Being part of the British Empire doesnt mean they were invaded, many countries chose to join because of the infrastructure, democracy, trade and wealth it brought. Also Britian created several countries, including Canada, the United States, New Zealand, India and Pakistan. 56 countries are still part of the commonwealth. Some countries joined because they wanted protection from their neighbours. Uganda for example became a protectorate of the British Empire in 1894 because they wanted protection from the other religous factions in the area.
but they was invaded you think we justsaid hey natives want to join us we wouldnt be able to understand each other its not like they suddenly understood english
The Roman empire did much the same not every culture or people had to be conquered there was a benefit to being part of an economic union 2000 years ago, during the days of British Empire, a few hundred years ago and today as part of the E.U. but with it comes rules and corruption. It was a different world during colonial times but not quite Brits streaming across the border flattening towns and houses with drones and ballistic missiles like today 😊
@@DTAGAFFA You dont need to speak English to understand each other. In America during the early years (1490-1600's), the British settlers relied on Native Americans for food and guidance and in exchange the Britsh helped them against the volient tribes who would often attack and kidnap them. They mostly lived in peace for the first 100 years before European settlers brought diseases to which Native Americans had no immunity. Indians believed diseases was the manifestation of a demon and they blamed the white people for it.
@@chsh1 By AD 300, most people in Britain were Roman citizens, both legally and culturally, though they were still mostly of indigenous descent and spoke Celtic dialects. The Romans established the province of Britannia, which included much of present-day England and Wales, and some of Scotland. Roman Britannia came to be personified as a goddess, armed with a spear and shield. Britannia is the national personification of Britain and appears with her shield bearing the Union Flag. She also symbolises the Royal Navy's victories. "Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves"
@@mediavideos2176 plus the Romans on the whole incorporated the local religion and culture into regional governance, we could go on but i see much of the same business model in the British empire all those years later. What did the Romans and British ever do for the world! Also i would speculate that more lives and atrocities would have happened if it were not for the rule of law and governance generally implemented by this natural human evolution.
Hi Folks, yet another interesting video. do remember that the American who made this video dislike the UK and uses the word "INVADE" very loosely. If you ask WHY we "INVADED" these countries, you will find that most were to stop tyranny (Hitler, Napoleon) or slavery. Some of the areas that the UK owned was from the royalty of a foreign country becoming the King/Queen of England. (Hanover, Anjou, Normandy etc) How many of these countries did we invade to occupy and possess. The UK made its wealth by trade and preferred to have its strength at sea rather than in its Army. Something these anti-British people do not mention is how these countries remained part of the British family by becoming members of the Commonwealth of Nations, (Nigeria is the 11th country to become a member) where the country must maintain the British values such as democracy, human rights, freedom of expression, tolerance. How many other empires do you know who have this?
@@anglosaxon5874 There's an American 'empire' - McDonalds, KFC and Coca Cola. I well remember the excitement when a US fast food outlet opened in Moscow. On a more serious note, it's a fact that the US hinted rather loudly they they'd look favourably on taking possession of one or more (Br) Caribbean islands in lieu of payment for war supplies. Winston Churchill stepped very quickly and very heavily on that line of thinking.
As a Englishman, I love watching people react to this.. Immense pride in our success.. we weren't invading to kill people like the Reich, we were invading to implement systems, most of which are still in place today. Health increased across the world, transport and so did the ability to govern.
These people speak english and live in a semi civilised country due to Britain inventing the modern world; industrisl and agricultural revolutions,christianity,police,mail services,t.v. ,the internet,telescopes ,longitude clocks,railways ,public libraries etc etc
Today Russias population is only 143 million ( USA 334 million ) which seems a large number but when you consider the land mass ( largest country in the world ) it is a relatively small population . 🤗❤️🏴
I think they had about 280 million before the soviet union split but yes you would expect such a large country to have a much higher population like China or India. I suppose it has something to do with the general Russian population living like slaves for most of history and not having good social, economic or health conditions to allow the population to flourish.
I feel like a jerk. I've been watching your videos several times and just notice today I wasn't subscribed... until now. I'm now officially subscribed. You always have good videos, and I love them.
Oh, we knew what it was like to be invaded too: The Celts, Vikings, Saxons, Angles, Romans...the English people are made up of all these countries, including the natives who were already there.
It was, it has been conquered three times. First by the Vikings, then by the Normans, then by the Welsh at Bosworth field in 1485. The strength of England came from it's union with Wales and Scotland.
A lot of this needs much more context. We had German monarchs, a Dutch monarch, which did involve Britain in many foreign adventures. As a weak and poor European nation we had to fight to survive against the much stronger European powers like Spain and France - and the constant wars with them lead to an awful lot of these instances. The crusade against slavery the Britain pursued vigorously also led to many African and Arabian involvements. Britain had a trade Empire - and private companies like the East India Company fought to protect, maintain and expand their trade - often without any oversight from any British Government. And many of these come from Britain standing up to Napoleon, the Kaiser or Hitler or Japan, wars which Britain did not start, but fought hard to win. For a country that rarely had an army over 200,000 strong it is an impressive list - but it relied heavily on the aid and support of local rulers and local troops.
L am allways amazed by a small liland in the north atlantic has invaded i so many country and all he sientific contributions it has made in the world of
I'm not sure I agree with his "aggressively invaded" claim. When Britain invaded Germany in WW2 which is also shown on this list does that count as aggressively invaded? or how about when invading Italy when it was allied to Nazi Germany, was that the UK *aggressively* invading Italy? All of these supposed invasions require full context.
2.51 Incorrect, there haven't been plenty of invasions going that way. They burnded down a village on Dutch island once, the Anglo Dutch wars were naval battles because the English couldn't compete with the Dutch Republic in free trade. There was an invasion the other way around in 1688 though, that gave England it's current constitutional parliamentary monarchy, Bill of Rights and introduced them to modern capitalism and freedom and led to the union known as Great Britain or the UK. They still call it their Glorious Revolution though, because the Dutch stadtholder and commander of the Dutch military demanded a formal invation from some powerless lord parlementarians to take the throne. We do have lots of British bachelor parties invading Amsterdam though, but not in the 17th and 19th century.
Learn some bloody history. The British Parliament invited William of Orange to be King of England as he was a Protestant and the British wanted to get rid of the Catholic King, James. The Dutch NEVER invaded the British Isles.
@@barryfeagan3969 No, the Dutch parliament had commissioned an invasion fleet twice the size of the Armada and an invasion army of tenths of thousands, but the appointed stadtholder William III didn't feel like ruling as a foreign conqueror and demanded a formal invitation, for it's symbolic effect only. This wasn't about England in the first place, but about France posing a danger to the Dutch Republic and the future of religious freedom, as England becoming a catholic ally to France as in 1672 with the secret treaty of Dover would tip the balance of power and Louis XIV could no longer be contained. If you do a navy landing, march to the capital and hold it occupied to form a new government with no English soldiers allowed near it, that's an invasion by any definition. The fact that the legitimate king of England didn't manage to put up a substantial fight and fled to France with a nosebleed does not make anything else, no matter what British self serving myths in denial of historical facts say.
@@DenUitvreter we are toaucht about the roman invasions,the Vikings and the norman conquests. If we had ever been invaded by the dutch we would would have been taught that to
we actually did not invade what the merchant ships done is made trading posts and not had any conflict ,there were some at the time took it as invaded so fighting happened . The other is the british empire is always sunny on the empires as it never went to dusk where ever you went the sun always shined.
The empire developed after the Act of Union that united the kingdoms of England and Scotland in 1707 - This article is about the BRITISH Empire not the "English" empire. Since 1707, English is the language we speak and our nationality has been British.
When the UK realised how good the Nepalese were at fighting (and couldn't beat them) they invited them to join the UK military and are now a famous part of the British military. As they say, "if you can't beat them, join them".
Not all of the countries were violently invaded to take over just for the sake of it, which wasn't mentioned in the videos like with Africa we started to control Africa at first because of the slavery problems which was happening if you look at alot of it we controlled all of the west coast line to where the Arabs had control at first and some other countries was not controlled by us because we was helping other countries fight there wars. But the finger gets pointed at us all the time. They say we invaded, but they don't say why it was, which makes it sound bad like Afghanistan. That wasn't just us that was the USA, as well because of the Twin towers attack and the terrorist attacks in London.
The early invasions of Afghanistan were not to "take" the country. There was nothing there. It was to stop the huge raids of rape and pillage deep into Northern India by the Afghans.
Technically the English or British are actually one of the 7 Kingdoms of Western Rome. Just like in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones 7 Kingdoms of Westeros, all the 7 Kingdoms went to war to attain the Iron Throne. In reality the Iron Throne refers to the Iron Monarchy (Rome) after the Roman Empire couldn't sustain itself with enough Romans, Rome passed on the baton of power to its 7 Kingdoms established in Europe, The Western Roman Empire fragmented. 1.Franks - Fraunce. 2.Suevi - Espanol. 3.Alamanni - Deutsch. 4.Visigoth - Portuguesa. 5.Burgundians - Swiss. 6.Lombards - Italia. 7.Anglo Saxon - Britannia/America 8.Heruli - exterminated. 9.Vandals - exterminated. 10.Ostrogoths - exterminated. From the bible 10 toes from Feet of Iron mixed with Clay. 10 toes = 10 Kingdoms, whereby 3 got plucked to give power to the litte horn (Vatican City). 7 Kingdoms all went to war against each other to attain the Power of the Iron Monarchy (Rome). Rome switched from Military power to Religious Influence. The British went war against the French in the Napoleonic Wars. Under The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon in the Batte of Waterloo 1815. Britain dominated. The English went to war with the Spanish in the Anglo-Spanish wars. 1585 - 1604 ending with Queen Elizabeth I of England against King Phillip II of Spain. Ushering England master of the seas unchallenged forwarding colonisation with trade, commerce, missionary work. The British then went to war with the Germans in WWI Britain dominated and WWII America dominated, rendering the Germans impetent. The Italians fought amongst themselves and were not successful in expansion. The Swiss was in centre and was unable to venture out instead it became a buffer state and had well trained mercenaries that eventually became the Popes peraonal bodyguard- Swiss guard wearing the Medici colours. Portugal was more interested in Trade, Commerce, secured some territories but not enough to match up to the Brits. Britain through its Monarchy had attained the Iron Monarchy and through Queen Victoria married all her children to other Royal houses, in order to unite all the Kingdoms. King George, Tsar Nicolas and Kaiser Wilhem are cousins. The Bosheviks executed Tsar Nicolas and his Family. Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated and became a lowly Lumberjack. Through King George down to our beloved Queen Elizaberh II to King Charles III. In the book of Daniel Chapter 2 ver 40-43 - 40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron-for iron breaks and smashes everything-and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. 41 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. 42 As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
Love being British. Always worth remembering in an age where EVERYONE wanted to have an Empire and invaded everywhere else, the British Empire was much kinder. And this video is using "invaded" very loosely. For example we did not "invade" Australia: there was no nation or country to invade, we just dumped our convicts there. There were minor tribes here and there but that's irrelevant and they were sparse.
we do love good fight ! I think ppl also don't fully understand just how tiny we are too England is not even 700 miles long so countries have lakes bigger us .We certainly didn't have the biggest empire ever by our sheer numbers
as a welsh man with irish heritage, she said it was an intellectual invasion whch is right, they went for the best countries for trade, arms, union in wars etc than just brute force and power and harm or bully the nations people and many people from these nations like to come to the UK due to influence and its ability to produce some of the best and only the best can have that sort of power
Denmark was never invaded by England. During the napoleonic wars in 1807 Admiral Nelson terror bombarded the city of Copenhagen and stole the fleet. In 1945 Monty and his men arrived in Denmark, after the Germans had surrendered. They were welcomed and seen as liberators, because the Germans would never have surrendered without the heroic effort of the combined allied forces. But England has been invaded several times by ancestors of the Danes and descendants of the Danes - Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Vikings and Normans. That means, we share much of the same DNA.
Britain was fighting the WWII long before USA jointed in (after Pearl Harbour). London was also bombed nightly and food into the country cut off for many many months. Suggestion: watch a film on The Blitz.
The reaction was exactly how I was and iam English. I truly hope any of our history does not reflect on those alive today in this country. Its truly horrific in a impressive way. But nothing that I or millions upon millions of brits. Race. Colour. Religion etc aside. If you are a brit today then this is the country's past. Although go and have a look at what this country has contributed to the world in a positive way. Its mind blowing.
This is a misrepresentation.We have much more to thank the Brits ancestors for than we have to criticise them for that is for sure. So many nations in history have invaded others, when they are ruled by a small group of callous aristocrats and have only a peasant, powerless citizenry and therefore incredible atrocities and genocide happen.The difference with the British, was that they were also the 1st culture to force royalty to 2 give common citizens protected freedoms and ownership rights IN LAW(English Bill of Rights 1689 and act of Parliament 1707) to be gradually rolled out to more citizens groups in later centuries and being permanent for the future and take power away from the royalty. Also, "the so-called" land of the free, the USA, entire political, legal and economic structures were developed by the British for neearly 2 centuries before USA even existed, and all of the founding fathers of USA were English. Freedoms amongst normal citizens are what eventually leads to compassion towards other nations citizens.This was demonstrated when religious groups and general citizens had reached a level of personal rights and wealth collectively campaigned and committed themselves towards ending slavery worldwide and sought the quality-of-life amongst others that they were able to negotiate away from royalty themselves e.g.: campaigning to give democracy to other nations. Uniquely having these freedoms, whilst other countries populations were still mainly peasantry living in a feudal society with no individual power, is what led to the British causing all the inventions that started the 1st 2 industrial revolutions, which built value and wealth 1st in UK, but then those legally protected freedoms were realised in other countries by their influence and then the increased technology, wealth and value was also transferred all around the world which means most of the world enjoys an amazing standard of living compared to their ancestors before the political revolutions in England in the 17th century which were the catalyst for all of this.Before gradual improvements from these revolutions, life was hard, painful and bleak for common citizens in a way that is unimaginable to the modern public in virtually countries citizens in the 21st-century.
Invading countries in the 19th Century was cool (if you were European). Invading countries in the 20th century wasn't cool any more. Germany got into conquering countries too late, they thought it would be OK, but it wasn't.
Most were not invaded it was more trade than attacking but if we had not been that powerful the slave trade would still exist and all the Inventions like the internet we brought to the world it would be a whole different world also if we were that bad why does the commonwealth have so many members some who have never been part of the empire
The US has military bases across the world. We had trading bases. Think about it, does the US ignore the host nations or does it attempt to influence their politics? Different time, a different world but the same intention.
Pretty sure we're talking about UK not American history don't ever remember comments about America who for a fact have never won a war without outside help even though you may have the largest army navy and air force larger doesn't mean better trade was a key part of UK been so big not through bully tactics the only major part that that happened was Asia but looks at India now a power house along with many of the best countries without UK influence your country wouldn't exist
That video is a massive misrepresentation. England has only invaded four countries, Wales, Scotland, France and Ireland. The UK ( England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) is the one who invaded most.
What you mean is, the British Royal family has invaded all these countries and has used the indigenous population of these isles as cannon fodder. So if you want to point fingers..... Just sayin..... I just live here.
@@robk5159 Napoleon Bonaparte said, "History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon", which is why it's called "his story". Carry on about your business padawan.
@TwoFingeredMamma The attempt at humour linked to an axiomatic comment is a little sad. I said a visit to a library was probably required on your part, let me amend that comment, in order to provide a little epistemic value to your education you should begin at 1st year Napoleonic history. Should you find the unquestionable Napoleon biographies by either (or both) Frank Mcglynn or Andrew Roberts ( both sited as definitive) you will find both agree that 80% of quotes attributed to Napoleon are pure fiction, furthermore they say uninformed people will attempt to attach Napoleon's name to any old musing in order to give it some gravitas and authority. Sorry my uneducated apprentice..but you are not a Jedi yet!
I think there is an issue with the video you are reviewing. It conflates modern countries with historical wars. At the time the British invaded most of the modern Caribbean states they were controlled by France or Spain. India was invaded in response to actions by France. And so on. Most of the invasions were in response to issues with France or Spain, and to some extent with The Netherlands. As to China, those wars were for trade, Britian want to trade with China. China would only sell goods, tea, silk, porcelain etc, for GOLD! This is not to claim the moral high ground, the British wanted money and trade was the best way to get that and if denied there was a war! But there were a few wars, like the embargo on Brazil to end Slavery, or the shortest war in history, UK verses Zanzibar (lasted approx 45 minutes) trade, yes but it ended the Zanzibar slave markets!
This video just went through the motions, without an explanation of why, a bit like watching a historical film made by Hollywood your just getting the producers view point not the facts.
Conquer or be conquered.. That's how things were back then.. There were plenty of attempts to conquer Britain throughout history..
Successful too. And Ireland had a pop at us when the Romans left but the Saxons came over and saw them off.
@@jackbrown6788 We haven't been successfully invaded in military terms for nearly a Thousand years.
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We blockaded Brazil too to make them stop having slavery.
We also took Malta and ruled in Tangiers for a while.
Malta entered the British Empire under the terms of the 1814 Treaty of Paris.
@@gordonsmith8899 Actually it was only confirmed in 1814 we took it in 1813! Edit: The French seized it before and we took it off them.
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Yes, Capt Ball RN sailed into Grand Harbour in 1813.
Being part of the British Empire doesnt mean they were invaded, many countries chose to join because of the infrastructure, democracy, trade and wealth it brought. Also Britian created several countries, including Canada, the United States, New Zealand, India and Pakistan. 56 countries are still part of the commonwealth. Some countries joined because they wanted protection from their neighbours. Uganda for example became a protectorate of the British Empire in 1894 because they wanted protection from the other religous factions in the area.
but they was invaded you think we justsaid hey natives want to join us we wouldnt be able to understand each other its not like they suddenly understood english
The Roman empire did much the same not every culture or people had to be conquered there was a benefit to being part of an economic union 2000 years ago, during the days of British Empire, a few hundred years ago and today as part of the E.U. but with it comes rules and corruption. It was a different world during colonial times but not quite Brits streaming across the border flattening towns and houses with drones and ballistic missiles like today 😊
@@DTAGAFFA You dont need to speak English to understand each other. In America during the early years (1490-1600's), the British settlers relied on Native Americans for food and guidance and in exchange the Britsh helped them against the volient tribes who would often attack and kidnap them. They mostly lived in peace for the first 100 years before European settlers brought diseases to which Native Americans had no immunity. Indians believed diseases was the manifestation of a demon and they blamed the white people for it.
@@chsh1 By AD 300, most people in Britain were Roman citizens, both legally and culturally, though they were still mostly of indigenous descent and spoke Celtic dialects. The Romans established the province of Britannia, which included much of present-day England and Wales, and some of Scotland. Roman Britannia came to be personified as a goddess, armed with a spear and shield. Britannia is the national personification of Britain and appears with her shield bearing the Union Flag. She also symbolises the Royal Navy's victories. "Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves"
@@mediavideos2176 plus the Romans on the whole incorporated the local religion and culture into regional governance, we could go on but i see much of the same business model in the British empire all those years later. What did the Romans and British ever do for the world! Also i would speculate that more lives and atrocities would have happened if it were not for the rule of law and governance generally implemented by this natural human evolution.
Hi Folks, yet another interesting video.
do remember that the American who made this video dislike the UK and uses the word "INVADE" very loosely.
If you ask WHY we "INVADED" these countries, you will find that most were to stop tyranny (Hitler, Napoleon) or slavery.
Some of the areas that the UK owned was from the royalty of a foreign country becoming the King/Queen of England.
(Hanover, Anjou, Normandy etc)
How many of these countries did we invade to occupy and possess.
The UK made its wealth by trade and preferred to have its strength at sea rather than in its Army.
Something these anti-British people do not mention is how these countries remained part of the British family by becoming members of the Commonwealth of Nations, (Nigeria is the 11th country to become a member) where the country must maintain the British values such as democracy, human rights, freedom of expression, tolerance.
How many other empires do you know who have this?
That same American couldn't spell Iraq [Irak] And even Washington [Wassington].
The lad there doesn't seem to have a clue what is going on.
And this type of bullshitery can be dangerous🤨
@@steveis33 WHAT? Explain yourself you muppet! 🤡
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There's an American 'empire' - McDonalds, KFC and Coca Cola.
I well remember the excitement when a US fast food outlet opened in Moscow.
On a more serious note, it's a fact that the US hinted rather loudly they they'd look favourably on taking possession of one or more (Br) Caribbean islands in lieu of payment for war supplies.
Winston Churchill stepped very quickly and very heavily on that line of thinking.
As a Englishman, I love watching people react to this.. Immense pride in our success.. we weren't invading to kill people like the Reich, we were invading to implement systems, most of which are still in place today. Health increased across the world, transport and so did the ability to govern.
It’s a double edged sword cause yes we helped improve some things but we also did worsen things and treat people awfully in ways they didn’t deserve
@Carter-x7p we did but all countries have been responsible for treating others badly, we are just moral enough to feel bad about it afterwards 😅
Delusional...
@@BritishReactionYou do realize you're talking bullshit right? Cos you definitely are.
Thats why we all speak english
Even me and I’m a Scot 😂😂😂
You can now see why most countries in the world have a saying something along the lines of "Don't F with the British".
The sun never sets on the British Empire because God cannot trust us in the dark :P
There is a saying, 'the sun never set on the British Empire'.
These people speak english and live in a semi civilised country due to Britain inventing the modern world; industrisl and agricultural revolutions,christianity,police,mail services,t.v. ,the internet,telescopes ,longitude clocks,railways ,public libraries etc etc
Today Russias population is only 143 million ( USA 334 million ) which seems a large number but when you consider the land mass ( largest country in the world ) it is a relatively small population . 🤗❤️🏴
I think they had about 280 million before the soviet union split but yes you would expect such a large country to have a much higher population like China or India. I suppose it has something to do with the general Russian population living like slaves for most of history and not having good social, economic or health conditions to allow the population to flourish.
I feel like a jerk. I've been watching your videos several times and just notice today I wasn't subscribed... until now. I'm now officially subscribed. You always have good videos, and I love them.
I suggest you take a good look at the source of the film you are watching. It's exaggerated propaganda created to elicit a negative British response.
What people seem to forget is england would have been conquered if they wasn't so strong. It was a brutal world back then
Oh, we knew what it was like to be invaded too: The Celts, Vikings, Saxons, Angles, Romans...the English people are made up of all these countries, including the natives who were already there.
It was, it has been conquered three times. First by the Vikings, then by the Normans, then by the Welsh at Bosworth field in 1485. The strength of England came from it's union with Wales and Scotland.
A lot of this needs much more context. We had German monarchs, a Dutch monarch, which did involve Britain in many foreign adventures. As a weak and poor European nation we had to fight to survive against the much stronger European powers like Spain and France - and the constant wars with them lead to an awful lot of these instances. The crusade against slavery the Britain pursued vigorously also led to many African and Arabian involvements. Britain had a trade Empire - and private companies like the East India Company fought to protect, maintain and expand their trade - often without any oversight from any British Government. And many of these come from Britain standing up to Napoleon, the Kaiser or Hitler or Japan, wars which Britain did not start, but fought hard to win. For a country that rarely had an army over 200,000 strong it is an impressive list - but it relied heavily on the aid and support of local rulers and local troops.
And the Russian Royals were cousins. Ours didn't really treat them nicely when they needed it though.What a loving family.
L am allways amazed by a small liland in the north atlantic has invaded i so many country and all he sientific contributions it has made in the world of
I'm not sure I agree with his "aggressively invaded" claim. When Britain invaded Germany in WW2 which is also shown on this list does that count as aggressively invaded? or how about when invading Italy when it was allied to Nazi Germany, was that the UK *aggressively* invading Italy?
All of these supposed invasions require full context.
2.51 Incorrect, there haven't been plenty of invasions going that way. They burnded down a village on Dutch island once, the Anglo Dutch wars were naval battles because the English couldn't compete with the Dutch Republic in free trade. There was an invasion the other way around in 1688 though, that gave England it's current constitutional parliamentary monarchy, Bill of Rights and introduced them to modern capitalism and freedom and led to the union known as Great Britain or the UK.
They still call it their Glorious Revolution though, because the Dutch stadtholder and commander of the Dutch military demanded a formal invation from some powerless lord parlementarians to take the throne. We do have lots of British bachelor parties invading Amsterdam though, but not in the 17th and 19th century.
Learn some bloody history. The British Parliament invited William of Orange to be King of England as he was a Protestant and the British wanted to get rid of the Catholic King, James. The Dutch NEVER invaded the British Isles.
@@barryfeagan3969 No, the Dutch parliament had commissioned an invasion fleet twice the size of the Armada and an invasion army of tenths of thousands, but the appointed stadtholder William III didn't feel like ruling as a foreign conqueror and demanded a formal invitation, for it's symbolic effect only. This wasn't about England in the first place, but about France posing a danger to the Dutch Republic and the future of religious freedom, as England becoming a catholic ally to France as in 1672 with the secret treaty of Dover would tip the balance of power and Louis XIV could no longer be contained.
If you do a navy landing, march to the capital and hold it occupied to form a new government with no English soldiers allowed near it, that's an invasion by any definition. The fact that the legitimate king of England didn't manage to put up a substantial fight and fled to France with a nosebleed does not make anything else, no matter what British self serving myths in denial of historical facts say.
@@DenUitvreter we are toaucht about the roman invasions,the Vikings and the norman conquests. If we had ever been invaded by the dutch we would would have been taught that to
we actually did not invade what the merchant ships done is made trading posts and not had any conflict ,there were some at the time took it as invaded so fighting happened .
The other is the british empire is always sunny on the empires as it never went to dusk where ever you went the sun always shined.
The empire developed after the Act of Union that united the kingdoms of England and Scotland in 1707 -
This article is about the BRITISH Empire not the "English" empire.
Since 1707, English is the language we speak and our nationality has been British.
Have you ever seen the Cadbury Gorilla. As you maybe aware Cadbury makes Chocolate. And yet in the advert they don't even mention Chocolate.😊
When the UK realised how good the Nepalese were at fighting (and couldn't beat them) they invited them to join the UK military and are now a famous part of the British military. As they say, "if you can't beat them, join them".
Not all of the countries were violently invaded to take over just for the sake of it, which wasn't mentioned in the videos like with Africa we started to control Africa at first because of the slavery problems which was happening if you look at alot of it we controlled all of the west coast line to where the Arabs had control at first and some other countries was not controlled by us because we was helping other countries fight there wars. But the finger gets pointed at us all the time. They say we invaded, but they don't say why it was, which makes it sound bad like Afghanistan. That wasn't just us that was the USA, as well because of the Twin towers attack and the terrorist attacks in London.
The early invasions of Afghanistan were not to "take" the country. There was nothing there. It was to stop the huge raids of rape and pillage deep into Northern India by the Afghans.
Feel proud. ☺
Technically the English or British are actually one of the 7 Kingdoms of Western Rome.
Just like in the HBO TV series Game of Thrones 7 Kingdoms of Westeros, all the 7 Kingdoms went to war to attain the Iron Throne.
In reality the Iron Throne refers to the Iron Monarchy (Rome) after the Roman Empire couldn't sustain itself with enough Romans, Rome passed on the baton of power to its 7 Kingdoms established in Europe, The Western Roman Empire fragmented.
1.Franks - Fraunce.
2.Suevi - Espanol.
3.Alamanni - Deutsch.
4.Visigoth - Portuguesa.
5.Burgundians - Swiss.
6.Lombards - Italia.
7.Anglo Saxon - Britannia/America
8.Heruli - exterminated.
9.Vandals - exterminated.
10.Ostrogoths - exterminated.
From the bible 10 toes from Feet of Iron mixed with Clay.
10 toes = 10 Kingdoms, whereby 3 got plucked to give power to the litte horn (Vatican City).
7 Kingdoms all went to war against each other to attain the Power of the Iron Monarchy (Rome). Rome switched from Military power to Religious Influence.
The British went war against the French in the Napoleonic Wars.
Under The Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon in the Batte of Waterloo 1815. Britain dominated.
The English went to war with the Spanish in the Anglo-Spanish wars. 1585 - 1604 ending with Queen Elizabeth I of England against King Phillip II of Spain. Ushering England master of the seas unchallenged forwarding colonisation with trade, commerce, missionary work.
The British then went to war with the Germans in WWI Britain dominated and WWII America dominated, rendering the Germans impetent.
The Italians fought amongst themselves and were not successful in expansion.
The Swiss was in centre and was unable to venture out instead it became a buffer state and had well trained mercenaries that eventually became the Popes peraonal bodyguard- Swiss guard wearing the Medici colours.
Portugal was more interested in Trade, Commerce, secured some territories but not enough to match up to the Brits.
Britain through its Monarchy had attained the Iron Monarchy and through Queen Victoria married all her children to other Royal houses, in order to unite all the Kingdoms.
King George, Tsar Nicolas and Kaiser Wilhem are cousins.
The Bosheviks executed Tsar Nicolas and his Family.
Kaiser Wilhelm abdicated and became a lowly Lumberjack.
Through King George down to our beloved Queen Elizaberh II to King Charles III.
In the book of Daniel Chapter 2 ver 40-43 -
40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron-for iron breaks and smashes everything-and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. 41 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. 42 As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.
Look how small England is. A remarkable achievement.
Love being British. Always worth remembering in an age where EVERYONE wanted to have an Empire and invaded everywhere else, the British Empire was much kinder. And this video is using "invaded" very loosely.
For example we did not "invade" Australia: there was no nation or country to invade, we just dumped our convicts there. There were minor tribes here and there but that's irrelevant and they were sparse.
If it wasn’t England, it would be someone else, that’s for sure
It wasn't England!! It was UK.
we do love good fight ! I think ppl also don't fully understand just how tiny we are too England is not even 700 miles long so countries have lakes bigger us .We certainly didn't have the biggest empire ever by our sheer numbers
as a welsh man with irish heritage, she said it was an intellectual invasion whch is right, they went for the best countries for trade, arms, union in wars etc than just brute force and power and harm or bully the nations people and many people from these nations like to come to the UK due to influence and its ability to produce some of the best and only the best can have that sort of power
Denmark was never invaded by England. During the napoleonic wars in 1807 Admiral Nelson terror bombarded the city of Copenhagen and stole the fleet.
In 1945 Monty and his men arrived in Denmark, after the Germans had surrendered. They were welcomed and seen as liberators, because the Germans would never
have surrendered without the heroic effort of the combined allied forces.
But England has been invaded several times by ancestors of the Danes and descendants of the Danes - Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Vikings and Normans.
That means, we share much of the same DNA.
Britain was fighting the WWII long before USA jointed in (after Pearl Harbour). London was also bombed nightly and food into the country cut off for many many months. Suggestion: watch a film on The Blitz.
the girls are all angry and shocked the man is silently impressed 😂😂
The reaction was exactly how I was and iam English. I truly hope any of our history does not reflect on those alive today in this country. Its truly horrific in a impressive way. But nothing that I or millions upon millions of brits. Race. Colour. Religion etc aside. If you are a brit today then this is the country's past. Although go and have a look at what this country has contributed to the world in a positive way. Its mind blowing.
A lot of these places were not countries yet
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This is a misrepresentation.We have much more to thank the Brits ancestors for than we have to criticise them for that is for sure. So many nations in history have invaded others, when they are ruled by a small group of callous aristocrats and have only a peasant, powerless citizenry and therefore incredible atrocities and genocide happen.The difference with the British, was that they were also the 1st culture to force royalty to 2 give common citizens protected freedoms and ownership rights IN LAW(English Bill of Rights 1689 and act of Parliament 1707) to be gradually rolled out to more citizens groups in later centuries and being permanent for the future and take power away from the royalty. Also, "the so-called" land of the free, the USA, entire political, legal and economic structures were developed by the British for neearly 2 centuries before USA even existed, and all of the founding fathers of USA were English. Freedoms amongst normal citizens are what eventually leads to compassion towards other nations citizens.This was demonstrated when religious groups and general citizens had reached a level of personal rights and wealth collectively campaigned and committed themselves towards ending slavery worldwide and sought the quality-of-life amongst others that they were able to negotiate away from royalty themselves e.g.: campaigning to give democracy to other nations. Uniquely having these freedoms, whilst other countries populations were still mainly peasantry living in a feudal society with no individual power, is what led to the British causing all the inventions that started the 1st 2 industrial revolutions, which built value and wealth 1st in UK, but then those legally protected freedoms were realised in other countries by their influence and then the increased technology, wealth and value was also transferred all around the world which means most of the world enjoys an amazing standard of living compared to their ancestors before the political revolutions in England in the 17th century which were the catalyst for all of this.Before gradual improvements from these revolutions, life was hard, painful and bleak for common citizens in a way that is unimaginable to the modern public in virtually countries citizens in the 21st-century.
Invading countries in the 19th Century was cool (if you were European). Invading countries in the 20th century wasn't cool any more. Germany got into conquering countries too late, they thought it would be OK, but it wasn't.
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Yes sorry about that guys. What can I say? Bear in mind though that I wasn’t born until 1965 so can’t take any responsibility for it
We ruled two fifths of the world's land surface (40% !!!!!!!). Not bad for a little island in the Atlantic Ocean 🙂
This biggest bar crawl in history lol 😆
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Much of the was trading rather than war and with the British Navy lots could be opened up and roads laid etc.
Not always invaded. Many they walked into and traded with the leaders.
Plenty countries we liked and subscribed to, they didn't reply either lol.
Reaction to every country that uses British technology, like flushing toilets, pencils, x-rays, computers (Babbage), AI (Hinton) artificial nuclear reaction, jet engines, stainless steel, TVs, Telephones, light bulbs, touch screen, www, antibiotics, vaccines etc etc etc
We only invaded countries so that we had somewhere to play cricket 🏏.
Warrior's.
But we were only trying to help !
What are your names especially the lady in the yellow she has such a smile!
3:53 I’m so glad the other guys stopped you from comparing Britain to Nazi Germany…f*ck…take a second to think before you say things like that 😂
He forgot the first country they invaded : Scotland! Are you guys ugandan? Your accent sounds ugandan.
Most were not invaded it was more trade than attacking but if we had not been that powerful the slave trade would still exist and all the Inventions like the internet we brought to the world it would be a whole different world also if we were that bad why does the commonwealth have so many members some who have never been part of the empire
The US has military bases across the world.
We had trading bases.
Think about it, does the US ignore the host nations or does it attempt to influence their politics?
Different time, a different world but the same intention.
Pretty sure we're talking about UK not American history don't ever remember comments about America who for a fact have never won a war without outside help even though you may have the largest army navy and air force larger doesn't mean better trade was a key part of UK been so big not through bully tactics the only major part that that happened was Asia but looks at India now a power house along with many of the best countries without UK influence your country wouldn't exist
Please react to the Bantu Expansion
So we like to travel 😂
Rule Britannia.
That video is a massive misrepresentation. England has only invaded four countries, Wales, Scotland, France and Ireland. The UK ( England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) is the one who invaded most.
What you mean is, the British Royal family has invaded all these countries and has used the indigenous population of these isles as cannon fodder.
So if you want to point fingers..... Just sayin.....
I just live here.
If you live here you really must visit a library and read a few history books, your comment is not only wrong it's stupid.
@@robk5159 Napoleon Bonaparte said, "History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon", which is why it's called "his story". Carry on about your business padawan.
@TwoFingeredMamma The attempt at humour linked to an axiomatic comment is a little sad. I said a visit to a library was probably required on your part, let me amend that comment, in order to provide a little epistemic value to your education you should begin at 1st year Napoleonic history. Should you find the unquestionable Napoleon biographies by either (or both) Frank Mcglynn or Andrew Roberts ( both sited as definitive) you will find both agree that 80% of quotes attributed to Napoleon are pure fiction, furthermore they say uninformed people will attempt to attach Napoleon's name to any old musing in order to give it some gravitas and authority. Sorry my uneducated apprentice..but you are not a Jedi yet!
Wrong. The English did that to the Brits first.
The British put an end to slavery,and what language are you speaking?
Half of this is completely rubbish
80%
Sorry but i cant understand a thing you said?
I think there is an issue with the video you are reviewing.
It conflates modern countries with historical wars.
At the time the British invaded most of the modern Caribbean states they were controlled by France or Spain.
India was invaded in response to actions by France. And so on.
Most of the invasions were in response to issues with France or Spain, and to some extent with The Netherlands.
As to China, those wars were for trade, Britian want to trade with China. China would only sell goods, tea, silk, porcelain etc, for GOLD!
This is not to claim the moral high ground, the British wanted money and trade was the best way to get that and if denied there was a war!
But there were a few wars, like the embargo on Brazil to end Slavery, or the shortest war in history, UK verses Zanzibar (lasted approx 45 minutes) trade, yes but it ended the Zanzibar slave markets!
Real you tube creators , read and reply to comments, real creators at least like the comments. You just pump out videos for views.
This video just went through the motions, without an explanation of why, a bit like watching a historical film made by Hollywood your just getting the producers view point not the facts.
It wasn’t an invasion it was an education
And you all are speaking English on this show. 😄