I think you are in some coma. You have already been conquered and you still haven't realised it. You are now the real refugee in your own country and the so called refugees have taken over your country. 😂😂😂😂
The reason we didn't conquer Nepal was The Gurkha's. So we decided to invite them to join the British Army! The Gurkha's are amazing warriors and are highly respected here in the UK.
Ah you raised this before I could and don't forget that the Nepalese go through a extremely tough selection just for the honour of serving in thd British army
Whenever the English had a tough enemy to overcome, they chose the best to sort out the "problem"- The Ghurkhas & the 51st Highland Division ! - Saor Alba gu bràth!
Hope this puts America's independence into perspective. A lot of Americans are under the impression that the British are secretly 'butthurt' over 1776. The reality is America is just another name on the list and our past history with France and Germany etc takes far more precedence in our culture.
...but that timeline has not yet played out! I do believe, that in the fullness of time, it'll become obvious that the US gaining independance from Britain was the worst mistake WE (both parties culpable) ever made, as it sowed the seeds for the demise of us both. And that point is fast approaching.
@@JJLAReacts Fun fact: The US senate, as part of the end of 1814 when the US sued for peace against the British - due to the war of 1812 which was still on going - they had to sign a humiliating clause that makes them a subsidiary or side government to Britain. They’re still registered in the House of Parliament as such to this day.
It was the British settlers in America who broke away from the UK because they did not like the taxes that the King was imposing on them! At the time the British WERE the "Americans" other than of course the indigenous people !
The only nation throughout the whole of history to ever devote it's empires wealth/resources/morality/blood to the abolishment of slavery throughout the globe and secure that any human being standing on British soil was automatically a free person no matter where they came from.
@@user-vm8zo3nu8h Although that is somewhat true, it only applied to Anglo Saxon slaves. It was William the conqueror who made all slavery illegal in England, and enforced his law with large fines to anyone caught owning slaves. He didn't do it out of the goodness of his heart though, he did it for the money, as there were plenty of slaves in England at the time, and he needed to finance wars.
As said, The British were so impressed by the Gurkhas in Nepal that they invited them to fight for Britain and they still do. The Gurkhas are incredible.
Nepal wasn't totally beaten because of their warrior gurkhas. We were so impressed by them that they now fight for us. There are some excellent videos about the gurkhas. 🇬🇧🙂
@@SamValiantYou clearly don't know about the plaid found with the Tarim Basin mummies, when it was part of huge ancient Sumaria. One of the plaids is almost identical to a Scottish plaid on my paternal line. They taught the Han pottery technics the Han hadn't developed. Then there is the ancient shirt found buried in the sand in Iraq. Chinese silk from the Chinese. Bengal? Not so much.
Lol, yes that's funny. Yes at some point at the end of the war, the Spanish and French owner territories were shared out among the victors Britain and Britain decided then what territories they would keep. Nobody agrees to hand over their territories willingly unless they have lost a war. All legal, all ours but like Hong Kong we did decide to stay.
@@julietpiris3832 Technically that lease was to the original Chinese government that was backstabbed by the CCP when they were weakened by WW2..... the government that's currently ruling Taiwan basically so Hong Kong should have gone to Taiwan.
In regards to the ~400 years of war against the Irish... they weren't a unified people. They were independent principalities/clans who fought against each other as much as they did against the English. The English took an approach of ally, divide, conquer, consolidate, repeat and gradually dominated and replaced the clans from North to south, a similar way Caesar did in Gaul but apparently over a much longer time frame.
Ireland has never been united bar under British rule. The shame is had the British handled what had originally been a relatively small and loosely supported uprising sensibly instead of coming down on the Irish like a ton of bricks, Ireland might have become an equal partner in the United Kingdom along with England, Scotland and Wales. Ironically there are more people of Irish decent in the rest of the British Isles that there are in Ireland itself.
@@user-ug8wx5er1w. I don’t get Mexican. Tacos and tortillas, or just the same as sandwiches in a different format I don’t believe it has a wide variety of Indian food.
Look up the Gurkhas (Napal), they held against the British and we saw a strong ally, they've served in the British army ever since... highly respected soldiers. The only other national army they serve in is India, as some chose to stay when India went independent...
@@JJLAReacts This is a good starter for you from the british army forces tv channel showing them in nepal through the selection process th-cam.com/video/O8pIJglsYUE/w-d-xo.html
At 2:40 when he says, "the British continued to invade Spain by the millions every winter" He's referring to British tourists that visit Spain. France and Spain are popular British tourist destinations.
There is an awful lot of context missing from this. It does not explain where territory was through marriage, or when it was an act of defence from a foreign attack and distinguish that from anything else.
Yes, the original video had a lot of context missing (of course it did, especially covering such a long timespan and much intricate diplomacy, in such a short video) but I get your point - it seemed to be deliberately trying to paint England/Britain in the worst light possible, all the way through. I think that's a fair assessment. But our man JJLA saw right through some of it, and called it out, so credit to him. But in a way it also backfired for the OP.... certainly made me even more proud to be British! 😂
I mean there is no denying that the British Empire is the probably the most brutal empire to have ever existed. And im not talking about England before it became Great Britain, im specifically talking about Great Britain. Those wars in Europe between England and France and others are of course brutal, but all of the European majors were doing that shit. Im specifically talking about the Americas, India, China etc.
@@DonHaka You think the British Empire was the most brutal? Heard of the Mongol Empire? What empires did you consider and study before making this pronouncement?
@@shelleyphilcox4743 Indeed, the Russian Empire was reknowned for its generosity of spirit, forbearance of others and peaceful intent. (still going strong on all of those points - take a look at Georgia/Moldova and who can ignore what they're doing to Ukraine. Still, minor point eh!? The Romans gave but at what cost to the rest of those unfortunate/fortunate enough to have their avaricious gaze brought to bear on them. There there's the Viking empire and the the Aztecs were an absolute picture of serenity, understanding, forward thinking and kindness. Oh! Wait a minute! Almost forgot what the Irish did to what eventually was named after one of their marauding/raping/pillaging/genocidal tribes - the Scoti (not much survived their arrival in what was to become Scotland) s. What about St Patrick - According to Patrick's autobiographical Confessio, when he was about sixteen, he was captured by Irish pirates from his home in Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland. He writes that he lived there for six years as an animal herder before escaping and returning to his family. After becoming a cleric, he returned to spread Christianity in northern and western Ireland. In later life, he served as a bishop, but little is known about where he worked. By the seventh century, he had already come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland. It was only with the coming of William the Conqueror that the Irish raiding of English shores to take slaves came to a halt. You see, the trouble with wanting to look back at history to prove some point or other it that, once started, you don't get to choose how far back that search goes or which particular part of later history you can choose to ignore because it's inconvenient. Ireland made itself a dire enemy of the remainder of the British Isles because it decided to take up and support the Roman Catholic brand of superstitious bullshit. Worse it then allowed itself to be used as a political/military pawn against by the power mongers in Rome against England/Britain. Sometimes in life you get to reap what you sow.
looking through this list of countries, there`s a big difference between Invasion and being asked to help liberate countries from an oppressive regime .
Yeah, a bunch of that was joint NATO stuff or post WW2 temporary occupation to re-establish democracy and help the civ population recover like in Japan, Germany, etc or what happened in Croatia in the 90's. I don't think those count as "invasion" has an implied aggression to it.
@@davidmclintock7164 Not sure about The Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho... a protectorate. Here it certainly wasn't seen to be worth suppressing, but they needed protection from surrounding tribes so we're given it?
Haha, sorry I got your first name wrong though! My next door neighbor growing up was named Steven Johnson so I think he occupies that name in my brain or something. Thanks again!
A sad fact is that many (particularly African) invaded countries that gained independence from the uk have descended into civil war, famine, poverty only AFTER the uk left.
British Isles have been invaded several times, including by the Romans, by the Germanic peoples, by the Vikings, by the Normans, by the French, and by the Dutch. when we gave it a go found out we pretty good at it. if you did not invade it be invaded by french/Spanish / ....... and so on, that was how things were back then
But not since 1066 [been invaded] and the Normans were lucky to win as Harold II had just beateb the Norweigans in the north of England and had to rush down to confront William the Bastard [later the Conquerer].
Lol no. The French nor the Dutch can be compared with those previous invasions.. not by a long shot. Anyway, you missed a big one; the Celts. The Celts were not the indigenous peoples of the British Isles, they were invaders here too. It's just that they largely chose to either ignore or not acknowledge that fact (although dna proves it) because... well, pick a reason.
@@davidware9549 There was absolutely no chance of Hitler invading Britain at that time (1940), none at all. But if he'd have defeated the USSR, then later on, probably. But not by 'invasion' but by starving us into surrender - that was a real possibility.
The unification of England occured, because a more powerful tribe took over a lesser tribe, and that continued until eventually a unified country was formed, in AD927. Ireland was a landmass, not a country. It was made up of similar disparate tribes to that of England, and England (now being a big tribe), took over those smaller tribes in Ireland bit by bit, in the same way that England was formed, and that is the spirit of the geopolitics that existed 1,000 years or so ago, across Medieval Europe, dating back to the Roman Empire, and before. Hate it if you like, but you are clearly descended from the same aggressive Europeans that spent 1,000 years pointlessly fighting their neighbours back and forth for a personal land grab. The English just happened to be very good at it. The fact is that things are different now, except in Russia, and its called CIVILISATION. And that wasn't suddenly magicked out of a top hat either, civilisation had to be fought for! So no point in expecting political correctness at a time when life was generally worth nothing. It was a time of the survival of the fittest. Ireland only developed a sense of nationhood under British rule. It was the one and only time that Ireland has ever been united, and yes, it was under the Union Jack. Some Irish seem to think that Ireland existed as a sovereign country since the beginning of time, but that is just another nationalist myth, like Americans are taught that the American War of Independence, was something other than a British civil war. When Americans became American, is anyone's guess, but a Declaration issued in 1776, did not change the mutual heritage of colonialists and Hanoverians, who were in reality, re fighting the C17th English civil war, i.e. Republicans versus Monarchists, but in the 13 colonies. Just saying...😀...
The biggest Empire in human history. My friend, you absolutely summed it up in a nutshell right at the very end of the video when you said .... "Don't f**k with Britain". Well said Sir. I couldn't have put it better myself! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I'm pretty sure there was a point that the British empire was considered a hyper power instead of a superpower I'm not sure if any other country in history achieved that title.
Also check out the Battle of Bamber Bridge where the US fought against it's own troops on English soil during WW2 and the local English civilians stood up for one of the groups. Definitely not the United States proudest moment.
The vast majority of Irish do not hold a grudge, they're nice people who are very similar to us and understand it was nothing to do with ordinary British people. Much bad feeling is still perpetuated by ignorant "Plastic Paddy's'' in places like Boston? And those are the words of my Irish mates.
Britain became the country which saved so many Irish as they left looking for food and work. I have Irish down both lines who came over during the famine, settled and married and bred. Served alongside a great many southern Irish in the army.
I have to say, as an Englishman, my experience of/with the Irish, concurs with the OP. Compared to the Scots and the Welsh, the Irish don't 'whinge' or gleefully express anti-English sentiments (like when we lose to anybody at football). 🙄 Not saying all Scots/Welsh do, far from it... but some definitely do. The only time I've had 'historical' friction with an Irish person was way back in 1986 when I said 'Londonderry' during an innocuous conversation, rather than Derry. But that's it, hardly worth mentioning. But to those Scots and Welsh who still have a chip on their shoulders: get a grip and grow up! Because your animosity towards 'England' is being used by our mutual enemies to destroy all our nations... and you are one of their tools.
love the FACT that a US aircraft carrier was based in the Bahamas incase we needed help ...Thatcher told Regan back off the boys will do it ..many hate the Tories but thatcher was a true leader
@@scrimdog1as a direct result of her policies, or did you think banning coal mining with no job retraining was a good thing? She crippled the economic development of the towns and cities that made Britain the powerhouse it was in the world with nothing to replace it putting millions of British people of of jobs. Let’s not act like there’s no nuance to be had when talking about people. They’re people, not perfect they can make mistakes and be wrong.
@@psttech4290 correct and did she help? No she shut down the mines because they were striking for betting conditions. The same cities that built the UK into the place it is today were sabotaged and given no help moving away from coal mining. To the point that many of them still have not recovered. By 2070 maybe we’ll be off coal so for 100 years she ruined the future of hundreds of millions of brits.
WE DIDNT NEED HELP, BUT IT WAS TRUE THE US WAS CONVERTING A CARRIER TO SUIT UK HARRIERS, THE FUNNY THING IS THAT THE ONLY WAR THE US HAS FOUGHT ALONE IT LOST, VIETNAM, THEY WERE DESPERATE FOR US TO JOIN IN
I went to school in Winchester, Hampshire and it was always implied that our darkest day was when the Normans invaded in 1066 because we are still Saxons. The Normans ( North Men ) were Vikings, not French but used old French as their Language. It wasn't until Henry IV that a King spoke English instead of French. It has to be remembered that before all of them were Celts, In Sussex ( South Saxons ) where I live there are still many Celtic place names such as Lewes meaning hills.
The countries that eventually remained within the Commonwealth, as all the other countries, were not "invaded" or taken by force. It was done through Trade. However such trading gave the British some control over the countries it traded with, but the British Empire was not formed through battles !
Not quite true. The East India Company had their own army, and Britain used their armies to enforce colonial rule in India, Kenya, South Africa, and many other Commonwealth countries.
There's a map that shows the 22 countries that Britain never invaded/colonised at one time or another. That's not to say it was simultaneous occupation, because some were short duration.
We didn't conquer Nepal because the Gurkhas were so very good. So good we did the next best thing and took them all into the British army - some of our most feared troops. If you can't beat them, make them join you. 😂
That long hate of the french started in 1066 when William (the owner of normandy at the time, invaded england) in 1066. And somewhat continues to this day
My junior high French teacher got really animated on Oct 14th my 1st year taking his class because it was the anniversary of the battle of Hastings and the fall of England to Normandy which was sort of French by overall population but ruled by Normans. Yes he was born in France and teaching French in the USA.
One of the ironies of this story is the contribution made by the Irish. A large part of England’s military has always been Irish and still is! The Royal Irish Regiment and the Irish Guards are two of the best British Regiments. Around 40% of the Irish Guards are from the Republic, with the rest mostly from Northern Ireland. So when you next see the men in red coats standing guard in front of Buckingham Palace remember that they maybe Irish.
Many points is that Britain required ports to safe guard our sea lanes to the empire. Coal was taken from Wales and shipped to Falklands, Aden, Simestown ect to keep the Royal Navy supplied. You spotted Gilbraltar gave us control of entry to the Med. Malta gave us a Naval base and control of Eygpt gave us a Naval based in the Eastern Med. Aden and British Somalia gave us control of Suez canal from the India Ocean.
@@pd8066 unfortunately the navy is not as big and powerful as once was. At the height of Englands naval power we had around 200 or 300 ships, not anymore. People were forced into military service, but not anymore thank heavens. In order to secure our country better we need to build up the navy again. Gone are the days we could fight 2 conflicts at the same time as we have done in past era's.
We have a weird relationship with Africa… we invaded a lot , which is true. But we also set up the African coastal patrol (I don’t remember the exact name) where we literally had ships surrounding Africa and stopped other countries from taking slaves as we were trying to abolish it👌🏽
I was working with a Polish guy and he was talking about it being Polands Independence Day, then he asked me when our Independence Day was I kind of sheepishly told him that we don’t have one
And that's why so much of the world has English as a first or second language. As the lyrics to Land of Hope and Glory state - "Wider still and wider/Shall thy bounds be set".
@@John-id6ih It's really not quite. We've been eaten inside-out by a foreign body... a parasite... that's why we are weak. But yes, of course the hyenas and vultures circle around, regardless.
After initially giving the locals in these countries a good hiding,we then traded with them. The people’s standard of living went up and they liked their new country. It’s only really the French we love to have a tear up with for no reason other than they are French. We are an island race and love a good fight,and since the vikings and Normans,no one but the Germans have dared come across the water,and even their air force was given a battering and they had to f*ck off back to…….yep,France. Folded in two weeks the French.
I think he forgot the Falkland Islands, which we fought a war to recover in 1982. The French have had 18 wars with us and......lost every single one of them. You have to remember.....Britain was the world's ONLY superpower at one point and if anyone stepped out of line they got a serious kicking
if the french lost every war how did they talke all their main land back, stop talking nonsense once richard the lionheart died, france became to powerful and slowly won all the wars to take its lands back, if france had lost every war engl;and would still rule half of france today
@@carlryderiselvis and what happened to all those french holdings we had like callis, bordaux, brittany, normandy, at one point we had half of the current country of france
It’s interesting but in the UK accents change marginally every 3-4 miles, the bigger the distance the greater the noticeable difference in accent. Also Linguists have worked out that new accents develop within 50 years, so for instance following World War Two many people from bombed parts of London were moved out to completely new settlements created from scratch in various parts of the country and these developed their own unique accents in that 50 year time frame.
A lot of the invasions were to spread trade, to and from Britain.Britain gave them railways, the rule of law and democracy.Try watching videos of Al Murray an English comedian very funny and enlightening try Al Murray vs America.Hope you enjoy.Thanks for your reaction.
So you mean countries had no laws before the British?, How did Britain give them democracy when it invades them? In South Africa Britain killed our kings brutally and took our gold and enslaved us, how do you make that sound good?
Interesting point! Yeah, in many instances, the process of colonization led to brutal treatment, as you mentioned with South Africa, where lives, resources, and cultures were exploited and suppressed. Your comment is an important reminder that history is rarely black and white, and it's crucial to respect and consider all perspectives. Thanks for commenting and for watching. Cheers!
I like your style and have Subscribed Some people will moan and complain about anything. As a South East Londoner then South Londoner then Londoner then Englishman, Brit and European, in that order, I feel we have been misunderstood. All we did was pop over and collect a few souvenirs and mementos of our visits, like visiting Coney Island, and all breaks loose 😥
Britain did this without America! No, it was to extend Trade for the UK with the countries that became the Empire, and is now the Commonwealth. War was not involved. Read the history books. Meanwhile the UK banned slavery and stationed its ships aro und the African coast to stop them leaving with slaves, and declare that any "slave" setting foot on Britain, was immediately declared a free man. America, of course, went in for real slavery in a big way !
As A Brit, I think its important to note how Britain was formed, we have been invaded and conquered by many warring folk, Celtic tribes, Saxons, Vikings, Romans, Normans to name a few, it sort of builds a mentality of fighting, yes more controlled nowadays, but we will fight if we have to
I just love how suddenly- when it comes to Britain's "invasions"- America suddenly stops claiming to have won WW2 singlehandedly! Not to mention they were also involved when it came to Serbia, Italy, North Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan a time or two (again selective about their involvement considering that some of those they started!) Some should be struck off the list though- the piece lists "invasions", so "colonisations" don't count! (to those who disagree- No you don't get to have it both ways!)
I'd say the Colonies do count as invasions.... at least in places where a native peoples claim to the land was ignored in favour of setting up the Colonies.
@@Kakarot64. Invasions don't leave behind established infrastructure, transportation, education, foreign trade and improved living conditions... I don't see any of those 'Colonies' handing any of it back or refusing to use any of it.
you mentioned why we never won nepal, they were too good, what we did as british, thought ok we can use them, till this days, the people from nepal are trained and enter the british forces know as the gurka's if some brave men there, if we could not beat you, then join us so to speak, there is a great you tube video about the gurka's there test's then the training in the Uk. you will see how tough they are we are proud to have them serve with us
Gurkha are just one of the tribes of India/Nepal. Basically, British needed to use mercenaries against the Indian rebellion of 1857 which was mostly in Northern and central parts of India. Since most of the soldiers had already revolted, British lured Sikhs and Nepali King to fight against the revolutionary armies. In exchange Nepali king was to keep his kingdom as a dominion and not as a directly occupied territory. Divide and conquer. Thats the reality of "bravery" and employment in british army.
Macintyre, thats Scotish, don't you want your independence, to be free of the Normans at last, they own all the land in England and Scotland, break free lady, harold the resurected
In 1809, the British Royal Navy defeated the French fleet in Zakynthos (October 2, 1809) captured Kefallonia, Kythera and Zakynthos, and took Lefkada in 1810. The French held out in Corfu until 1814. The Treaty of Paris in 1815 turned the islands into the "United States of the Ionian Islands" under British protection (November 5, 1815)
Great reaction, another good video you should react to is ‘Know your Ally, Britain’, it was documentary made for US soldiers deployed to Britain in WW2 in order for them to understand British culture and norms. It’s a great video I’m sure you’ll enjoy!
@@JJLAReacts looking forward to the reaction! also the Irish have held a grudge with the UK since independence & there’s still a rivalry with France and England to this day. If you are further interested in English and French conflict I recommend starting with the 100 years war by Kings&Generals
@@JJLAReactsAlso what I think you’ll like is ‘World war One’ by Epic history TV, one of the best History Channels on TH-cam, he has a great 10/15 min video on each year of the war I’m sure you’ll enjoy with great commentary and animations!
Nepal it's a combination of territory and their fighting men- the Gurkhas are from Nepal and have served in the British Army ever since the failed invasion. The Gurkhas are always the most decorated in the British army. The saying is if you need to defend and attack at the same time , that is why God made the Gurkhas.
for the record the conquest of ireland was more like a lot of small wars spread over 400 years conquering various local lords it was not like the world wars or civil war lasting 400 years
What this kind of summary neglects is that really no country was any different. E.g. The Spanish, The Dutch, The French, the Belgians, The Romans etc etc ALL engaged in conquering. the point was that Britain was the best at doing it. If the conquered third world people had possessed similar technology and fighting skills, who's to say they would have not tried to conquer European territory? EVERYONE was like that in those days. That's no excuse, just a fact. Of course none of us think it was the 'right' thing to do. But when you discover peoples who have natural resources just lying about, and have no use for them as you would, you tend to exploit them. If you employ the natives to extract them for you then you can use that labour instead of bringing more from home. BUT EVERYONE WAS AT IT! Why single out the British because they were the most effective? We've all moved on now. No one in Britain now would contemplate colonialism. It belongs to ancestors.
His constant use of the word ‘invaded’ isn’t correct. Yes, we did colonise large parts of the world, but we also ‘stepped in’ in many of these cases to protect world peace and to save countries from war or dictatorships. There’s a big difference. To set the balance straight I’d recommend watching a video about how many times the UK has actually been invaded over the last couple of thousand years.
@@JJLAReacts TH-cam it, there is a good documentary. It was a race between us (Brits) and the French. We both started from either side and met in the middle. Guess who won?
I love that question about mexican food, acutaly we dont really have mexican food here, there is a few, the mexicans trying to get into the US, the big pond in the middle, they not bothered getting here, having said that, we have so many cultures here in the UK and authentic food from around the world, cooked by the people from those shores, chinese, indian, caribean, greek italian, and many others, that we have that sort of food on every street corner, to the point, that the UK's national dish, is now chicken tikka masala, long story behind that, happy to pass on, where we think it came from, but its not actualy an indian dish
Interesting! Mexican food is so prevalent here that I forget it's technically foreign. Chicken Tikka Masala is amazing! I can understand why it's so popular!
@AlwaysRightAllNight Completely untrue considering my Mexican friend runs various Mexican restaurants here and the largest Mexican food importers into the UK.
@@JohnnyZenith the only chain in my city for since I grew up was Chiquitos. There is now one called Perinos or something like that but I haven’t heard a good review from that Chiquitos one. I live in Birmingham so we mainly have Asian restaurants to be honest. What’s this Mexican chain called then?
He missed one. We also invaded the continent of Antartica in 1911, but their 'seals' put up such a staunch defense we couldn't finish the job. But to be fair, we were a getting a bit tired by then. 😂
JJLA It might be an idea to read up on our history before passing judgement. England was invaded by French -speaking Normans in 1066. The mediaeval wars were effectively Frenchmen fighting Frenchmen. French was the language of government until the 14th century - the very words we use in government and the legal system are of French origin.
Wrong. The Hundred Years War was not French on French. A few English kings had French mothers that's all. French language died out eventually, only being spoken by nobles. English commoners never got to speak French. Hence, we speak English today. Some French words were incorperated through time though.
@@briantitchener4829 The Hundred Years War was fought between Frenchmen - those with estates in England were required to swear allegiance to the French king for their estates in France. This was the root of the problem because the Frenchman who happened to be king of England was also expected to bend the knee along with his vassals. It's got nothing to do with a "few English kings had French mothers.." the Plantagenet dynasty was FRENCH. Henry II died in his castle in Chinon. He is buried in the chapel at Fontevrault - we call him 'king Henry' when he was in reality 'Henri, Comte d'Anjou' - John Lackland was Jean Sans Terre. etc etc etc French was the language of government until well into the 14th century. General de Gaule was heard to refer to English as a "dialect of French."
@@gordonsmith8899 I think you'd have been hard pressed to persuade Henry V that he was French. Always thought that Joan of Arc was put to death by the English. Must have been by fellow Frenchmen according to you. Anglo-Norman French language died out. It was not 'Parisian' French anyway. English became a bastardised language of German, Scandinavian, Latin with a liittle French in there somewhere.
@@gordonsmith8899 Not at all. Joan of Arc was handed over to the English by Burgundians, French allies of the English. In retrospect, the influence of French culture and language on the English disappeared centuries ago. German influence became much more to the fore. Queen Victoria probably spoke English with a German accent. In today's world French as a language has negligible influence on day to day English life.
Sweden is one of the few countries Britain almost never have been at war with due to its situational geopolitical position which makes Sweden and Britain natural allies. There is one exception though and it was the Anglo Swedish war between 1810-12 which was a result of the Swedish defeat in the Pomeranian war.
Surely Scotland should be included first? Aethelstan, generally recognised as the first King of England invaded Scotland and Strathclyde over two hundred years prior to the first major invasion of Ireland.
What? I think you know the title of the video is incorrect, you’re not that ignorant. It’s about countries Britain invaded, not countries England invaded. England invaded Scotland but it never conquered Scotland. Scotland also invaded England. Both are besides the point and occurred prior. The video is about the BRITTISH empire
Gibraltar is a British Crown Dependency. Falklands Islands are also a British Territory in the South Atlantic. Another bust-up with Argentina. We kicked their a***
Its abit of an insult that we "conquered" them, half of them wanted trade and we established outposts and traded with them...The outposts being declared as British land so those countries had british military power close by to protect them.
8:35 Nepal was never Conquered.... if you do a video on the Gurkhas, you'll learn that they were so ferocious that they held off our invasions and they respected our own martial ability, so we signed a pact and to this day, we still recruit our elite Gurkha's from Nepal. They are amazing, do a video on Gurkhas if you get time :)
LOL. Gurkha are just one of the tribes of India/Nepal. Basically, British needed help against the Indian rebellion of 1857 which was mostly in Northern and central parts of India. Since most of the soldiers had already revolted, British lured Sikhs and Nepali King to fight against the revolutionary armies. In exchange Nepali king was to keep his kingdom as a dominion and not as a directly occupied territory. Divide and conquer. Thats the reality of "bravery" and employment in british army.
Exactly, the title of the video is incorrect. It's almost entirely about British not English invasions. Scotland united with England by choice. Maybe we should have teamed up with France instead
You shouldn't feel the need to defend us my guy, the world used to be a savage place (until enlightenment values coming from Britain and Europe changed the world's opinion on that). "Don't hate the player, hate the game" I hear you yanks occasionally say.
Thank you for a great video . I would just like to say .. Scotland 🏴 and England have been at war for a very long time . France was and still is Scotland s best of friends. When England was at war with France. Sometimes there was more scots at the battlefield in France than the French.
In answer to your question, Finland and the Baltic states were mentioned when post WW1 Bolshevism was spoken of. Unsure if we invaded Sweden but most of the time they were allied to us or neutral later. However they were briefly allied to Imperial France during the Napoleonic wars, therefore we would have at least fought them at sea or "put foot" on what was left of their colonies, if that counts?
You greatly misunderstand some of this JJ! Don't forget that Britain was invaded by the Romans, that there was a great deal of intermarriages between the all European monarch families incl Britain! In fact the current Royal family are German and Russian, changing their name to WINDSOR during WW1 to avoid British public ill feeling. Also the assassinated Kaiser, that started WW1, was a cousin of the British Royal family as were the 1917 murdered the last Russian Xsars! Also don't forget that Britain was invaded by the Romans, German Saxons Vikings, French Normans - William the Conqueror was French, which is why french was the spoken and written language among the British rulers in Britain for centuries! The Spanish tried to and failed to invade England in the 16th century!! All these developments were aimed at conquering lands, amass wealth and resources, increase trade! All powerful nations/ monarchs did it. The British were just better than the rest! In a small way white settler Americans did the same in N. American?
Ireland was invaded by the Norman-French rulers of England. It annoys me that so many "Irish" Americans pass judgement on us whilst ignoring the treatment of North America's own indigenous people. PS: By joining the EU, The Republic of Ireland surrendered it's brief years of independence from being ruled from London to being ruled from Brussels.
Norway likes us: they have sent a huge Christmas tree every year since the end of the Second World War in gratitude for the UK's role in their liberation and this is erected in Trafalgar Square. Ukraine likes the UK too. England and Portugal have been allies since 1373 and the two countries have never fought one another. There have been many continental European wars which did not involve England/Britain/the UK because borders have been so fluid and tbe continent was a patchwork of mostly small states with shifting borders, annexations and alliances and with major religious divides, building onto much larger states in the 19th century, particularly, so frequent wars were inevitable.
A random Indian guy on a bus in Delhi once gave me an angry history lesson on the iniquity of the British empire. This was in the early 90's and I felt it was a bit unreasonable to hold me responsible .
8:30 "I wonder why the British couldn't conquer Nepal?" Ghurkas. Look them up, you won't be disappointed. Warriors so tough and honourable, that we instead hired them. And the toughest Nepalese men serve in the British army to this day. Some of the finest soldiers to ever serve Britain. There is a deep channel of respect in both directions of this relationship.
Not the English from 1603, British under James VI of Scotland and James 1st of England. Belgium didn't exist until 1815. The Ireland occupation was a shameful era , and the partition in 1921 continued the conflct , with the Free State and later the Republic until the Good Friday Agreement, with provision for a vote for reunified island of Ireland
You have to remember 1776 was the single most important event in American history... For the British:-
It was a Tuesday
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Sure, they can celebrate 1776- we should celebrate 1815...
And then they went on to the civil war that killed more people than the war of independence!
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I apologise to the countries we missed. If the opportunity is willing, next time we won’t forget 😂
LOL There's still time!
If we missed you, please send application form, MXD264/50, to MOD. we wouldn't want anyone to feel left out.
I think you are in some coma. You have already been conquered and you still haven't realised it. You are now the real refugee in your own country and the so called refugees have taken over your country. 😂😂😂😂
Good one
@@JJLAReacts in all that list they left out the Falklands ,
The reason we didn't conquer Nepal was The Gurkha's. So we decided to invite them to join the British Army! The Gurkha's are amazing warriors and are highly respected here in the UK.
Ah you raised this before I could and don't forget that the Nepalese go through a extremely tough selection just for the honour of serving in thd British army
I have workedwith Gurkha's ... holy crap ! Ayo Gorkhali! !!
Whenever the English had a tough enemy to overcome, they chose the best to sort out the "problem"- The Ghurkhas & the 51st Highland Division ! - Saor Alba gu bràth!
Both countries still hold each other in the highest regard.
Are they still being paid less than british retired soldiers?
If so that's not respect.
Hope this puts America's independence into perspective. A lot of Americans are under the impression that the British are secretly 'butthurt' over 1776. The reality is America is just another name on the list and our past history with France and Germany etc takes far more precedence in our culture.
Great point!
...but that timeline has not yet played out! I do believe, that in the fullness of time, it'll become obvious that the US gaining independance from Britain was the worst mistake WE (both parties culpable) ever made, as it sowed the seeds for the demise of us both. And that point is fast approaching.
@@JJLAReacts Fun fact: The US senate, as part of the end of 1814 when the US sued for peace against the British - due to the war of 1812 which was still on going - they had to sign a humiliating clause that makes them a subsidiary or side government to Britain. They’re still registered in the House of Parliament as such to this day.
Also we were more focussed on Gibraltar it was more important to us.
It was the British settlers in America who broke away from the UK because they did not like the taxes
that the King was imposing on them! At the time the British WERE the "Americans" other than of course
the indigenous people !
The only nation throughout the whole of history to ever devote it's empires wealth/resources/morality/blood to the abolishment of slavery throughout the globe and secure that any human being standing on British soil was automatically a free person no matter where they came from.
Yep no one is above the law goes back to Winchester and Alfred the Great if not mistaken,I maybe wrong though
Britain have had a law in place forbidding slavery for almost 1000 years
Goes back to Winchester, ans Alfred the the Great in the in AD 900 hunderds
Enough with the lies and BS. It was dictated by economics not morality. Slavery was not cost effective in an industrial economy.
@@user-vm8zo3nu8h Although that is somewhat true, it only applied to Anglo Saxon slaves. It was William the conqueror who made all slavery illegal in England, and enforced his law with large fines to anyone caught owning slaves. He didn't do it out of the goodness of his heart though, he did it for the money, as there were plenty of slaves in England at the time, and he needed to finance wars.
As said, The British were so impressed by the Gurkhas in Nepal that they invited them to fight for Britain and they still do. The Gurkhas are incredible.
Finland & Sweden are good neighbours, when we were away invading, they took our bins out and watered our gardens :)
think he meant sweden and norway as it said we did technically invade finland during crimean war.
@@pd8066 No, the territory of Norway was invaded during Napoleonic war as part of Denmark.......
@@artrandy well then maybe just Sweden?
@@pd8066 I think your right, thanks for the correction.. :)
@@pd8066 We can't invade them. Have you seen how fit their birds are?
Nepal wasn't totally beaten because of their warrior gurkhas. We were so impressed by them that they now fight for us. There are some excellent videos about the gurkhas. 🇬🇧🙂
Nepal was weird, we fought a bunch and then agreed to instead buy some land off of them and use their troops as 'mercenaries' in the army.
Also the terrain had a large part to it as we couldn't move any heavy equipment up there at the time.
@anglosaxon5874 yeah and their motto is rather die than be a coward, they are ferocious lol
The Gurkhas come from a poverty-stricken country and are mercenaries who fight and die for money. Where is the "respect"?
It makes you wonder how we found time to start the industrial revolution and devise half the world's inventions...
Well said
Found out recently alot of the textile tech was taken from the bengal
@@SamValiant They had industrial mechanisation such as steam powered looms in Bengal? Did Indians invent the steam engine too ?
@@SamValiantYou clearly don't know about the plaid found with the Tarim Basin mummies, when it was part of huge ancient Sumaria. One of the plaids is almost identical to a Scottish plaid on my paternal line. They taught the Han pottery technics the Han hadn't developed.
Then there is the ancient shirt found buried in the sand in Iraq.
Chinese silk from the Chinese.
Bengal? Not so much.
We didn't decide to keep Gibraltar. It was ceded by spain to the Crown in perpetuity under the Treaty of Utrecht after they lost a war
Lol, yes that's funny. Yes at some point at the end of the war, the Spanish and French owner territories were shared out among the victors Britain and Britain decided then what territories they would keep. Nobody agrees to hand over their territories willingly unless they have lost a war. All legal, all ours but like Hong Kong we did decide to stay.
Hong Kong was on lease for 100 years. Gibraltar was ceded in Perpetuity. Gibraltarians wish to remain British!
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Technically that lease was to the original Chinese government that was backstabbed by the CCP when they were weakened by WW2..... the government that's currently ruling Taiwan basically so Hong Kong should have gone to Taiwan.
@julietpiris3832 India also wanted to keep the British rule, I think you'll find alot of countries preferred British rule
In regards to the ~400 years of war against the Irish... they weren't a unified people. They were independent principalities/clans who fought against each other as much as they did against the English. The English took an approach of ally, divide, conquer, consolidate, repeat and gradually dominated and replaced the clans from North to south, a similar way Caesar did in Gaul but apparently over a much longer time frame.
The vikings had been in Ireland as well Dublin ruled the British Isles as we know it for a white
Ireland has never been united bar under British rule. The shame is had the British handled what had originally been a relatively small and loosely supported uprising sensibly instead of coming down on the Irish like a ton of bricks, Ireland might have become an equal partner in the United Kingdom along with England, Scotland and Wales. Ironically there are more people of Irish decent in the rest of the British Isles that there are in Ireland itself.
Was it a stag do@@user-vm8zo3nu8h
Losd brit shite@@shamteal8614
that makes us the world champions not bad for a small country lol
The way Americans think of Mexican food, the British think of Indian food...
Aaaaaahhhh, makes sense.
@@JJLAReactsI like both 😊🇬🇧
Both are delicious 😊🎉
@@user-ug8wx5er1w. I don’t get Mexican. Tacos and tortillas, or just the same as sandwiches in a different format I don’t believe it has a wide variety of Indian food.
@@phoenix-xu9xj go to Mexico and find out first hand ,not tescos mex selection👺🌶🌶
Look up the Gurkhas (Napal), they held against the British and we saw a strong ally, they've served in the British army ever since... highly respected soldiers. The only other national army they serve in is India, as some chose to stay when India went independent...
I will look them up, thanks! I'm interested to see how they were trained and what led them to be so powerful.
Was just gonna say the same thing
The Gurkhas are the toughest lil bastards walking the planet
A credit to their country and british
@@JJLAReacts This is a good starter for you from the british army forces tv channel showing them in nepal through the selection process
th-cam.com/video/O8pIJglsYUE/w-d-xo.html
@@JJLAReacts important to note the British did not allow the Gurkha to seek residency within the UK following this service.
Gurkhas are some of the best troops in the world and some of the nicest most polite aswell.
At 2:40 when he says, "the British continued to invade Spain by the millions every winter" He's referring to British tourists that visit Spain. France and Spain are popular British tourist destinations.
When we ‘invaded’ Spain and Portugal it was to help them eject Napoleon’s armies.
There is an awful lot of context missing from this. It does not explain where territory was through marriage, or when it was an act of defence from a foreign attack and distinguish that from anything else.
Yes, the original video had a lot of context missing (of course it did, especially covering such a long timespan and much intricate diplomacy, in such a short video) but I get your point - it seemed to be deliberately trying to paint England/Britain in the worst light possible, all the way through. I think that's a fair assessment.
But our man JJLA saw right through some of it, and called it out, so credit to him.
But in a way it also backfired for the OP.... certainly made me even more proud to be British! 😂
I mean there is no denying that the British Empire is the probably the most brutal empire to have ever existed. And im not talking about England before it became Great Britain, im specifically talking about Great Britain. Those wars in Europe between England and France and others are of course brutal, but all of the European majors were doing that shit. Im specifically talking about the Americas, India, China etc.
@@DonHaka You think the British Empire was the most brutal? Heard of the Mongol Empire? What empires did you consider and study before making this pronouncement?
@@shelleyphilcox4743 Indeed, the Russian Empire was reknowned for its generosity of spirit, forbearance of others and peaceful intent. (still going strong on all of those points - take a look at Georgia/Moldova and who can ignore what they're doing to Ukraine. Still, minor point eh!? The Romans gave but at what cost to the rest of those unfortunate/fortunate enough to have their avaricious gaze brought to bear on them. There there's the Viking empire and the the Aztecs were an absolute picture of serenity, understanding, forward thinking and kindness. Oh! Wait a minute! Almost forgot what the Irish did to what eventually was named after one of their marauding/raping/pillaging/genocidal tribes - the Scoti (not much survived their arrival in what was to become Scotland) s. What about St Patrick - According to Patrick's autobiographical Confessio, when he was about sixteen, he was captured by Irish pirates from his home in Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland. He writes that he lived there for six years as an animal herder before escaping and returning to his family. After becoming a cleric, he returned to spread Christianity in northern and western Ireland. In later life, he served as a bishop, but little is known about where he worked. By the seventh century, he had already come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland.
It was only with the coming of William the Conqueror that the Irish raiding of English shores to take slaves came to a halt.
You see, the trouble with wanting to look back at history to prove some point or other it that, once started, you don't get to choose how far back that search goes or which particular part of later history you can choose to ignore because it's inconvenient.
Ireland made itself a dire enemy of the remainder of the British Isles because it decided to take up and support the Roman Catholic brand of superstitious bullshit. Worse it then allowed itself to be used as a political/military pawn against by the power mongers in Rome against England/Britain.
Sometimes in life you get to reap what you sow.
Oh yes because the Spanish and Portuguese empires were just so kind, saintly and virtuous in their colonising weren't they?!@@DonHaka
looking through this list of countries, there`s a big difference between Invasion and being asked to help liberate countries from an oppressive regime .
Yeah, a bunch of that was joint NATO stuff or post WW2 temporary occupation to re-establish democracy and help the civ population recover like in Japan, Germany, etc or what happened in Croatia in the 90's. I don't think those count as "invasion" has an implied aggression to it.
British 'liberation' always comes at a price. And generally they don't 'liberate' places without good stuff in the woods.
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Not sure about The Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho... a protectorate. Here it certainly wasn't seen to be worth suppressing, but they needed protection from surrounding tribes so we're given it?
Thanks for the shout-out and thanks for the reaction.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Haha, sorry I got your first name wrong though! My next door neighbor growing up was named Steven Johnson so I think he occupies that name in my brain or something. Thanks again!
A sad fact is that many (particularly African) invaded countries that gained independence from the uk have descended into civil war, famine, poverty only AFTER the uk left.
And some have pleaded with us to go back, no male cattle manure.
Yeah and before the British got there they just killed and ate each other and enslaved their people for trade with others for profit
You make it sound like its because UK left not because they did this through divide and rule strategy
Its because we put land borders down with a ruler disregarding tribal boundaries
What are you implying?
Great Britain, No1 supplier of independence days
British Isles have been invaded several times, including by the Romans, by the Germanic peoples, by the Vikings, by the Normans, by the French, and by the Dutch. when we gave it a go found out we pretty good at it. if you did not invade it be invaded by french/Spanish / ....... and so on, that was how things were back then
And nearly hitler
But not since 1066 [been invaded] and the Normans were lucky to win as Harold II had just beateb the Norweigans in the north of England and had to rush down to confront William the Bastard [later the Conquerer].
@@Isleofskye The biggest one ever, in all the history of the British Isles. Ever.
Lol no. The French nor the Dutch can be compared with those previous invasions.. not by a long shot. Anyway, you missed a big one; the Celts. The Celts were not the indigenous peoples of the British Isles, they were invaders here too. It's just that they largely chose to either ignore or not acknowledge that fact (although dna proves it) because... well, pick a reason.
@@davidware9549 There was absolutely no chance of Hitler invading Britain at that time (1940), none at all. But if he'd have defeated the USSR, then later on, probably. But not by 'invasion' but by starving us into surrender - that was a real possibility.
The unification of England occured, because a more powerful tribe took over a lesser tribe, and that continued until eventually a unified country was formed, in AD927.
Ireland was a landmass, not a country. It was made up of similar disparate tribes to that of England, and England (now being a big tribe), took over those smaller tribes in Ireland bit by bit, in the same way that England was formed, and that is the spirit of the geopolitics that existed 1,000 years or so ago, across Medieval Europe, dating back to the Roman Empire, and before. Hate it if you like, but you are clearly descended from the same aggressive Europeans that spent 1,000 years pointlessly fighting their neighbours back and forth for a personal land grab. The English just happened to be very good at it.
The fact is that things are different now, except in Russia, and its called CIVILISATION. And that wasn't suddenly magicked out of a top hat either, civilisation had to be fought for!
So no point in expecting political correctness at a time when life was generally worth nothing. It was a time of the survival of the fittest. Ireland only developed a sense of nationhood under British rule. It was the one and only time that Ireland has ever been united, and yes, it was under the Union Jack. Some Irish seem to think that Ireland existed as a sovereign country since the beginning of time, but that is just another nationalist myth, like Americans are taught that the American War of Independence, was something other than a British civil war. When Americans became American, is anyone's guess, but a Declaration issued in 1776, did not change the mutual heritage of colonialists and Hanoverians, who were in reality, re fighting the C17th English civil war, i.e. Republicans versus Monarchists, but in the 13 colonies.
Just saying...😀...
African Americans, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Italian Americans they still aren't just Americans.
irish would still be speaking gargage and living in mud huts if the english hadnt educated them.
The biggest Empire in human history.
My friend, you absolutely summed it up in a nutshell right at the very end of the video when you said .... "Don't f**k with Britain".
Well said Sir. I couldn't have put it better myself! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I'm pretty sure there was a point that the British empire was considered a hyper power instead of a superpower I'm not sure if any other country in history achieved that title.
Its a kind of magic ,, seriously such a tiny place ,, 😮
Yeah, if they want to be f***ed with, they can bloody well do it themselves.
@@codex6594True I would agree,there is slight room for improvement though for the uk
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“Slight room for improvement.” 😂😂😂
Also check out the Battle of Bamber Bridge where the US fought against it's own troops on English soil during WW2 and the local English civilians stood up for one of the groups.
Definitely not the United States proudest moment.
The vast majority of Irish do not hold a grudge, they're nice people who are very similar to us and understand it was nothing to do with ordinary British people. Much bad feeling is still perpetuated by ignorant "Plastic Paddy's'' in places like Boston? And those are the words of my Irish mates.
Typical Brit claptrap.
i mean the RIRA do hold a large grudge (they hold my family please send help)
Britain became the country which saved so many Irish as they left looking for food and work. I have Irish down both lines who came over during the famine, settled and married and bred. Served alongside a great many southern Irish in the army.
I have to say, as an Englishman, my experience of/with the Irish, concurs with the OP. Compared to the Scots and the Welsh, the Irish don't 'whinge' or gleefully express anti-English sentiments (like when we lose to anybody at football). 🙄 Not saying all Scots/Welsh do, far from it... but some definitely do. The only time I've had 'historical' friction with an Irish person was way back in 1986 when I said 'Londonderry' during an innocuous conversation, rather than Derry. But that's it, hardly worth mentioning.
But to those Scots and Welsh who still have a chip on their shoulders: get a grip and grow up! Because your animosity towards 'England' is being used by our mutual enemies to destroy all our nations... and you are one of their tools.
@@sunnyjim1355You deny their nationalism whilst parading your own?
love the FACT that a US aircraft carrier was based in the Bahamas incase we needed help ...Thatcher told Regan back off the boys will do it ..many hate the Tories but thatcher was a true leader
The Iron Lady. Rip. It's gone down hill ever since.
@@scrimdog1as a direct result of her policies, or did you think banning coal mining with no job retraining was a good thing?
She crippled the economic development of the towns and cities that made Britain the powerhouse it was in the world with nothing to replace it putting millions of British people of of jobs.
Let’s not act like there’s no nuance to be had when talking about people. They’re people, not perfect they can make mistakes and be wrong.
@@decrulez coal was always an industry that would end. we had to evolve away from it.
@@psttech4290 correct and did she help? No she shut down the mines because they were striking for betting conditions.
The same cities that built the UK into the place it is today were sabotaged and given no help moving away from coal mining. To the point that many of them still have not recovered.
By 2070 maybe we’ll be off coal so for 100 years she ruined the future of hundreds of millions of brits.
WE DIDNT NEED HELP, BUT IT WAS TRUE THE US WAS CONVERTING A CARRIER TO SUIT UK HARRIERS, THE FUNNY THING IS THAT THE ONLY WAR THE US HAS FOUGHT ALONE IT LOST, VIETNAM, THEY WERE DESPERATE FOR US TO JOIN IN
I went to school in Winchester, Hampshire and it was always implied that our darkest day was when the Normans invaded in 1066 because we are still Saxons. The Normans ( North Men ) were Vikings, not French but used old French as their Language. It wasn't until Henry IV that a King spoke English instead of French. It has to be remembered that before all of them were Celts, In Sussex ( South Saxons ) where I live there are still many Celtic place names such as Lewes meaning hills.
The countries that eventually remained within the Commonwealth, as all the other countries, were not "invaded" or
taken by force. It was done through Trade. However such trading gave the British some control over the countries
it traded with, but the British Empire was not formed through battles !
Not quite true.
The East India Company had their own army, and Britain used their armies to enforce colonial rule in India, Kenya, South Africa, and many other Commonwealth countries.
@@kimbirch1202they never said the trade was voluntary
It's always quicker to list the countries we haven't invaded, saves so much time.
There's a map that shows the 22 countries that Britain never invaded/colonised at one time or another. That's not to say it was simultaneous occupation, because some were short duration.
No, we never invaded Sweden. At the time, they had nothing that we wanted. Volvos and IKEA came much later!😂
If this did not keep us busy we always found time to fight amongst ourselves on Friday and Saturdays nights in the pub!
Sweden is one of only 20 nations on Earth never invaded by Britain
We didn't conquer Nepal because the Gurkhas were so very good. So good we did the next best thing and took them all into the British army - some of our most feared troops. If you can't beat them, make them join you. 😂
I'd recommend you watch "the 13 hours that saved Britain",it's the story told by eyewitnesses of the battle of Britain 👌
Excellent recommendation!
Yes I was there!😁🤣👍
@@nicholasforman1195 that must have been so exciting and at the same time so terrifying,hope you're happy and healthy ✌️
@@bobbierocksbuster5584 😁👍
That long hate of the french started in 1066 when William (the owner of normandy at the time, invaded england) in 1066. And somewhat continues to this day
its an ongoing struggle to release the frog slaves from captivity and consumption
They have never forgotten or forgiven the Brits for Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt.
My junior high French teacher got really animated on Oct 14th my 1st year taking his class because it was the anniversary of the battle of Hastings and the fall of England to Normandy which was sort of French by overall population but ruled by Normans. Yes he was born in France and teaching French in the USA.
Nobody likes the French...
A bit unfair really as William was, as his duchy suggests, a Norseman by ancestry.
It started off as a pub crawl and kinda got out of hand
One of the ironies of this story is the contribution made by the Irish. A large part of England’s military has always been Irish and still is! The Royal Irish Regiment and the Irish Guards are two of the best British Regiments. Around 40% of the Irish Guards are from the Republic, with the rest mostly from Northern Ireland. So when you next see the men in red coats standing guard in front of Buckingham Palace remember that they maybe Irish.
Many points is that Britain required ports to safe guard our sea lanes to the empire. Coal was taken from Wales and shipped to Falklands, Aden, Simestown ect to keep the Royal Navy supplied. You spotted Gilbraltar gave us control of entry to the Med. Malta gave us a Naval base and control of Eygpt gave us a Naval based in the Eastern Med. Aden and British Somalia gave us control of Suez canal from the India Ocean.
The strategy is absolutely brilliant!
@@JJLAReacts whenever we have an issue, we just get our navy.
@@pd8066 unfortunately the navy is not as big and powerful as once was. At the height of Englands naval power we had around 200 or 300 ships, not anymore. People were forced into military service, but not anymore thank heavens. In order to secure our country better we need to build up the navy again. Gone are the days we could fight 2 conflicts at the same time as we have done in past era's.
A lot of Canadians are decended from the colonists that were on the wrong side of the revolutionary war.
Well that's okay. They're still deserving of love and kindness. ❤️
Actually a lot of canadians are decended from colonists on the right side but who were compelled to leave when the rebels won
We have a weird relationship with Africa… we invaded a lot , which is true. But we also set up the African coastal patrol (I don’t remember the exact name) where we literally had ships surrounding Africa and stopped other countries from taking slaves as we were trying to abolish it👌🏽
fun fact, england spent more money fighting to stop slavery than it ever made from it, but you know reparations and all that
I was working with a Polish guy and he was talking about it being Polands Independence Day, then he asked me when our Independence Day was I kind of sheepishly told him that we don’t have one
We could celebrate Union Day on 1st May to celebrate the Treaty of Union 1707. This may work since the SNP is no longer in the ascendancy.
what about brexit when we regained our independence from rule by europe ?
@@edwarddavies8411It wasn't about leaving Europe, we're still apart of Europe it was about leaving the European Union
And that's why so much of the world has English as a first or second language. As the lyrics to Land of Hope and Glory state - "Wider still and wider/Shall thy bounds be set".
We are the Lion that no-one would challenge in the past when we were strong, but now we are weak and old, the hyenas and vultures circle around.
Great analogy 👏👏👏
@@John-id6ih It's really not quite. We've been eaten inside-out by a foreign body... a parasite... that's why we are weak. But yes, of course the hyenas and vultures circle around, regardless.
You were the vultures
@@mickmacgonigle5021 don’t cry Macgormless
@@mickmacgonigle5021 & you must have been the rotten meat we fed upon !!
After initially giving the locals in these countries a good hiding,we then traded with them.
The people’s standard of living went up and they liked their new country.
It’s only really the French we love to have a tear up with for no reason other than they are French.
We are an island race and love a good fight,and since the vikings and Normans,no one but the Germans have dared come across the water,and even their air force was given a battering and they had to f*ck off back to…….yep,France.
Folded in two weeks the French.
the standard of living went up lol, tell that to people in ireland,when we where the poorest nation on earth ,
india was one of the richest nations on earth before the brits , you brought nothing but death and destruction around the world
@@colmcassidy4323 Please state what statistics make you believe ireland was ever "the poorest nation on earth".
@@colmcassidy4323the greatest trick the Scottish ever did was convince the world colonialism was 100% England’s fault.
I think he forgot the Falkland Islands, which we fought a war to recover in 1982.
The French have had 18 wars with us and......lost every single one of them.
You have to remember.....Britain was the world's ONLY superpower at one point and if anyone stepped out of line they got a serious kicking
if the french lost every war how did they talke all their main land back, stop talking nonsense once richard the lionheart died, france became to powerful and slowly won all the wars to take its lands back, if france had lost every war engl;and would still rule half of france today
@@Exalted_WolfeWaterloo? Trafalgar?
@@Exalted_Wolfe Correct but it was Joan of Arc who was responsible for kicking us out of France in the 15thC.
We did not invade the Falklands, Argentina did.
@@carlryderiselvis and what happened to all those french holdings we had like callis, bordaux, brittany, normandy, at one point we had half of the current country of france
It’s interesting but in the UK accents change marginally every 3-4 miles, the bigger the distance the greater the noticeable difference in accent. Also Linguists have worked out that new accents develop within 50 years, so for instance following World War Two many people from bombed parts of London were moved out to completely new settlements created from scratch in various parts of the country and these developed their own unique accents in that 50 year time frame.
A lot of the invasions were to spread trade, to and from Britain.Britain gave them railways, the rule of law and democracy.Try watching videos of Al Murray an English comedian very funny and enlightening try Al Murray vs America.Hope you enjoy.Thanks for your reaction.
So you mean countries had no laws before the British?, How did Britain give them democracy when it invades them? In South Africa Britain killed our kings brutally and took our gold and enslaved us, how do you make that sound good?
Excellent, thanks! I'll check out Al Murray vs America - sounds fun!
Interesting point! Yeah, in many instances, the process of colonization led to brutal treatment, as you mentioned with South Africa, where lives, resources, and cultures were exploited and suppressed. Your comment is an important reminder that history is rarely black and white, and it's crucial to respect and consider all perspectives. Thanks for commenting and for watching. Cheers!
Dont misread Al Murray.
It never gave democracy, nor the rest.
"We learned it from watching you." If only that applied to grammar and spelling too. 😂
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The only country in Europe Britain have not been to war with is Portugal.
Our oldest ally
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Some people will moan and complain about anything.
As a South East Londoner then South Londoner then Londoner then Englishman, Brit and European, in that order, I feel we have been misunderstood.
All we did was pop over and collect a few souvenirs and mementos of our visits, like visiting Coney Island, and all breaks loose 😥
We are sorry for the countries that we missed Out next time around, we will invade them. 😂😂😂
Britain did this without America! No, it was to extend Trade for the UK with the countries that became the
Empire, and is now the Commonwealth. War was not involved. Read the history books. Meanwhile
the UK banned slavery and stationed its ships aro und the African coast to stop them leaving with slaves,
and declare that any "slave" setting foot on Britain, was immediately declared a free man.
America, of course, went in for real slavery in a big way !
As A Brit, I think its important to note how Britain was formed, we have been invaded and conquered by many warring folk, Celtic tribes, Saxons, Vikings, Romans, Normans to name a few, it sort of builds a mentality of fighting, yes more controlled nowadays, but we will fight if we have to
I just love how suddenly- when it comes to Britain's "invasions"- America suddenly stops claiming to have won WW2 singlehandedly! Not to mention they were also involved when it came to Serbia, Italy, North Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan a time or two (again selective about their involvement considering that some of those they started!)
Some should be struck off the list though- the piece lists "invasions", so "colonisations" don't count! (to those who disagree- No you don't get to have it both ways!)
I'd say the Colonies do count as invasions.... at least in places where a native peoples claim to the land was ignored in favour of setting up the Colonies.
@@Kakarot64. Any excuse to tick multiple boxes... The American way.
@@Kakarot64. Invasions don't leave behind established infrastructure, transportation, education, foreign trade and improved living conditions...
I don't see any of those 'Colonies' handing any of it back or refusing to use any of it.
@@Kakarot64. Like I said- no vote.
The war between Zanzibar and Britain was, I believe the shortest war in history...lasting less than an hour...
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fought to end the slave trade
And there was a tea-break halfway through...
And we got Freddie Mercury in the fallout.
we learn it at school, we are tested on invasion techniques at age 9, it is called Geography. we dont go on holiday, it is reconnaissance.
We went in to Belgium after Germany invaded,we had a treaty with Belgium that we would go to their aid if this happened.We did it twice WW1 and WW2
you mentioned why we never won nepal, they were too good, what we did as british, thought ok we can use them, till this days, the people from nepal are trained and enter the british forces know as the gurka's if some brave men there, if we could not beat you, then join us so to speak, there is a great you tube video about the gurka's there test's then the training in the Uk. you will see how tough they are we are proud to have them serve with us
Oh wow! Yeah, I'd be interested to find out how the Nepalis became such highly skilled fighters. Thanks!
Gurkha are just one of the tribes of India/Nepal. Basically, British needed to use mercenaries against the Indian rebellion of 1857 which was mostly in Northern and central parts of India. Since most of the soldiers had already revolted, British lured Sikhs and Nepali King to fight against the revolutionary armies. In exchange Nepali king was to keep his kingdom as a dominion and not as a directly occupied territory. Divide and conquer. Thats the reality of "bravery" and employment in british army.
I am proud and delighted that one and his family are my next-door neighbouts in THe Outer London/Kent Suburbs..
What it means we're only a small island but are mighty
Absolutely! I think that's part of the amazement. This small island controlled the world! Fascinating!!!!
Macintyre, thats Scotish, don't you want your independence, to be free of the Normans at last, they own all the land in England and Scotland, break free lady, harold the resurected
@@mkeibergin3775 Yeh would love to be in dependant so why doesent the British ie(ENGLAN) GOVRMENT F OFF
The Brits also lay claim to great swaths of Antarctica
Britons if you don't mind. Not Brits. This was a term of a abuse given to the British by the IRA.
In 1809, the British Royal Navy defeated the French fleet in Zakynthos (October 2, 1809) captured Kefallonia, Kythera and Zakynthos, and took Lefkada in 1810. The French held out in Corfu until 1814. The Treaty of Paris in 1815 turned the islands into the "United States of the Ionian Islands" under British protection (November 5, 1815)
Great reaction, another good video you should react to is ‘Know your Ally, Britain’, it was documentary made for US soldiers deployed to Britain in WW2 in order for them to understand British culture and norms. It’s a great video I’m sure you’ll enjoy!
Excellent, thanks! I'm intrigued!
@@JJLAReacts looking forward to the reaction! also the Irish have held a grudge with the UK since independence & there’s still a rivalry with France and England to this day.
If you are further interested in English and French conflict I recommend starting with the 100 years war by Kings&Generals
@@JJLAReactsAlso what I think you’ll like is ‘World war One’ by Epic history TV, one of the best History Channels on TH-cam, he has a great 10/15 min video on each year of the war I’m sure you’ll enjoy with great commentary and animations!
yeah Know your ally is a great watch!
Thanks, @@deandavies9576 ! I'm gearing up for that one. Looks like it's 40 minutes long or so, gotta have an extra cup of coffee!
Nepal it's a combination of territory and their fighting men- the Gurkhas are from Nepal and have served in the British Army ever since the failed invasion. The Gurkhas are always the most decorated in the British army. The saying is if you need to defend and attack at the same time , that is why God made the Gurkhas.
We were NOT at war with Ireland for 700 years...which is why Northern Ireland still exists
for the record the conquest of ireland was more like a lot of small wars spread over 400 years conquering various local lords it was not like the world wars or civil war lasting 400 years
Absolutely right! It wasn't 400 years of constant wars, just as it wasn't constant wars with the Scots
They say 1 sixth of white Brits has some Irish Ancestry..That's more than the US has
Great reaction. You should definitely look up Nepal and the amazing Gurkhas.
Be thankful Brits are confined to their little island, had it been the size of & as well resourced as the USA, we’d still be in charge. Forever.
I’m a proud Englishman and can confirm it’s Fajita Thursday at my house tomorrow 😅
Look how far we’ve fallen! Don’t think we could muster one invasion now 😂😂😂
when you see what our little country could do with such a small population that other bigger more populous countries could not it makes you think
Yes, that is often overlooked. I believe that France had 3 x our population until the mid-1800s. We usually had to fight while very much outnumbered.
What this kind of summary neglects is that really no country was any different. E.g. The Spanish, The Dutch, The French, the Belgians, The Romans etc etc ALL engaged in conquering. the point was that Britain was the best at doing it. If the conquered third world people had possessed similar technology and fighting skills, who's to say they would have not tried to conquer European territory? EVERYONE was like that in those days. That's no excuse, just a fact. Of course none of us think it was the 'right' thing to do. But when you discover peoples who have natural resources just lying about, and have no use for them as you would, you tend to exploit them. If you employ the natives to extract them for you then you can use that labour instead of bringing more from home. BUT EVERYONE WAS AT IT! Why single out the British because they were the most effective? We've all moved on now. No one in Britain now would contemplate colonialism. It belongs to ancestors.
His constant use of the word ‘invaded’ isn’t correct. Yes, we did colonise large parts of the world, but we also ‘stepped in’ in many of these cases to protect world peace and to save countries from war or dictatorships. There’s a big difference. To set the balance straight I’d recommend watching a video about how many times the UK has actually been invaded over the last couple of thousand years.
There is a tunnel connecting the UK and France, the channel tunnel built in the 1980s I believe.
That's so cool. I would love to travel through the tunnel sometime. I need to look into how it was constructed. It must have been a feat.
@@JJLAReacts TH-cam it, there is a good documentary. It was a race between us (Brits) and the French. We both started from either side and met in the middle. Guess who won?
@@usefulrandom1855we should have turned left a bit and gone to Belgium 😆
I love that question about mexican food, acutaly we dont really have mexican food here, there is a few, the mexicans trying to get into the US, the big pond in the middle, they not bothered getting here, having said that, we have so many cultures here in the UK and authentic food from around the world, cooked by the people from those shores, chinese, indian, caribean, greek italian, and many others, that we have that sort of food on every street corner,
to the point, that the UK's national dish, is now chicken tikka masala, long story behind that, happy to pass on, where we think it came from, but its not actualy an indian dish
Interesting! Mexican food is so prevalent here that I forget it's technically foreign. Chicken Tikka Masala is amazing! I can understand why it's so popular!
@@JJLAReactsthe closest we have to Mexican is this shitty tex-mex restaurant called Chiquitos
No community of Latin ppl into the uk over the years means we missed out . Shame as it is by far the best and very filling snack food as well
@AlwaysRightAllNight Completely untrue considering my Mexican friend runs various Mexican restaurants here and the largest Mexican food importers into the UK.
@@JohnnyZenith the only chain in my city for since I grew up was Chiquitos. There is now one called Perinos or something like that but I haven’t heard a good review from that Chiquitos one.
I live in Birmingham so we mainly have Asian restaurants to be honest. What’s this Mexican chain called then?
This video takes a very, very, broad definition of the word "invaded"
Could always react to how Britain ended slavery and only stopped paying for this in 2015
He missed one. We also invaded the continent of Antartica in 1911, but their 'seals' put up such a staunch defense we couldn't finish the job. But to be fair, we were a getting a bit tired by then. 😂
Well that must have been a wise move.. There is bugger all there except for snow ice and polar bears lol
@@petejones879 Actually Polar Bears only live at the North Pole ;-)
@@euronick61 that can't be true cos I saw some at my local zoo in dudley west Midlands and they were living lol
@@petejones879 LOL
JJLA It might be an idea to read up on our history before passing judgement. England was invaded by French -speaking Normans in 1066. The mediaeval wars were effectively Frenchmen fighting Frenchmen. French was the language of government until the 14th century - the very words we use in government and the legal system are of French origin.
Wrong. The Hundred Years War was not French on French. A few English kings had French mothers that's all. French language died out eventually, only being spoken by nobles. English commoners never got to speak French. Hence, we speak English today. Some French words were incorperated through time though.
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The Hundred Years War was fought between Frenchmen - those with estates in England were required to swear allegiance to the French king for their estates in France. This was the root of the problem because the Frenchman who happened to be king of England was also expected to bend the knee along with his vassals.
It's got nothing to do with a "few English kings had French mothers.." the Plantagenet dynasty was FRENCH. Henry II died in his castle in Chinon. He is buried in the chapel at Fontevrault - we call him 'king Henry' when he was in reality 'Henri, Comte d'Anjou' - John Lackland was Jean Sans Terre. etc etc etc
French was the language of government until well into the 14th century.
General de Gaule was heard to refer to English as a "dialect of French."
@@gordonsmith8899 I think you'd have been hard pressed to persuade Henry V that he was French. Always thought that Joan of Arc was put to death by the English. Must have been by fellow Frenchmen according to you. Anglo-Norman French language died out. It was not 'Parisian' French anyway. English became a bastardised language of German, Scandinavian, Latin with a liittle French in there somewhere.
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Joan of Arc was handed over by Frenchmen - you appear to be ignorant of the 'Angevin empire.'
@@gordonsmith8899 Not at all. Joan of Arc was handed over to the English by Burgundians, French allies of the English. In retrospect, the influence of French culture and language on the English disappeared centuries ago. German influence became much more to the fore. Queen Victoria probably spoke English with a German accent. In today's world French as a language has negligible influence on day to day English life.
What this video fails to point out is all the times Britain was invaded by other European civilisations before we final said "enough is enough"
We easily have the best history on planet earth! so proud to be British!
Sweden is one of the few countries Britain almost never have been at war with due to its situational geopolitical position which makes Sweden and Britain natural allies. There is one exception though and it was the Anglo Swedish war between 1810-12 which was a result of the Swedish defeat in the Pomeranian war.
i pictured a bundle of little pmerianian dogs with britisha and swedish accents fighting each other XD
Surely Scotland should be included first? Aethelstan, generally recognised as the first King of England invaded Scotland and Strathclyde over two hundred years prior to the first major invasion of Ireland.
What? I think you know the title of the video is incorrect, you’re not that ignorant. It’s about countries Britain invaded, not countries England invaded. England invaded Scotland but it never conquered Scotland. Scotland also invaded England. Both are besides the point and occurred prior. The video is about the BRITTISH empire
Gibraltar is a British Crown Dependency. Falklands Islands are also a British Territory in the South Atlantic. Another bust-up with Argentina. We kicked their a***
Its abit of an insult that we "conquered" them, half of them wanted trade and we established outposts and traded with them...The outposts being declared as British land so those countries had british military power close by to protect them.
This quote is a good idea of the feelings between English and french 😆😆
"France is lovely, just a shame it's so full of French people!"
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Nepal was never Conquered.... if you do a video on the Gurkhas, you'll learn that they were so ferocious that they held off our invasions and they respected our own martial ability, so we signed a pact and to this day, we still recruit our elite Gurkha's from Nepal. They are amazing, do a video on Gurkhas if you get time :)
LOL. Gurkha are just one of the tribes of India/Nepal. Basically, British needed help against the Indian rebellion of 1857 which was mostly in Northern and central parts of India. Since most of the soldiers had already revolted, British lured Sikhs and Nepali King to fight against the revolutionary armies. In exchange Nepali king was to keep his kingdom as a dominion and not as a directly occupied territory. Divide and conquer. Thats the reality of "bravery" and employment in british army.
@@Exiide89 I don't understand the joke or what I said that was wrong.
@@blazednlovinit He's just an indian, ignore him
@@elkaotik6790 Craves validation from his ancestral masters 🙄
Bit racist to write Scotland, Ireland and Wales out of history. Don’t give England credit for all the hard work and fighting of the British empire.
Exactly, the title of the video is incorrect. It's almost entirely about British not English invasions. Scotland united with England by choice. Maybe we should have teamed up with France instead
You shouldn't feel the need to defend us my guy, the world used to be a savage place (until enlightenment values coming from Britain and Europe changed the world's opinion on that).
"Don't hate the player, hate the game" I hear you yanks occasionally say.
Thank you for a great video . I would just like to say .. Scotland 🏴 and England have been at war for a very long time . France was and still is Scotland s best of friends. When England was at war with France. Sometimes there was more scots at the battlefield in France than the French.
Yeah. It’s some weird thing in our blood. We have to have a country to hate, but fuck, if someone messes with them we’ll have their back
Proud to be English😂❤ what history👌
In answer to your question, Finland and the Baltic states were mentioned when post WW1 Bolshevism was spoken of.
Unsure if we invaded Sweden but most of the time they were allied to us or neutral later. However they were briefly allied to Imperial France during the Napoleonic wars, therefore we would have at least fought them at sea or "put foot" on what was left of their colonies, if that counts?
You greatly misunderstand some of this JJ! Don't forget that Britain was invaded by the Romans, that there was a great deal of intermarriages between the all European monarch families incl Britain! In fact the current Royal family are German and Russian, changing their name to WINDSOR during WW1 to avoid British public ill feeling.
Also the assassinated Kaiser, that started WW1, was a cousin of the British Royal family as were the 1917 murdered the last Russian Xsars! Also don't forget that Britain was invaded by the Romans, German Saxons Vikings, French Normans - William the Conqueror was French, which is why french was the spoken and written language among the British rulers in Britain for centuries! The Spanish tried to and failed to invade England in the 16th century!! All these developments were aimed at conquering lands, amass wealth and resources, increase trade! All powerful nations/ monarchs did it. The British were just better than the rest! In a small way white settler Americans did the same in N. American?
Ireland was invaded by the Norman-French rulers of England.
It annoys me that so many "Irish" Americans pass judgement on us whilst ignoring the treatment of North America's own indigenous people.
PS: By joining the EU, The Republic of Ireland surrendered it's brief years of independence from being ruled from London to being ruled from Brussels.
Murders by EU 0 England 2 + million
😁 All true.
the Normans were not french, they were the North Men who gave Normandy its name, north from Scandanavia, they were Vikings.
We are generally disliked by many countries and most of our neighbours really dislike us, I guess they have good reason
Norway likes us: they have sent a huge Christmas tree every year since the end of the Second World War in gratitude for the UK's role in their liberation and this is erected in Trafalgar Square. Ukraine likes the UK too. England and Portugal have been allies since 1373 and the two countries have never fought one another.
There have been many continental European wars which did not involve England/Britain/the UK because borders have been so fluid and tbe continent was a patchwork of mostly small states with shifting borders, annexations and alliances and with major religious divides, building onto much larger states in the 19th century, particularly, so frequent wars were inevitable.
@@MrBulky992 very inciteful, I was generalising of course. Portugal will have to be my next holiday destination then.
@@MrDrwatson01 And generalisation like this cause trouble.
It feels crazy most americans don't know most of these
Please notice that the conquest meme was not introduced until we were invaded by the Normans in 1066!
British Empire has been the greatest force for good thecworld has ever seen.
A random Indian guy on a bus in Delhi once gave me an angry history lesson on the iniquity of the British empire. This was in the early 90's and I felt it was a bit unreasonable to hold me responsible .
Amen.
It's just that we liked our foreign hollidays, anything to get away from our cold wet climate, Yes we were the BRITS ON TOUR, 🇬🇧
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LOL
8:30 "I wonder why the British couldn't conquer Nepal?"
Ghurkas.
Look them up, you won't be disappointed. Warriors so tough and honourable, that we instead hired them. And the toughest Nepalese men serve in the British army to this day. Some of the finest soldiers to ever serve Britain. There is a deep channel of respect in both directions of this relationship.
Not the English from 1603, British under James VI of Scotland and James 1st of England.
Belgium didn't exist until 1815. The Ireland occupation was a shameful era , and the partition in 1921 continued the conflct , with the Free State and later the Republic until the Good Friday Agreement, with provision for a vote for reunified island of Ireland