West English accent, specifically Bristol. This is probably quite accurate as a lot of the most famous pirates like Blackbeard and Benjamin Hornigold all grew up in Bristol.

    • @terencehill1971
      @terencehill1971 3 года назад +4

      Robert Newton from Dorset.

    • @TheDemigreg
      @TheDemigreg 3 года назад

      Not historically accurate as most pirates weren't from south west England.

    • @terencehill1971
      @terencehill1971 3 года назад +1

      @@TheDemigreg Not "most", but most prominent. See Jack Hawkins, Drake, Frobisher & etc.

    • @TheDemigreg
      @TheDemigreg 3 года назад

      @@terencehill1971 Well taking a look at famous pirate lists today gives some results that don't suggest most prominent where from SW England at all. Black beard is about all I can think of and "drake" Drake wasn't really a pirate. Jack Hawkins isn't well known. I think back then that may have been the case simply because of Black beard, but the Caribbean movies have opened up the world of pirates to include more than just white male dominated English figures.

  • @brianwilson3952
    @brianwilson3952 3 года назад +44

    The Pirates had west Coast England dialect.

    • @chrisholland7367
      @chrisholland7367 3 года назад +2

      South west. Devon Cornwall etc. 👍

    • @chrisholland7367
      @chrisholland7367 3 года назад +1

      @kai connor sure ,but along parts of the cornish costline during 1700s land piracy was pretty popular in the form of smuggling.

    • @ashleytaylor7621
      @ashleytaylor7621 3 года назад +1

      @@chrisholland7367 I dont think hes denying that hes explaining you missed out somerset

    • @alexanderf362
      @alexanderf362 3 года назад

      They certainly did in the movies - not a Scottish or Irish dialect, but my understanding is that pirates were a diverse bunch. I believe the stereotype of pirates speaking with west country English accents stemmed from their portrayal by Robert Louis Stevenson in his popular book Treasure Island.

    • @crazydogmatt
      @crazydogmatt 3 года назад

      I remember hearing that they actually didn't and it is more likely it was like cockney. The stereotype is due to a West country actor in the first pirate films. It came up on QI but can't find the source as I'm on mobile

  • @lextex3280
    @lextex3280 3 года назад +36

    We British do like to travel.. Lol.. You need to check out (Al Murray's,, name a country we have defeated them).. Everything he mentions in it is true,, it Can all be fact checked..

  • @JonsTunes
    @JonsTunes 3 года назад +31

    Thanks for watching the recommendation. Another one that's popular at the moment and possibly up your street is "When Britain nuked America... twice"
    Good luck with your channel ✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

    • @vic5594
      @vic5594 3 года назад +1

      If I remember correctly we burned the half built Whitehouse to the ground in 1812

  • @nicksykes4575
    @nicksykes4575 3 года назад +18

    Hi Enok, have a look at the "Kings and Generals" channel about Thomas Cochrane. He was called "La Lupe De Mare" or "The Sea Wolf" by Napoleon. He liberated Chile and Peru from Spanish rule and Brazil from Portuguese rule. He was an Admiral in 4 different Navies, and is still remembered every year by the Chilean Navy.

  • @mlvendetta2492
    @mlvendetta2492 3 года назад +53

    Every country England invaded: starts with wales and Scotland in red

    • @Aeronaut1975
      @Aeronaut1975 3 года назад +8

      Wales was the very first colony of England. I say that with a bitter heart, as a Welshman.

    • @cjlake5754
      @cjlake5754 3 года назад +6

      @@Aeronaut1975 well the past was a pretty shitty time and most nations and peoples have done bad things they're not proud of! But I for one am glad to share an island with you guys. Never had a bad experience in Wales, such a beautiful country and friendly people. Said as an Englishman with love in my heart 😊

    • @james06598
      @james06598 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/eYfV1REeHuw/видео.html

    • @james06598
      @james06598 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/eYfV1REeHuw/видео.html

    • @Drobium77
      @Drobium77 3 года назад +4

      Scotland was more of a marriage , you king is our king..etc

  • @paulwalker2401
    @paulwalker2401 3 года назад +55

    We would have invaded more but we did have to stop for tea 🍵 ,great video and reaction 🇬🇧👍

    • @skillspronto3401
      @skillspronto3401 2 года назад +1

      I do believe thats one of the reasons we raided china primarily is for their tea leaves

  • @Docktavion
    @Docktavion 3 года назад +35

    It didn’t cover all of the places that the UK owned. Several more were missing like the Falklands.

    • @thiccieredd9606
      @thiccieredd9606 3 года назад +3

      I’m not 100% sure but weren’t the Falklands part of the uk then Argentina took it so then it would classify as war with Argentina which he said

    • @Docktavion
      @Docktavion 3 года назад

      @@thiccieredd9606 been a few times in the past with Argentina having tried putting boots on the falklands but same with the french and others. It ties into the Spanish and Portuguese dividing up the new world to who claimed ownership in which brits have always said the Brits.
      So the islands have been claimed and uk had to send troops to restore ownership (invading now disputed territory)

    • @Lungdog
      @Lungdog 3 года назад +3

      @@Docktavion it's not disputed, It's British.

    • @Docktavion
      @Docktavion 3 года назад +1

      @@Lungdog I never said it wasn't and I agree 100%. I'm pointing out that the history of the Falklands goes far back for many hundreds of years.

    • @alexp3519
      @alexp3519 3 года назад

      The Cayman Islands as well

  • @thepeadair
    @thepeadair 3 года назад +26

    The Brits used to say "The sun never sets on the British Empire." The Irish say "That's because God wouldn't trust them in the dark."

    • @danielcrockett8398
      @danielcrockett8398 3 года назад +6

      And then everyone would reply, " Go home mum, you're drunk".

    • @petersone6172
      @petersone6172 3 года назад +7

      Despite the animosity some Irish have towards England/Great Britain, Irish soldiers have a history to be proud of under the union flag.

    • @johnhopkinson4054
      @johnhopkinson4054 3 года назад +4

      Well Ireland always did have a worse bark than bite...

    • @pirateman1144
      @pirateman1144 2 года назад +3

      To which the Brit replies. "Yeah, because only God *really* knows what we're capable of."

  • @headshot6959
    @headshot6959 3 года назад +11

    When I last visited a foreign country as a tourist it did cross my mind whether or not to conquer it. However I was in Dallas and Texans tend not to appreciate the attitude, so I was dissuaded from such thinking.

  • @sarahscott5305
    @sarahscott5305 3 года назад +31

    Asking questions doesn't make you sound dumb! Quite the opposite in fact 😊 x

  • @dockaos924
    @dockaos924 3 года назад +27

    They weren't invasions we where just looking for the holy grail and holiday spots

    • @darkkrenify
      @darkkrenify 3 года назад +2

      as well as hot and spicy food and Olympic quality athletes its the reason we never went to the moon that and their was no one to give it back to when we were done with it

  • @WaitUpBrett
    @WaitUpBrett 3 года назад +17

    In that video they don’t mention the Falkland Islands, the Sandwich islands, Ascension Island, Tristan de Cunha, the British Antarctic territory, the British Indian Ocean territory or Bermuda. I’m pretty sure there’s some others missed too....

    • @alexp3519
      @alexp3519 3 года назад +4

      Cayman Islands

    • @DP-cd5wr
      @DP-cd5wr 3 года назад +3

      pretty sure a number of islands in the indian ocean also got missed.

    • @judge105
      @judge105 3 года назад +1

      And Pacific

    • @jamesevans938
      @jamesevans938 3 года назад +1

      @John Ashtone you could 1982 as an invasion since for a brief period in 1982 Argentina did have control of the islands before the British retook the islands

  • @MichaelSmith-bn6hm
    @MichaelSmith-bn6hm 3 года назад +12

    This is exactly why it was called the Empire

  • @badboyforlife6090
    @badboyforlife6090 3 года назад +11

    we've been going round the world for ever, drinking and fighting we love a good tear up

  • @paulmurgatroyd6372
    @paulmurgatroyd6372 3 года назад +17

    This is typical behaviour of us Brits, we just can't get along with anyone.

    • @jabba7746
      @jabba7746 3 года назад

      @Jim BeansCome on guys this is 2021 now, can we just apologise for what our country did so we don't risk offending anyone rather than this factual conversation you seem to be having.

    • @ashleytaylor7621
      @ashleytaylor7621 3 года назад

      @@jabba7746 no we cant cos were the ones that are gonna survive in the world. Idiots such as the people that dont want to listen to facts and actualities because they dont feel like it are pathetic wastes of space.

    • @jabba7746
      @jabba7746 3 года назад

      @Jim Beans Bit harder to read sarcasm than it is hearing it so no worries. At times I'm as annoyed as your rant was with this country nowadays.

  • @vic5594
    @vic5594 3 года назад +10

    To be honest it's usually easier and quicker to just list the places we've not graced with our presence, it's a very short list

  • @ChrisS-mi9qw
    @ChrisS-mi9qw 3 года назад +22

    Dude not asking a question is dumb, asking isn't. How else do you learn something without asking?
    Try reading or listening to the Aubrey-Maturin books it will give you scope of just how much land we visited.

  • @spana123321
    @spana123321 3 года назад +1

    It’s like when you’ve just started trucking and and dad and his brothers start telling you I’ve been there, been there, been there, been there

  • @stewrmo
    @stewrmo 3 года назад +8

    As a Brit, all I can say is, they started it....

  • @bushtrash2286
    @bushtrash2286 3 года назад +7

    To this day as a Brit, I still have to hear the whining and crying of certain people who live in a country that let us just take them over , makes me kind of proud, because i'm done being politically correct.

  • @wasp6594
    @wasp6594 3 года назад +8

    Well, we live on a small island, so we thought we would get a bit of space!

    • @olliedwards8069
      @olliedwards8069 3 года назад

      How is it a small island? It is the 8th biggest island in the world and has a population over 60 million.

    • @FredSmith-e4y
      @FredSmith-e4y 5 месяцев назад

      ​@olliedwards8069 new York is about 2x size off uk

  • @kbeau9538
    @kbeau9538 3 года назад +13

    We still have a few of these islands/countries which are British over seas territories!

    • @CM-1723
      @CM-1723 3 года назад +2

      The queen still owns 1/6th of the world land surface , so must be richer than she makes out

    • @StephenButlerOne
      @StephenButlerOne 3 года назад

      We still have many of them as OSTs.

    • @james06598
      @james06598 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/eYfV1REeHuw/видео.html

  • @acasacas9844
    @acasacas9844 2 года назад

    School kids in the US " Miss why are we the greatest Country in the World " little English kid at the back says " I don't really think that's true Miss "

  • @toxicmale1744
    @toxicmale1744 3 года назад +7

    We were commanded to go forth and make the world England by our Queen. We took this commandment to heart and obeyed it to the letter.
    Times have changed but, we have not changed in this regard.
    If commanded we will again obey.

    • @amethystlarktree5962
      @amethystlarktree5962 3 года назад

      Lol you make us sound like a right bunch of saps 🙄 most people wouldn't be arsed to get up off the sofa mate, that's the reality. Those days are over, get a grip.

  • @spindizzy64
    @spindizzy64 3 года назад +2

    Just as an aside and apologies if you already knew this but the Southern US accent is thought to be very similar to the English accent going back to at least the 16th century. I was told this by a linguist, it isn't my field.
    If you read Shakespeare in a Texan or Alabaman accent it really does work and I believe the theory.
    I think I'll go and listen to Freebird now; it's put me in that mood.

  • @TheAzguardThor
    @TheAzguardThor 3 года назад +27

    We are small but big :)

  • @etherealhawk
    @etherealhawk 3 года назад +2

    The War of 1812, otherwise known as "The Empire Strikes Back"

  • @CM-1723
    @CM-1723 3 года назад +12

    Probably 99% Viking with that beard haha

  • @ClassicWorld19
    @ClassicWorld19 3 года назад +4

    I enjoyed your reaction and hearing about your family history and the countries you've been in :)

  • @jayseddon7525
    @jayseddon7525 3 года назад +9

    7 minutes in and you look surprised.. only just the beginning. we ain't that bad really. :)

  • @torinjones3221
    @torinjones3221 3 года назад +2

    Generic pirate accent is actually from Somerset in southern England cause alot and I mean alot of famous pirates came from there.

  • @beforever
    @beforever 3 года назад +3

    "Indirect rule" meant that the empire of over 300 million was ruled by something like 70,000 people.
    Setup a po box and get people sending food over!

    • @james06598
      @james06598 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/eYfV1REeHuw/видео.html

    • @durfelx3890
      @durfelx3890 3 года назад

      it only took 3 men and a bike to run India

  • @steveellis9065
    @steveellis9065 3 года назад +5

    There is a saying that the sun never sets on the British flag 🇬🇧 , that is still true today with our commonwealth nations and with the armed forces deployed around the world

    • @nekane6168
      @nekane6168 2 года назад

      The British started using It in the 18th century, but It was first used by the spanish in the 16th century under the reign of Carlos V.
      You traveled more though 😉💕

  • @roymorgan828
    @roymorgan828 3 года назад +3

    Try a Vindaloo, predominantly considered an Indian dish but was invented in England. If you survive this then you can eat.

  • @stevenjohnson4190
    @stevenjohnson4190 3 года назад +1

    you know how it is with invading countries.. once you start you just cant stop.
    "Just one more, pleeaasse.."
    "Oh, ok, but stop when it gets dark"

  • @samwilliams3966
    @samwilliams3966 3 года назад +2

    Yep, there’s more still haha. He could have kept going down South America to the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and British Antarctica… We were wild, man.

  • @krt3718
    @krt3718 3 года назад +1

    The pirates stereotype voice is actually a bristol accent. I believe it's because of one particular actor who did radio plays back in the day. Great videos dude

  • @buidseach
    @buidseach 3 года назад +1

    To be fair, most of the British Empire was a trading Empire, they didn't invade many Countries, they started with Companies such as the East India Company which set up trading and manufacturing with the approval of local rulers and became rich enough to have their own Army which enforced things when conflicts with local rulers broke out, it was only later that that Britain took over that control.

  • @t1tanfallpr025
    @t1tanfallpr025 2 года назад +1

    We are a small but mighty island. One which no country (no matter how big you are, your military size) should ever under estimate. We have the grit and determination that others can only attempt to imitate.

  • @helenwood8482
    @helenwood8482 3 года назад +6

    You are not at all stupid. Many Americans know nothing outside the US. You're pretty well-informed.

    • @manager6711
      @manager6711 3 года назад +1

      Schools all round the world only teach the history of said country not other countries.. half the time people dont know anything other then the place they live

  • @alexp3519
    @alexp3519 3 года назад +2

    The Colombia situation wasn't quite as clear cut as it was made out. Technically we were invited. At the time it was called Gran Colombia and was made up of modern day Colombia, Venezuela,Panama and Ecuador, and the UK hadn't forgot the support the Spanish gave to the 13 colonies in North America. Anyway after the Napoleonic war, Simón Boliviar sent a man called Luis López Mèndez to London to find volunteers to come help Gran Colombia fight for independence from Spain. He recruited 1'200 people....mainly unemployed veterans of the Napoleonic wars and convicts. These became known as the British Legion and swelled to 6'500 members. After a number of battles, they decisively beat the Spanish at the Battle of Boyacà, which effectively ended Spanish rule in the region. There is a British cemetery in Bogota. Its informative having a Colombian wife.

  • @mrsiborg
    @mrsiborg 3 года назад +4

    UK: Whoops, sorry about that. We're much nicer now although since leaving the EU we're starting to level up and we're starting to itch a little as there's no wars at the moment.

    • @djbageleatusbeanus2741
      @djbageleatusbeanus2741 3 года назад

      Bro is that an aphex twin pfp
      Watch... Argentina will invade the Falkland island aided by chinna and. We brits will fuck em. Amen

  • @daveofyorkshire301
    @daveofyorkshire301 3 года назад +4

    He's using modern terminology for geographical locations when in reality some countries just didn't exist back then. The British created Belgium for example. Many references to modern countries are out of context for the benefit of those who don't know the basic geographical reference.
    Germany was Prussia in parts, Russia started under different names, well you get the idea modern day countries, borders and boundaries just weren't the same centuries ago. That's the problem with an ever evolving continent were land borders are contested and moving all the time.
    Napal actually was never conquered. Their soldiers impressed us Brits so much we created a regiment for them in the British army, watch a video about the Gurkhas, a feared soldier that to this day serves in the UK military. Only India has them too, and that's because some chose to stay when India went independent.

    • @iapetusmccool
      @iapetusmccool 3 года назад

      Yeah, that's a problem with a lot of these "everywhere Britain invaded" articles - they use modern borders and colour in the whole modern country if England/the UK ever invaded anywhere that is now within that country. But at the time, the borders may have been different, or the country might not even have existed.

    • @petersone6172
      @petersone6172 3 года назад

      The video also includes Scotland and Wales as England, which obviously they’re not, but they just to the overall tally.

  • @geoalpharius396
    @geoalpharius396 3 года назад +3

    We just really liked to travel, and it's cheaper in the long run if we just own where we go to, and if we civilised everywhere we went then it's just like England but warmer.

  • @politirel2
    @politirel2 3 года назад +3

    We also invaded Turkey in 1915. Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria 1942-43. Falklands, Ascension, Antarctica (fighting the penguins), etc.

  • @johndododoe1411
    @johndododoe1411 3 года назад +1

    The British invasion of Denmark was basically just a short siege with a full scale rocket bombardment until we surrendered all our navy ships and immediately planted thousands of oak trees to build replacement ships. A very few years ago, the trees were finally big enough, but the navy had already upgraded to steel ships with their own rocket launchers and a few of those navy oaks were instead used for historical reconstructions.

  • @tonywilkinson6895
    @tonywilkinson6895 3 года назад +4

    The British crusade against slavery is a very good watch.👌

  • @jeff21killersep54
    @jeff21killersep54 3 года назад +3

    We wanted to steal the sun from every place that actually has it, we still haven’t completed our mission

  • @geoffos42
    @geoffos42 3 года назад +2

    "The Ionian Islands ...". There's still a Cricket pitch in Corfu Town. :)

  • @Michael.Talbot
    @Michael.Talbot 3 года назад +2

    I do not think they mentioned places like the Falkland islands or the British Antarctic territory but good video mate.... 🇬🇧.🇺🇸👍

  • @v_cpt-phasma_v689
    @v_cpt-phasma_v689 3 года назад +1

    Britain has done many bad things so has every country but no matter what no one can say its not impressive what a tiny island has achieved, outside of war/conflict Britain has also discovered more elements than all other countries combined, Britain started the modern world with the industrial revolution and is credited with all 3 recent revolutions, Britain has invented more things than all other countries, from medicines to technology, if Britain had better weather and naturally grown spices making the food a bit better (we use alot of spices now tho) UK would probably be regarded as the best country.

  • @Soulvex
    @Soulvex 3 года назад +2

    After all the invasions we had to deal with, we had the experience to do what we did.

  • @jasonjones5357
    @jasonjones5357 2 года назад

    'I did not know that' As a Brit halfway through this was my quote 'I did not know that either!!!! Don't think our history lessons were that long. I love these reaction videos this is like a school class we get to learn about each other. Best of health from across the pond.

  • @jackowens4811
    @jackowens4811 3 года назад +5

    the sun never set on the British empire

  • @_Tim115
    @_Tim115 3 года назад +4

    France was more of a weekend hobby, had we not had to stop for tea we would have probably invaded even more.

    • @saundyuk
      @saundyuk 3 года назад

      To be fair they've invaded us almost as many times.

  • @SRTC1perceptions
    @SRTC1perceptions 3 года назад +4

    The pirate accent is pretty much the southwest farmer accent

  • @Andyww08
    @Andyww08 3 года назад

    There are quite a few missing. There is Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia also during WW2. We owned the Hawain Islands for a while. Not only that there was the Iberian campaign in 1811

    • @pirateman1144
      @pirateman1144 3 года назад

      I don't think we "owned" the Hawaiian islands. If memory serves it was much more amicable. We turned up, liked the place, liked the people, they liked us well enough back and eventually they started flying the Union Flag to signal to other would-be invaders "Don't fuck with us. We have a powerful friend at our back."

  • @Jack-lk7wk
    @Jack-lk7wk 3 года назад +8

    U guys had it out for the Spanish well they did send 100 ships to try and invade us

    • @Drobium77
      @Drobium77 3 года назад +3

      and God himself dashed them to the rocks

    • @seelight6569
      @seelight6569 3 года назад +2

      Yeah the Spanish armada loool boy did we kill em!

  • @lewisharrison7111
    @lewisharrison7111 3 года назад +5

    This makes me proud🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @cammy5637
    @cammy5637 3 года назад +5

    As a Scot, have to take issue with this video - it's called every country ENGLAND invades, and starts its timeline at 1169 with the current UK's borders - borders that did not exist until 1922. The maker of this video are making the common mistake foreigners make of beleiving the UK and England are the same, which they arn't, and he's interchangebly using the terms English and British, and showing the UK flag during wars that happened before UK existed.
    England occipied Wales in 1277 - 1283 (which the video just ignores), and until very recently (1967) Wales was unfortunately treated by England and the UK governments as if as if it was part of England (a principality rather than a country).
    England invaded Scotland a number of times during the 12-14th centuries (again ignored) but couldn't hold on to us. We remained independent until 1707 when Scottish lords wanted access to an empire and could get instance access to England's feldging one by signing a treaty to merge Scotland and England into the United Kingdom and the term "British" started to get used. The 1707 didn't count as an invasion, but the UK certainly didn't exist in 1169 as the video claims.
    Northern Ireland became a thing, as it was the last British colony on the island of Ireland after the rest of Ireland broke away in 1922. Which brings us to the current borders this map mistaken starts with in 1169.

    • @petersone6172
      @petersone6172 3 года назад +1

      The video he chose wasn’t perfect for many reasons, some of which you’ve covered succinctly.

    • @seasider4850
      @seasider4850 2 года назад

      The UK is basically England with a couple of hangers on that we can't get rid of

    • @cammy5637
      @cammy5637 2 года назад

      @@seasider4850 If you want rid of us, then it certainly would help your London government, overwhelming controlled by 82% of English MPs, didn't constantly block attempts at further independence referendums.
      Or for that matter, hadn't interfered with the last one, making promises during the final days campaign when Yes took the lead in the polls in return for a "No" vote, then promoptly renaged on as soon as the referendum was over.
      In fact, he's the easiest option, why not all three of the main English political parties just stop financially propping up their Scottish/Welsh branches, who's sole policy these days is "we oppose independence" - see how long they last on their own two feet with without financial backing from another country.
      England could end the "Union" and be rid of those "hangers on" tomorrow it really wanted too, sadly your leaders seem desperate do everything in their power to prevent it, and I have yet to see any mainstream English political party advocate for English independence from said "hangers on we can't get rid of".

  • @cosimodemedici1530
    @cosimodemedici1530 3 года назад +1

    Pirates are portrayed to have a West Country accent, Places like Devon, Cornwall, Bristol etc

  • @philtaylor2468
    @philtaylor2468 3 года назад +2

    Hi l live in the City of Bristol in the UK you are talking about. The city has existed for about 800 years as a port. The book Treasure Island was written in here and was famous for Pirates. So you have Pirate Genes in your dna.

  • @v_cpt-phasma_v689
    @v_cpt-phasma_v689 3 года назад +1

    btw since like 1707 so before the US even existed the UK has been pretty much constantly at war with now being the most peaceful time by far, to give you a rough idea from 1707 to 1776 when the american revolution happened the UK fought 230 wars, in that short amount of time

  • @marksadventures3889
    @marksadventures3889 3 года назад +1

    I went to Belize, Papua New Guinea, Borneo, Guyana, Venezuela, South Georgia and a few other places, I liked to wear my kilt in most. Yup we kicked botty. i think it's high time the French got a visit myself.

  • @jamesangell5687
    @jamesangell5687 3 года назад +5

    Don't think too bad of yourself I can't imagine the British know half of these themselves.

    • @djbageleatusbeanus2741
      @djbageleatusbeanus2741 3 года назад +1

      We do. We get taught it mate. It's best to learn from previous mistakes. Our school is dedicated to a colonist yet they teach about the atrocities committed by the colonist and thee empire.

  • @Smudgie
    @Smudgie 3 года назад

    As a Brit I can only say - If you've got it, flaunt it. When we were out conquering we left 3 Tommies at home to defend the islands. Now go and watch Eddie Izzard "do you have a flag"?

  • @striplow3011
    @striplow3011 3 года назад +1

    Awesome vid pal ,Andy from Morecambe England northwest ✌✌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇲🙌

  • @beardedveteran7234
    @beardedveteran7234 3 года назад +2

    Enok please balance your microphone volume and the video volume more because on a couple of your reactions it's either your at normal volume and the video is far too quiet or if you turn it up to hear the video then you become far too loud.
    That being said I'm enjoying your videos and would be interested to see your reactions to videos such as "brutal rugby knockouts and concussions"

  • @truckerjay
    @truckerjay 3 года назад +2

    Pirate accent is a cornwall/devon accent (english)

  • @everythinggamingnow
    @everythinggamingnow 3 года назад

    from what iv heard, pirates came about from the british paying british captains to raid spanish ships, to try and cripple spanish trade. When the "job" ended, the, now, pirate decided "screw it, we're good at it, and it makes us loads of money so now we're going to raid british ships too and make even more!"

  • @j_vasey
    @j_vasey 3 года назад

    Al Murray’s videos on history are all worth a look, every country England has beaten them is funny.

  • @whitecompany18
    @whitecompany18 3 года назад +6

    Saying Bristol is the Westside of Liverpool is like saying Florida is the east side of New York 😂 nothing but love bro .

    • @3nok
      @3nok  3 года назад

      it was me naming a third location, not a location within Liverpool, I jus edited out the hmmm and space between the two diff locations lmao

  • @colinsalter3516
    @colinsalter3516 3 года назад

    One of the things overlooked is how most of these countries actually benefited by us being there and leaving our influence there. oh and we were conquered and enslaved by vikings Romans Norman's. Thats how we learnt .

  • @artfuldodger9312
    @artfuldodger9312 3 года назад +1

    Don't blame the Brits, it's the Viking in us.

  • @roderickwillis2516
    @roderickwillis2516 3 года назад +1

    Fyi, pirates in the movie tend to have a West Country accent (in particular Cornish as they have a long long history of smuggling and piracy)

    • @forthfarean
      @forthfarean 3 года назад

      Most people in the South of England spoke with that dialect or something very close. It has mainly disappeared apart from the West Country.

    • @roderickwillis2516
      @roderickwillis2516 3 года назад

      @@forthfarean That's not entirely true, most people in the South/Southeast had a distinctly different accent from the South West, you can tell if you put rural Essex man or Norfolk man next to a Devonian or Cornishman, completely different... But you are right in that the country dialect is disappearing quickly, which is a real shame imo

    • @forthfarean
      @forthfarean 3 года назад

      @@roderickwillis2516 That is true to some extent. But I have heard a rural Kentish accent when I was very much younger and it had very similar vowel sounds to the West country as did Surrey, Sussex, Berkshire, Dorset. There were many dialect words. It is basically the dialect of the West Saxons. Suffolk and Norfolk dialects are very different and Essex. But so many Londoners have moved into these counties that the old dialect is almost non-existent, as it is in the South East and West. It is a great shame. These dialects are charming, especially when spoken by a woman.

  • @changereception7750
    @changereception7750 3 года назад +1

    Yes the Dutch and the English were (and still are) huge rivals. Look up the East India Trading company, it'll give you an idea as to why they were.

  • @sarahkelly473
    @sarahkelly473 3 года назад

    Pirates tend to have a Cornish accent in movies, basically just because of one actor in the early days of film who played an actor

  • @billder2655
    @billder2655 3 года назад

    the ‘pirate’ voice is southwest english, ie. Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire

  • @stumblepuppy606
    @stumblepuppy606 3 года назад +2

    Ah yes, the War of 1812, when we British were taking back sailors who ran away from military service by claiming they were really Americans, and the Americans decided to hit back by striking at Canada, so we went and burned down the White House and told you to never attack us again.

  • @alfonsozuccari7392
    @alfonsozuccari7392 3 года назад +4

    oh the audio levels..

  • @user-ug8wx5er1w
    @user-ug8wx5er1w 3 года назад +1

    There’s some great information and pieces from pirate history at The Greenwich Maritime Museum in London 👌🏼

  • @cyberash3000
    @cyberash3000 3 года назад +1

    my grandpa was one of the first officers to enter italy with the artillary. he tore down a nazi flag we gave it to the war museum and they burnt it .

  • @cubbykovu8955
    @cubbykovu8955 3 года назад

    Firstly thanks foryour service secondly ALWAYS ASK questions questions do not make you look dumb please keep asking questions its how you learn 😀