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
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 :)
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 🍗🐟😸👍
@@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
@@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” 😂😂
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. 🤣
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
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.
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
@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.
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.
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?
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.
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 👍
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.
@@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
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,
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.
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.
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
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
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.
@@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...
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 TH-cam, ergo boredom abounded, therefore invasion and collonisation was almost the only popular form of entertainment since the witch hunts where outlawed!😁
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
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
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
@@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 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?
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 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.
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?
@@YouGotOptions2 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.
@@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?
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!
@@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.
@@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?
Please take this the right way, I just love your thirst for knowledge. And I really like your memory for facs. I am the same, love to learn new things and go into areas that I know nothing about. Please take care, love from Sweden 💛💙
Good vid. I imagine that the official British document archives for all of these conquests/wars/battles must fill up a huge, Indiana Jones-type warehouse somewhere in the UK. BTW, the Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific are a British territory. On one of the islands, the mutineers of HMS Bounty landed and existed.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
@@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
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!
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.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your reaction. You are actually the best person I've seen on TH-cam Reactions. Your knowledge is excellent and you have made some good points. I'm definitely going to procure the Niall Ferguson book.
People always wonder how such a little that's jalf the size of Texas could weald such influence in the world. Even to the point of being the center of the world On any wall map where time starts, London Grenwich, this tiny country with it's English language that's permiated the whole world, as told of in that other great institution that has also come out of this tiny place the great KJV bible
England/Brittain could managed these great enterprises the empire and Book that's dominated the world, a world that feels that it's about to drown No common sense days there must have been a great power behind the the throne, as the great English bard Shakespeare called it this scepter isle with it's still enduring throne, no someon beyond us frail mortals has had hand in this and l say only one stupid mind could deny it. And this great says it happen again only this time the whole world. From this same scepter isle, William Blake's poem will come true as it's set in the song Jerusalem music by parri along with Elgar and his great music with the words that sum up my theme, Land of Hope and Glory that the whole world aspire to.
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
@@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.
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.
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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.
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 do love watching history with you as you point out many things that others miss. You are correct to assume there were quests. The narrator did make a few mistakes, one being "England" instead of Britain. The welsh with their long bows were an integral part of the victories in early days, and the Scots were known to "stand" under punishing conditions to turn the tide of battle. Remember Napoleon was the 1800s Hitler. Many of these countries were invaded to help the people kick out Napoleon (like Portugal and Spain) and others were Napoleon's allies (like the USA in 1812, when the UK burned down the white house)
The Welsh were not much involved. It is one of the myths of history. You can look it up. English archers made up the battles we all talk about, Agincourt etc.
The English overseas possessions, also known as the English colonial empire, comprised a variety of overseas territories that were colonised, conquered, or otherwise acquired by the Kingdom of England during the centuries before the Kingdom of Great Britain existed. The many English colonies from then became the foundation of the British Empire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_overseas_possessions
A lot of this was done under sail when it took many months to go any distance, and the journey itself could be as hazardous as the encounter on arrival.
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".
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)...
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.
@@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...
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.
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.
It's a long one, but I would love to see you react to The Melancholic Comfort of Late 90s Horror by kaptainkristian. As a 90s kid I found it to be a good video essay on the state of the horror genre in the latter part of the decade as well as being quite a beautiful reflection on reminiscing, loneliness and melancholy in general.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Niall Fergusson also has another really good book called "The Pity of War" which i used as part of my A-Level History Coursework and it was surprisingly interesting, talking about the causes of WW1.
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 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.
What can I say as a British born and bred bloke, we did quite alot around the world didn't we ?. It does make you wonder how the world could have looked like if the 65 countries that left the then empire had stayed, also would the empire have changed to become the commonwealth if the did leave to stand on their own. It can also be said for other empires that came and went over the years too.
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.
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.
The video seems confused about the meaning of the word invaded. For a start the territories in France were part of a Norman empire who then invaded England.
anybody who listens to this should read about the Normans and Plantagenets in Britain This author needs to write out 100 times an exhaustive list of the regions invaded by the vikings, French, moors and Ottomans he also needs to understand the sheer range of peoples in the mix of the invading British. The new ruling dynasty in 18th century Britain was from Hanover, hence his reference to Hanover here. the English parliament in its first 200 years spoke the French of the era
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
@@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
My grandad invaded Austria in WWII, he was part of 6th Armoured Div. Fought through North Africa and Italy, ended the war as an occupation force in Austria in 1945.
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 😂
What they fail to talk about is the number of times the Islands of Britain have been invaded since Doggerland sank beneath the waves. Beaker People, Picts, Celts, Britons, Romans, Vikings, Angles, Saxons, Normans, Spanish (Technically we caught them and imprisoned them in Torbay) - I'm sure there must be some I have missed :) There is also a video you may be interested in watching by Eddie Izzard, all about how we invaded countries because they didn't have a Flag. - It is only a very short sketch th-cam.com/video/_9W1zTEuKLY/w-d-xo.html
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 🍗🐟😸👍
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.
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 😆
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.
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.
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
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!
“Everyone’s a gangsta until my ships arrive on your shore” - Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth I
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.
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.
With trade you mean looting?
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.
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 😭
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"
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
👍
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.
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
th-cam.com/video/_NoWIZv96KU/w-d-xo.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
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 ❤️
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 😁
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
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...
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 TH-cam, 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.
Amazing that what is such a small country,has had so much influence on the world..
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
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
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?
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.
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.
@@YouGotOptions2 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.
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.
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?
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.
Hawaii....it still has the Union Jack featured on its State flag
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?
Please take this the right way, I just love your thirst for knowledge. And I really like your memory for facs. I am the same, love to learn new things and go into areas that I know nothing about. Please take care, love from Sweden 💛💙
Good vid. I imagine that the official British document archives for all of these conquests/wars/battles must fill up a huge, Indiana Jones-type warehouse somewhere in the UK. BTW, the Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific are a British territory. On one of the islands, the mutineers of HMS Bounty landed and existed.
And it's full of nonces.
The two so called invasions of Norway, was just two naval engagements of the coast of Norway...
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.
The Niall Ferguson documentary is a good recommendation, as would be his "War of the World" series, also available on TH-cam.
Too Much No Protocol is a GREAT THING!
But not tribbles?
never too much
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
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.
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.
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.
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 !
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
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.
Gutted we’ve missed 22… but there is still time!
We just went looking for hot & spicy food, and Olympic quality athletes.
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
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!
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
Video was great, and I love your nail color 😊
Amazing, we got so close to perfection.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your reaction. You are actually the best person I've seen on TH-cam Reactions. Your knowledge is excellent and you have made some good points. I'm definitely going to procure the Niall Ferguson book.
Thankyou
People always wonder how such a little that's jalf the size of Texas could weald such influence in the world. Even to the point of being the center of the world
On any wall map where time starts, London Grenwich, this tiny country with it's English language that's permiated the whole world, as told of in that other great institution that has also come out of this tiny place the great KJV bible
No no llll. As l said before none are so blind that cannot see that which plainly obvious.
England/Brittain could managed these great enterprises the empire and Book that's dominated the world, a world that feels that it's about to drown No common sense days there must have been a great power behind the the throne, as the great English bard Shakespeare called it this scepter isle with it's still enduring throne, no someon beyond us frail mortals has had hand in this and l say only one stupid mind could deny it. And this great says it happen again only this time the whole world. From this same scepter isle, William Blake's poem will come true as it's set in the song Jerusalem music by parri along with Elgar and his great music with the words that sum up my theme, Land of Hope and Glory that the whole world aspire to.
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
We HAD to...it was drizzling here in England.
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.
Love your channel. Definitely subscribing .
She is intelligence personified...:)
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.
Well done young lady! History has always fascinated me.
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 do love watching history with you as you point out many things that others miss.
You are correct to assume there were quests.
The narrator did make a few mistakes, one being "England" instead of Britain. The welsh with their long bows were an integral part of the victories in early days, and the Scots were known to "stand" under punishing conditions to turn the tide of battle.
Remember Napoleon was the 1800s Hitler.
Many of these countries were invaded to help the people kick out Napoleon (like Portugal and Spain) and others were Napoleon's allies (like the USA in 1812, when the UK burned down the white house)
The Welsh were not much involved. It is one of the myths of history. You can look it up. English archers made up the battles we all talk about, Agincourt etc.
The English overseas possessions, also known as the English colonial empire, comprised a variety of overseas territories that were colonised, conquered, or otherwise acquired by the Kingdom of England during the centuries before the Kingdom of Great Britain existed. The many English colonies from then became the foundation of the British Empire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_overseas_possessions
I'm so proud to have enhanced so many nations, where are the thank yous.
A lot of this was done under sail when it took many months to go any distance, and the journey itself could be as hazardous as the encounter on arrival.
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".
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)...
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...
2:17 thanks for the right pronunciation! As someone from Cadiz I'm curious, what's the story behind you knowing all the right names in Spanish?
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.
It's a long one, but I would love to see you react to The Melancholic Comfort of Late 90s Horror by kaptainkristian. As a 90s kid I found it to be a good video essay on the state of the horror genre in the latter part of the decade as well as being quite a beautiful reflection on reminiscing, loneliness and melancholy in general.
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?
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.
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
Formed by invasion, The Romans, Anglo Saxons who formed England (England = “Land of the Angles”), the Vikings & the Normans(French) taught us so well.
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.
You left out the Falkland Islands, (which BTW, were re-taken from Argentina just 41 years ago, in 1982)!
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.
Niall Fergusson also has another really good book called "The Pity of War" which i used as part of my A-Level History Coursework and it was surprisingly interesting, talking about the causes of WW1.
I think we have to define "Invade".
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.
Proud Englishman and proud that we did what we did.
u like hitler also?
It was Britain that done this together not just England
Makes you proud don’t it. 🇬🇧
Very proud of this.
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
What can I say as a British born and bred bloke, we did quite alot around the world didn't we ?. It does make you wonder how the world could have looked like if the 65 countries that left the then empire had stayed, also would the empire have changed to become the commonwealth if the did leave to stand on their own. It can also be said for other empires that came and went over the years too.
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:)
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.
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! 🤪
The video seems confused about the meaning of the word invaded. For a start the territories in France were part of a Norman empire who then invaded England.
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 👍🇬🇧
anybody who listens to this should read about the Normans and Plantagenets in Britain
This author needs to write out 100 times an exhaustive list of the regions invaded by the vikings, French, moors and Ottomans
he also needs to understand the sheer range of peoples in the mix of the invading British. The new ruling dynasty in 18th century Britain was from Hanover, hence his reference to Hanover here.
the English parliament in its first 200 years spoke the French of the era
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
My grandad invaded Austria in WWII, he was part of 6th Armoured Div. Fought through North Africa and Italy, ended the war as an occupation force in Austria in 1945.
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 😂
He never mentioned Wales & Scotland
What they fail to talk about is the number of times the Islands of Britain have been invaded since Doggerland sank beneath the waves. Beaker People, Picts, Celts, Britons, Romans, Vikings, Angles, Saxons, Normans, Spanish (Technically we caught them and imprisoned them in Torbay) - I'm sure there must be some I have missed :) There is also a video you may be interested in watching by Eddie Izzard, all about how we invaded countries because they didn't have a Flag. - It is only a very short sketch th-cam.com/video/_9W1zTEuKLY/w-d-xo.html
A lot of those are not invasions or not proven to be (for prehistoric ones).
That's how the countries were spelled when they were invaded.