Have the British really invaded 90% of the countries in the world?
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Did you know that the British have invaded 90% of the countries all the world that exist today at some point in their history? Amazing, right? Or is it...?
I look at the claim that Britain have invaded 90% of the countries in the world in more detail to find out to what extent this is really true.
The fact originates from a book entitled "All the countries we've ever invaded and the few we never got round to", released in 2012 by Stuart Laycock. Here's a link of you're interested: www.amazon.co.uk/All-Countrie...
Even though the book quite a bit sensationalised, and I disagree with a lot of countries that have been "invaded", I still really enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone who has an interest in British history.
Music: incompetech.com/music/royalty...
Brittle Rille - Kevin MacLeod
Map that I made for the video:
imgur.com/dyun0Et
List of nations invaded by Great Britain:
This list is incomplete. You can help by *expanding* it
hey that's a good idea
Getting the gang back together 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Ball is Life rather be orange than a kiddy fiddler
The only countries left are North Korea Iran and cuba
Yes
Sun: *sets*
British empire: OH NO YOU DONT
Lmao
and then they invaded the sun and took it over, planting the union jack on the sun's soil.
This should be Spain considering they were the first empire to hold the title
@@markdillon7543 was spain in the East though?
@@timmyturner327 then the sun declared independence
switzerland was in spectator mode all the time
Why no likes???
@@commando5112 how about you shut up? thx
@@markcotton3481 ok
@@commando5112 Seriously, that better be the last thing you say to me.
@@markcotton3481 why are you so mean? Why do you care if he talks or not?
Wonderwhy: and these are the countries that Britain hasn't invaded
Britain: is that a challenge
"The list is incomplete, you can help by *expanding it*
Britan gets invaded by britan every second
@@tadghflowerfangibsonplayzz896 tea
Britain: Do you need help?
Any country in the world: No thanks, we're fine...
Britain: Say no more, Our troops are on the way!
wth this is so accurate
Atleast we're tryna be nice ;v;
Pretty accurate. But I'd prefer it if we let the other countries just get on with and keep our nose clean. I guess centuries of habit don't die easily!
Poland : Can you protected us from Germany
Britain : Of course
Poland : *gets invaded by Germany*
Britain :
@@krzysztofswiniarski8275 This is so accurate to what Chamberlain did.
The British Empire is the closest any nation has ever gotten to winning the domination setting in a real life CIV V game.
not really, they never took over any of the major european powers or america, war yes but any can declare a war
@@jam8539 If America became independent, then it's because it fell apart from some colonial powers' nest. Namely UK.
PS 1812 MATE?
@@gabrielvicuna9734 Elaborate more because I can't understand your point.
@@Crusader-ct1qv he's saying America was British land at one point, therefore they were technically invaded, as the British nearly fully wiped Native Americans off the globe
Ryan Wheeler ... Manifest Destiny was completely an American idea conceived well after their independence from UK ... also Sir Issac Brock and the British allied with the Native Nations Tecumseh united to combat American invasion into both their lands in 1812 - British blood was shed in attempts to keep Native lands self governed
We were just setting up a military exclusion zone. Yes, it was the whole planet, but you have to remember, Mars was looking very shifty at the time and we needed to be prepared.
lol
lol
This is so funny on so many levels
he speakin straight fax
😂 this was the lightheaded comment we need after this shameful reminder of britain's history
NEWS:The Queen Elizabeth visited Mongolia
*UK INVADED ULANBATAAR*
ULAANBAATAR
Wait for it.........................The Mongols
@@doubleggamingmeruz678, *JOHN GREEN* .
There you go, her majesty has visited more nations than any prior monarch... so any of her visits should count.
@@joermnyc her majesty hahahahahaha
Africa *Exists*
Britain and France: Hippity Hoppity you are now my property
A 100 years later
Africans: Okey we are your property we will now migrate to your country.
Most European powers have done colonialism
Hippity Hoppity Just Kidding, It's the Zulu's Property!
@@Valencetheshireman927 ...most?
Germany: NIEN NIEN NIEN NIEN AFRICA!!!!!!!
whether 90% invaded or not, the fact that the british army had been involved in such a diversity of conflicts, nations, and territories is insane
Just a shame the navy can't stop a bunch of 15 blokes in a dinghy from entering the country illegally. Such is the decline of an institution..
4:10 - Anglo-Nepal war, British actually lost in the first war. They defeated Nepal in second war only, and after that they started recruiting Nepali Gurkha in British army.
So, Invading Nepal was very beneficial for British, which helped them in other wars including World War I.
and then after the war they didn't even recognise the Gurkhas's great impute and treated them like utter sh..t..
Gurkhas are legends,cheers lads
Gurkhas will always be welcome in my house.
Yeah you wouldn't wanna tussle with the gurkhas, some of the finest warriors out there
The Gurkhas were given the choice of ally with GB or face total annihilation. The Roman's used the same persuasive argument across their empire.
"Sir, it seems we missed a spot."
"Right then chaps, let's do a Brexit so we can get on with it."
Brilliant
Revolutionary
@Dale Hanson lol what
That is the reason we are leaving Dale...
Dale Hanson Ah, labour voter
The world: *exists*
Britain: *Its free real estate*
heheh!!!
Said every favella ever.
said, every 9 year old ever
These meme is the best
World: Exists
Britain: I'd like that.
Small thing about romania: Imagine being bombed by your enemies who then become your allies and your former allies bomb your capital.
The UK bombed Bucharest, Romania switched, The nazis bombed it too.
Same here in Serbia, they dropped weakend uranium on villages across the country for trying to preserve its own territory.
Life is fun
WW2 in central and eastern europe was very weird. Like, USSR was formally an ally at the end, but actually was taking much of its "allies" land and setting up a communist governments or faking elections so... was it really?
MGM I wish Hitler would of taken out the soviets I know it would of taken way longer to defeat the axis but a single nuke on hitlers bunker would of done the trick
Because death is preferable to communism
@@bradlygamez4549 you are clearly disrespecting sacrifice of soviet union in war
Ah the Portuguese, Britain's awkward ally.
Back then hell no, nowadays sadly yes and this is coming from a portuguese. But if we actually get some people with brains in politics our country can become richer with time
Goofy Future yeah it’s a shame Portugal isn’t as great as it used to be, needs a lot of work which is why me and my mum moved to England for a better lifestyle. Still an amazing and beautiful country but not government wise.
@@goofyfuture fk no. Most of us English still love our Portugal ally
Britain: I will protect you, my lovely friend.
Iceland: No, thanks. I don't need your protection
Britain: Well, clearly you need it so here I am.
Iceland: I said, I don't nee-
Britain: *I will protect you and you will like it.*
Iceland: Wait wha-
Britain: *_You can't protect yourself from our protection...!_*
Iceland: ...?
Britain: *_NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW_*
Fun fact. In the docks in reykjavik a crowd gathered to "welcome" the troops. A older icelander took a rifle of a british soilder and put his cigarete in the barrel then gave the soilder the gun back
Preemptive protection
Bialkii Good job stealing comments and merging them together! Mum is proud!
@@pickledirick8338
Good job accusing me of stealing! Mum is proud!
Bialkii Very good job proving that you are capable of thievery by stealing my “Mum is proud!” comment!
They invade Spain every summer enjoying their superb good quality beaches,sun,sangria,contributing to the economy and Spanish love it👍😇
Pues que lo disfrutes!!
@@jonathandiazgonzalez2685 💜
Spain is absolutely beautiful country and has beautiful culture and language, which is why we are always going back.
@@gachaelephant6841 💜👍😊
Maga fckin luf
Britain: Congratulations, you are being rescued!
Country/Nation: .....
Britain: ....Please do not resist.
Hmmmm, I don't like that Sweden seemed to get away with it.
Who's up for a good ol' fashioned pillage?
You wanna team up on us, we have 4 hours of sun during mid autumn to mid spring after that we have like 8. So good luck with our sunshine
...What is sun? Here we only have two seasons, winter and rain 😂
Atleast you have some beaches here you gotta drive an hour for a 20m wide beach with no waves and 5 million people
You have a beautiful lake the size of my county, much better than our grey beaches I can assure you!
You can go on vacation and still be in britain
“Kingdom of Kandy” “Bittersweet ending” lol nice one
Looool
Kandy The fuck
"Lmao it's just a prank bro" -- 🇬🇧
“Prank gone wrong, gone colonial”
INVADING COUNTRIES PRANK GONE WRONG GONE COLONIAL ALMOST CONTAINED ALMOST DEFEATED FRANCE CALLED
COLONIALISM GONE WRONG,UN CALLED
@@khorps4756 lol
No I’d say it’s more like: “lmao it’s just a prank mate *FOOKIN* hell.”
You forgot to mention the principality of Benidorm...Britain conquered that in the 70s
@@elcartucherasrm7077 : Its a joke (he's talking about British tourists).
on the whole very well balanced and well presented-- thank for the work putting this together and for posting!
Mongolia is always an exception.
Too bad they didn't destroy Russia
Mongolia was a part of Qing Empire when the British fought wars with the Qing. So i don’t know why they exclude Mongolia
Probably because despite the fact that the larger country that Mongolia was part of was invaded by Britain, there were never actually British troops in Mongolia.
-Ah vilable- the mongols CREATED Russia!
I see the refrence there
That's a nice independent sovereign nation you got there.
Would be a shame if someone were to - *sips tea* - *invade it.*
Haha
😂 LOL
Iol
**British accent** ooh lovely riches you got there, would be a shame if someone were to *eats crumpet* take all the wealth ^^
I prefer to call it Grace with presence
Good work. Excellent clarity on your definitions and great synopses of the history. In memory of my Gran, she would have pointed out England’s invasions of Ireland, Wales and Scotland but that wasn’t part of your definition. When you were going through the list , I was thinking about the number of countries where my relatives had fought and some died in the name of the empire making some of the list very personal. Ta
"Please Don't resist are protection" xD
Mongols: our empire is large
Brits: hold my tea
I know UK is larger, but Mongols were more impressive, as they conquered formidable empires and civilizations, just in the 1200s.
The UK just had a lot of impressive technology and a powerful navy. So they just went around and took land from some newly discovered place.
UK colonization definitely needed skill, but I find the land conquest of the Mongols to be more impressive.
@XI Crez dude have you seen a map of the mongol empire? sure it was all land only, but they literally wiped out civilization after civilization encroaching all the way into eastern europe. the kingdoms in eastern europe were often on the retreat of these invasions as well as the mongols were that formidable. from my understanding of when i last read into it, literally, it was the death of the main mongol Khan leader at the time that caused the invasion into eastern europe to halt solely because the mongol leaders of that front wanted to pay respects to their Khan so they returned home. also the mongols nearly took Japan at certain points but apparently their fleets got wrecked by storms because it was the 1200s after all so naval stuff was not as developed
@@Alex-fhsjfuuf lol thats a my bad moment. i knew it was the east but i rushed and mistyped that. ill edit in the fix.
Actually, Mongol is larger than British Empire. Mongol Empire is largest empire of all time.
Chris Palma
What do you mean? It is a known fact. Besides, I don’t think it’s the best empire. I think the best empire is The Roman Empire. However, most historians say the Mongolian Empire was the largest
Every country should have a hobby.
UK: Colonising Places
Germany: Starting Major Global Conflicts
France: Attacking UK
US: Manifesting Destiny
Italy: Switching Sides
Switzerland: Doing Nothing
@@azetac_ And they're very good at it.
Francis Lai which one?
@@azetac_ The west: saving our selves and our race from those outside of it.
YerManSeamus fair.
WonderWhy: all the corners of the globe
Me: BRUH
It's almost like we had enough of being invaded ourselves and decided to have a crack at it (might of got abit out of hand from the look of the map).
Nah mate just slightly overdone, nothing too serious
@OHKPodcasts Bruh have you seen British history? We've been invaded countless times from mainland Europe
@@evildesu countless?
- Saxons (us)
- Norsemen (repulsed)
- Normans
2 invasions, one of which was repulsed. Not exactly countless.
@@deathman11jackd Normans was one of the biggest invasion of the middle ages, not for the numbers but for the sheer cultural dominance, by that time usually cultures were already estabilished, normans changed everything (we will see this again only with the the fall of Constantinople)
Even losing the 100years war wasnt such a big deal (they simply stareted to avoid avoid mainland europe)
Like that
Thank You England for sending your very good longbowmen to Portugal, to help us fight the Spaniards.
Portugal - Britain's oldest ally! Thank you for your loyalty!
Portugal, one of the poorliest contry in Europa, thanks to England. England don't have friends, have interest.
The best that Portugal did in history its joining Spain.
You got it mate. Ignore the angry Spanktards, they're just upset they've been pounded on multiple occasions and that they lost to two "small" countries.
Portugal are our lads
MrPeterGoldman No problem
British Tourists: *Exists*
Book author: INVASION!!!!!
That's hilarious.
hhehe!!!
😂😂
@@brycetheplaguedoctor2485 maybe you shouldn't have have so much oil
@@kameradin8964 this is coming from "Not Hitler" and I'm not sure how I feel about that.
The sunset
Britain: *Wait, that's illegal*
Fun fact: my country Costa Rica is one of the few that was never invaded, but we do requested to become a protectorate once. The request was reject :'(
Wow imagine being turned down by the British Empire
Ouch
they are regretting that decision now with how popular CR is. I would have loved to have the CR part of the commonwealth... minus the invasion and war part
@@Saraseeksthompson0211 that's true
They were all about business
The sun never sat on the British empire because even God couldn't trust the British in the dark.
-Shashi Tharoor
Aditya Malladi
God isn’t real
Mr X
He was citing a quote but you still had to say God isn't real wow what a woke atheist you going out of your way to insult religion in a UA-cam comment section you think your petty insult is going to stop me from believing
General Grievous
You call it an insult I call it a fact
Mr X yes you died and came back to life just so you could tell me God doesn't exist good on you but did you manage to stream or record this event
General Grievous
Did you finish your prayers to the flying invisible man ?
The funny thing is the United States 800 military bases are all like: We learned it from you dad!🇬🇧🇬🇧
I still can't get over the fact that they have more than 800 bases around the world. That's mind blowing!
Probably more than 800.
The anglosphere has literally rulled the world beginning with the brits and now america / five eyes
Most of those bases just... exist. They don’t really have much to them and don’t function as military units.
Your welcome
This was a great watch
Great video! Thank you ;->
Land: Exists
Britain: *It’s free real estate*
Oil : Exists
U.S.A : **It's free real state**
Winter: exists
Russia during the Nazi invasion: its free real estate
Sea: exists
Dutch polders: it's free real estate
Same comment: **exists**
Person who posted this comment: *It’s free real estate*
@@splashlol1638
Russia since ever*
How much land mass has the British armed forces touched is probably more accurate
What brits did in Norway during WW2 was mainly show up and flee. Charles de Gaulle was furious with the Brit trops and called them cowards. When the brits pulled back the French troops together with Norwegianl troops stood weakened against the Germans.
@@Fonetiker Source(s)?
@@wildeyshere_paulkersey853 I've tried to find the source, it's from a documantary I've seen within the last year. It was on the topic of warfare in the middle or going north in Norway. Sorry that I can't find it right now.
@@---675 That someone died is no proof of that they did not anger CDG, and how they did it wasn't in any sort of way worthy of criticism.
@@Fonetiker Charles De Gaulle was not in power at the time of Norwegian invasion. It occurred slightly earlier than the German invasion of France. Then later briefly simultaneously.
He was not leader of the Free French until 28 June 1940. The Norwegian invasion had finished on 10 June.
The French AND Polish troops lost 533. British dead almost 4,400 On land and at sea in the campaign.
Having looked for that quote on-line, I cannot find it listed anywhere.
Philippines: why the hell you forgot me you invaded me in the 7 years war
UK: Excuse me who are again?
He forgot
*Spain says hello again* 🤣
nope. The only part of the Philippines that the British was able to "occupy" for almost 2 years was only the capital and a part of Cavite a nearby province from the Manila. The British were unable to take hold of the rest of the country.
anaknipara The British had bigger fish to fry at the time. I don’t think an overall occupation was actually desired, only consequential. They won the battle, Manilla was just the trophy.
Same to Argentina they invade us 3times ,this video is wrong ,
Britain: Lets invade this country(Nepal) .
Gorkhas: Hold my khukuri 🇳🇵
Again uhh...
UK :rule britannia
Gorkhas :oh sheeeeeeeet
It’s a good job Britain doesn’t go to space, they would claim and conquer all the other planets.
Youre completly right
In Future: Space colonial War .
@@emperoromi8540 *Mars declares independence with Puerto Rico against NASA*
Nah. Not any tea or spices to trade for.
Cool concept though
The claim that "the sun never sets on our empire" was originally made by Spain.
Faithless Hound true
Carlos I/V
Unfortunately for you most people won't see it that way
Faithless Hound yea, we just kind of took it like most things
Yea it was during the reign of Charles V of the Hapsburgs, who was in control of a juggernaut that some deem a "universal monarchy". However, that boat sailed with the Protestant Reformation.
USA: Write that down!
Just imagine if it was a country like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Somalia..... instead of Britain that did all the colonising. The world would be a lot different today.
Explain
@@infectedinfantry1887 It would be under Sharia Law.
Those 22 countries fit into 3 distinct groups:
1) Countries too small to realistically invade
2) Countries another European country invaded first
3) Sweden
Plus Switzerland.
@@pahtar7189 switzerland is category 1 + Alps
@@sabyganguly5668 14:06 Switzerland isn't on that list .
@@mohdadeeb1829 yes I mentioned why it is not
@@sabyganguly5668 I meant Switzerland isn't on the list that contains all the countries Britain has not invaded .
Why would you use **D-DAY** as an example of invading France???? Why not the hundred year war or the napoleonic wars?
To use as an example for when invading a country still counts, even if it was to help said country.
SirBigmac I know but seriously some of these have much more fitting answers. England and France had warred with each other for hundreds of years so to use the one example that’s “well I suppose it’s technically an invasion” just feels sort or weird
@@t.b.cont. No, I don't think you get it. That example was at the beginning of the book, in the actual chapter on France, the author uses some other war (I can't remember rn,).
D-Day was an invasion of France, after France surrendered in 1940 a new government was formed known as Vichy France who still owned France but the nazi's occupied its northern parts
@@zombi3johnny331 And eventually its southern parts too, when US campaign successfully got the back from French North (and West) Africa, which had the majority of the French Armed forces that're neither captured nor disarmed by Nazis at that time.
World: Why did you do this?
Britain: Because we could.
"Which countries should we invade?"
British general: *Sings the nations of the world by yakko warner*
"o.o"
United States, Canada
Mexico, Panama
Haiti, Jamaica, Peru
Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean
Greenland, El Salvador too
Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela
Honduras, Guyana, and still
Guatemala, Bolivia
Then Argentina
And Ecuador, Chile, Brazil
Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua
Bermuda, Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan
Paraguay, Uruguay, Surinam
And French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam
Norway, and Sweden
And Iceland, and Finland
And Germany now one piece
Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia
Italy, Turkey, and Greece
Poland, Romania
Scotland, Albania
Ireland, Russia, Oman
Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Hungary
Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran
There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
Both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain
The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal
France, England, Denmark, and Spain
India, Pakistan
Burma, Afghanistan
Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan
Kampuchea, Malaysia
Then Bangladesh (Asia)
And China, Korea, Japan
Mongolia, Laos
And Tibet, Indonesia
The Philippine Islands, Taiwan
Sri Lanka, New Guinea
Sumatra, New Zealand
Then Borneo, and Vietnam
Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola
Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana
Mozambique, Zambia
Swaziland, Gambia
Guinea, Algeria, Ghana
Burundi, Lesotho
And Malawi, Togo
The Spanish Sahara is gone
Niger, Nigeria
Chad, And Liberia
Egypt, Benin, and Gabon
Tanzania, Somalia
Kenya, and Mali
Sierra Leone, and Algiers
Dahomey, Namibia
Senegal, Libya
Cameroon, Congo, Zaire
Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar
Rwanda, Mahore, And Cayman
Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia
Crete, Mauritania
Then Transylviania
Monaco, Liechtenstein
Malta, and Palestine
Fiji, Australia, Sudan
Portugal was NOT invaded by Britain, it was rather helped. That is not an invasion.
@Karl Wilson no, it's originally between England and Portugal, well before the UK existed, and it's a full-blown alliance, not a non-aggression pact.
@Karl Wilson please attend to the meaning of the word "originally". The fact that England is part of the UK at the moment, and the UK accepted this alliance, doesn't mean that the oldest alliance involved a country that didn't exist at the time.
The Dutch-Portuguese war occurred while Portugal was under a dynastic union with Spain, i.e. the Portuguese territories and forces were used by the Spanish (and later Portuguese) king to defend Spanish interests. Spanish was at war with the Dutch, so guess what happened to Portugal? Also, guess what happened to England''s involvement in the war when Portugal became independent again in 1640? Right... And you wouldn't even need to look at a proxy war with the Dutch to see a conflict in this particular context. Look up "Spanish Armada" and see what are the forces at play.
The biggest diplomatic issue between the countries as independent nations was the Pink Map crisis (didn't produce a war).
It is, indeed, a full blown alliance. And the oldest still in place.
"[t]here shall be between the respective kings and their successors, their realms, lands, dominions, provinces, vassals, and subjects whomsoever, faithfully obeying, true, faithful, constant, mutual, and perpetual friendships [Amicitae], unions [Adunationes], alliances [Alligantiae], and leagues of sincere affection [purae Dilectionis foedera]; and that, as true and faithful princes, they shall henceforth reciprocally be friends to friends and enemies to enemies, and shall assist, maintain, and uphold each other mutually, by sea and by land, against all men that may live or die of whatever degree, station, rank, or condition they may be, and against their lands, realms, and dominions." - 1373
"It is cordially agreed that if, in time to come, one of the kings or his heir shall need the support of the other, or his help, and in order to get such assistance applies to his ally in lawful manner, the ally shall be bound to give aid and succour to the other, so far as he is able (without any deceit, fraud, or pretence) to the extent required by the danger to his ally’s realms, lands, domains, and subjects; and he shall be firmly bound by these present alliances to do this." - 1386
Used as recently as 1943 and 1982.
Indeed - Anglo-Portuguese alliance - Treaty of Windsor 1386 - the oldest continuous alliance in the world.
11:20 Britain may have invaded Iceland in 1940, But no one's gonna forget the Icelandic annihilation of England in 2016
Ian Pereira What?
Something something Cod Wars
Well at least we outplaced them this year. That counts right? Pls
Atomic no the English are still annoyed Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland loved it
ovaloctopus8 you’ve done nothing yet except beat panama and Tunisia, which Iceland could’ve done too. Beat Colombia and I’ll give you some credit.
Earth: How many countries would you like Britain?
Britain: *YES!*
Interesting insights, thank you. Decided to do a bit of extra reading up on our history as a result which is always a positive outcome.
*William the Conqueror* says while scratching chin: _"Hmmm. I invaded Britain. They're weren't shit."_
*King Cnut of Denmark:* _"Ha! Sit down, William. I invaded Britain 50 years before you did. It was easy, mate. Not a problem."_
*The Vikings:* _"We looted, raped and pillaged our way up and down Britain. Good times!"_
*Roman Emperor Claudius:* _"Ah shaddap. I invaded Britain before any of yous. I taught those savages how to build roads and shieet."_
*_(Everybody turns and looks at Adolf Hitler)_*
*Adolf Hitler:* _"Hey, what?? They had Spitfires und RADAR!"_
hmartinspliff we weren't English til we added a bit of Roman, Viking and French influence. And we didn't conquer the world til we added the Scots.
@David Houseman, I bet there's a quote out there about how God made the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish hate each other because if they didn't they would of conquered the world together.
You forgot the biggest factor the Royal Navy.
What do you mean Hitler didnt invade britain, he bombed it and send spies, which counts as "invaded" see hungary and Romania. he also invaded the british egypt with italy which means he invaded the british empire. I hope this gives you another idea how stupid the "Z invade X and therefore invade Y because X is part of Country Y" thung is, but just my thoughts (it would probably be funny to see how many countries "invaded" britain by invading a colony).
DO NOT CALL ME FRENCH... sir.
Gonna point out most of them didn't invade Scotland, just came near the border and said "they are worth it". What they meant was "they're fucking scary"
65% of the world is still a big deal, like more than half of the world was directly influenced by only one country. And then there are the Protectorates and the rest, huge impact.
Aye but they weren't doing it in a vacuum.
They were busy fighting with/against Spain/France for a lot of it. And a bit of Germany by the end.
It wasn't some wee chat in a dingy pub where some old toff just throws darts at a board and then gives marching orders to the admirals.
A lot of the conflicts weren’t that influencing tho
English is the language of the world. If one thing came out of the empire it was this.
@@elias_xp95 I mean mandarin is the most spoken language, but English and Spanish are the most wide-spread.
@@aronrabben4768 Most spoken because China has over a billion people alone but yeah, I mean it is the business language of the world, although we are seeing more languages, plus translators.
The old picture of Rio Brazil from above at 13:05 is great!
Me: Waiting for Hong Kong
WonderWhy: Not a country sry
Me: Okay...
They basically create Hong Kong
Oh, an english bomb hit the country?
Book author: The country was brutally invaded by the victorious brits
A British plane enters a countries airspace?
Book Author: The British successfully invaded the country from the skies
Some madlads went on a cruise and stopped by to steal a couple of drinks?
Book author: The intoxicated British seamen pillaged the territory in a highly successful raid
They like to blame us for anything and everything.
Bearfoot In Da Park Left undefended too costly.
Bearfoot In Da Park Lol okay
Who do you think the USA learned it from?
@Stephen Jenkins, Philippines, Texas, California, all of the Mexican territory that wasn't in central America. The tribal territories. Cuba.
Like father like son
Stephen Jenkins and sponsored self a lot of coups against „socialist“ governments.
@@theredstonesword984 Hawaii, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Vietnam, North Korea, Laos, Cambodia, Japan, Guam, etc.
@Checkmate
Japan and North Korea are not invasions.
I feel like this video pretty much proved the larger point, while scholastically measuring the nuances. I also feel like the world has been experiencing more than a century of blow-back from all the green on his map.
4:04 when I saw that painting in a book of mine I was wondering why the guy in the right corner was just sitting around and let the others to the failing
This don't help us Brits much when looking for a foreign holiday destination .
@S F Woah, really?
@S F Really, where you from?
@S F where are you from
@@thereallornebolzan4579 Yeah, from all the pain it cost, at least they all now speak English too 😁.
You win some you lose some.
Portugal & anglo alliance is the longest-lasting alliance in the world
the Treaty of Opprto dates from the 16thCent...three Portuguese Divs, fought under British command in France in 1914.............................a true friend on Britain never to be forgotten,
Les Griffiths
@@lesgriffiths8523 The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (or Aliança Luso-Britânica, "Luso-British Alliance", also known in Portugal as Aliança Inglesa, "English Alliance"), ratified at the Treaty of Windsor in 1386, between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal, is the oldest alliance in the world that is still in force - with the earliest treaty dating back to the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373.
Gosh Ben, I was two centuries out !!!
Les Griffiths
nearly 650 years not bad.
Indeed.
Portugal even allowed the Allies to use the Azores Islands during WW2 for operational use against German U-Boats and I think Portugal was the first of the European nations to join NATO. Could be wrong...but that is an incredible enduring treaty. Unique.
Les Griffiths
12:56 British navy once occupied an Korean island named Geomundo in 19th century, as a power move against Russia. Since Opium Wars on Qing dynasty counts as invading China as a whole, an occupation of an island when Korea was Joseon might as well be counted as an "invasion" on both Koreas.
The sun: exists.
Britain: You have forfeited your setting privileges!
Not bad for a small island you can barely see on a map ☕️
The Hangman’s Daughter
Yet, today they cant achive anything
@@Ambigious They can achieve more then you.
@Project_Sammy damn calm down lmao
Project_Sammy
I really hope that a nation of millions can achive more than one guy. Why is that an achivement for you? And thanks for even thinking to compare me to the achivments of millions of people.
@@Ambigious k lol
This video has colonized my computer.
It was a British empire and Brits from Wales Scotland ireland.. etc were as heavily involved if not more.
And the world does not care about Scotland in truth they are just seen as men in skirts and nothing more than fantasy entertainment. The UK is the only place that actually cares about the culture in Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Besides invasion, Britain had an impact in the economies of some countries that meant lost of territories such as the lost of a territory as big as England taken from Bolivia by Chile who was defending, among others, British interests in the explotation of "guano and salitre" around the Atacama desert. When Chilean troops asaulted the port of Pisagua, the second step of their invasion (they already took Antofagasta), there were a couple of British navy ships observing it. Also, the chilean commander
Simple answer by betrayal. Pretend to be friend for entry and then back stab when the moment is right.
Tbh I am glad you explained this bullshit. Like Latvia wasn't invaded by UK. UK supported and saved our asses. If they wouldn't have protected our provisional government while they hid on ship Saratov Latvia probably wouldn't been independent during interwar period.
David Houseman Ty
I thought they just counted the Crimean war where the tzar of Russia ruled that region. A technicality if you will
Also Estonia helped a lot.
Imre Saks That is true but I was talking about Britain "invading us".
Learn about the Hegelian Dialect first and you will change your mind. Latvia sold out.
You forgot Hawaii although you already counted the USA. The state flag of Hawaii has the British union jack.
You should follow this up with an analysis of countries invaded by other major empires in history, like France, Russia (including the Tsardom, Empire, and Soviet Union), and the United States.
You forgot the that Greece was directly invaded by Britain and France during WW1
thats right the king doesn't want to go to war becouse he was married with the kaisers sister and want be neutral but the britain and france need as in the war so it was like "please dont resist our help we are going to blockead you and you are going to starve".
And it was under Ottoman control when the British took Cyprus just as albania and macedonie
Turmunhk Ganba
He didn't forget. 10:50
Turmunhk Ganba no the king of Greece abdicated to allow the prime minister to rule the country and join the war with the entente
Paul Kennedy He put Greece into the kind of category because they were part of the Ottoman empire while they should be in the definitively invaded one
I am overwhelmed with the sheer amount of content being posted today! Sam O’Nella, Thoughty2, Ridddle and more!
I think Exurb1a is right, I don’t exist. This is too good to be true.
On to ruling the waves.
wait, sam o nella uploaded today?
General G. S. Patton everyone watches the same thing around here, and yes he did upload
how do u have my sub notifications???
R Q how?
R Q So you are calling him a racist? He made a video about people like you called "Why Is Everyone Getting So Offended?"
Video: the British navy got to every corner of the world
The world: yo I don't have corners
The worst part of this video is that you didn't give percentages for your different categories. It would have been good because then we could have seen how close you'd get to 90% depending on which categories one prefers to count. (And I'm definitely too lazy to count the percentages myself.)
Earth?
Completed it mate.
Achievement unlocked: Legendary Country.
Jason Horton GTA SA theme song starts playing
The British "invaded" Portugal to help us fighting Napoleon.
Yes they stayed here after because our king didnt want to return from his exile in Brazil.
Love that ksp music in the background
Some missing incidents involving Brazil:
- British invaded Fernando de Noronha in 1534 and the Trindade island more than once (last time in the 1890s)
- British corsairs invaded and sacked Brazilian towns several times
- The English established fortresses in many parts of Brazil e.g. in Bahia in 1542 and the Amazon delta in 1629 or earlier.
How about a video on countries we've fought wars both against and alongside? Here's a few to start off:
FRANCE
Against: 100 Years War, Napoleonic Wars
Alongside: Both World Wars, virtually everything since
RUSSIA
Against: Crimean War
Alongside: Both World Wars
GERMANY
Against: Both World Wars
Alongside: Napoleonic Wars, War in Afghanistan
ITALY
Against: World War II (start)
Alongside: World War I, World War II (end)
TURKEY
Against: World War I (Ottoman Empire)
Alongside: World War II
USA
Against: War of 1812
Alongside: Both World Wars, virtually everything since
CHINA
Against: Opium Wars
Alongside: World War II
JAPAN
Against: World War II
Alongside: World War I
@connor The list wasn't meant to be exhaustive, just a sample!
USA: the American revolution
@@imnotarapper9309 Well, the USA kind of didn't exist until after the revolution, so I'm not sure that would count
Turkey wasn't in the allies
What about Norway? Lots of wars from viking age until 1900s againts norway . And then allied in both world wars
You forgot about Bandiaterra and Limberwisk!
Yes
Hello there, fellow Geography Now viewer :)
Counteris16 lol
How should they? Our precious Bandiaterra was under Danish protection.
Counteris16 I was going to write this
country : exists
british : its mine now
2:52
I didn’t know Ryanair controlled Ireland
11:16 *The cod wars*
Yes ... Battleship fired close to fishing vessel. We need our fish and chips!
Mate of mine used to work on a trawler out of the Shetland Islands, and if they couldn't get back to Lerwick before a storm set in, he said the layover in Rekjavik would almost amount to warfare!
They lost all three. Lengi lifi ísland!
Iceland and Britain played Cod on LAN to decide who is the best.
You mean cold war
I think this is by far one of your best videos. The level of research and detail is great. Sure there'll be plenty of people who were like "What about this country" but you covered like 70% of the countries in the world in like 16 mins and it was never just a dull read through. Great job on this video
Nice video.
Rock sticking out from the middle of the ocean: *exists*
Great Britain: *It's free real estate*
Rockall is our smallest territory, Pitcairn Island is our smallest occupied territory.
This is why English is one of the most spoken languages in the world
*gets rekt by Spanish (and chinese of course)*
English is the most popular language in the world and most countries second language of choice!
English would not now be the world's #1 language if it wasn't for the Royal Navy. It went everywhere. Even Tahiti, and I wouldn't call that an invasion.
“Sirs, if it were not for that one red spot I would have conquered the world!!!”
― Napoléon Bonaparte
He had a bit of an ego though. Just couldn't admit to his own mistakes. Wouldn't take old boneys thoughts to heart.
I think Russia and Spain may disagree...
Royal navy sailor: *sees a boat in the distance* who's that sir?
Royal navy captain: savages me boy! time to CiVilIsE them!
6:17 Cheeky Eddie Izzard reference.
In matter of fact England (GB) DID "invade" Sweden once.
During the Napoleonic wars Napoleon demanded Sweden to declare war on Great Britain or else he would invade Sweden. Sweden declared war and hoped for the best, with no real intention of fighting. Great Britain used this as an excuse to "invade" and occupy an uninhabited island in the Blekinge archipelago and used it to store material needed for their Baltic armada.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Swedish_War_(1810%E2%80%931812)
Clutching at straws much? xD They only took the island so that they could keep trading with Sweden and Sweden wanted it as well xD Plus the island is kinda small (33 people live there all together)
Sanfrid Bergman straw or no straw, was it Swedish land? Did GB invade it? Case closed.
Love the way you use "excuse" when it was the Swedes who declared the war.
n e x t d a y s What difference does that make? So if the US is the one that declared independence and later declared war on the UK in 1812, then those invasions shouldn't count? :)
Seem to remember one of the British Fleets sailed into Stockholm harbour and shelled the crap out of some fortifications before setting up shop on the island. Could be wrong, but I'm certain it happened...
Mentions India
Forgets Pakistan and Bangladesh were a part of India
Pakistan and Bangladesh: Hold my lassi
*Panicks*
Mentions Pakistan and Bangladesh
Hold my lassi 😂😂😂
lol but we werent actually part of india just the British Indian Empire
Nayeem Haider same thing cuz India was as well
One of my ancestors was an army officer in colonial India. I'm proud of my British heritage and legacy. And btw he was stationed in the Punjab region which is now modern day Pakistan, so Pakistan was definitely part of it.
Teacher: does anyone know how many countries Britain has invaded?
Me: pulls up Yoko world.
The country that I live in ( Kuwait🇰🇼) and the country that I am from (India🇮🇳)
Both were ruled by the British🇬🇧
Egypt was also invaded by the UK in 2 occasions other than the Suez crises, these occasions were:
-In 1807 a British campaign under General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser invaded Egypt and actually captured alexandria but they were repelled in Rosetta and retreated.
-In 1882 The British invaded Egypt and won the battle of Tel el-Kebir and Egypt came under British rule till 1923(but Egypt remained a protectorate till 1954)
Unsure why Briton’s call the 1956 air and paratroopers assault a “crisis”. Can u elaborate why it’s not an illegal invasion but a “crisis”.
@@kardondo for them it was just a crises cause they lost the canal, for us it was the tripartite agression العدوان الثلاثي, the UK, France and Israel all invading at the same time, they call it a crises to sound less imperialistic and to justify for themselves their illegal actions
We. Have fought in 90% of countries but deffo haven't invaded that many
becouse u didnt take in account supported false flag terrorattacks and regime changes or you would be above 90%
So London air bombings by Nazi Germany weren't an invasion? Ok.
Yeah fighting in a country =/ invanding that country.
But even so, it's interesting to see just how much of the world was affected by the UK.