We were just setting up a military exclusion zone. Yes, it was the whole planet, but you have to remember, Mars was looking very shifty at the time and we needed to be prepared.
Probably because despite the fact that the larger country that Mongolia was part of was invaded by Britain, there were never actually British troops in Mongolia.
Pretty accurate. But I'd prefer it if we let the other countries just get on with and keep our nose clean. I guess centuries of habit don't die easily!
@@Crusader-ct1qv he's saying America was British land at one point, therefore they were technically invaded, as the British nearly fully wiped Native Americans off the globe
Ryan Wheeler ... Manifest Destiny was completely an American idea conceived well after their independence from UK ... also Sir Issac Brock and the British allied with the Native Nations Tecumseh united to combat American invasion into both their lands in 1812 - British blood was shed in attempts to keep Native lands self governed
SirBigmac I know but seriously some of these have much more fitting answers. England and France had warred with each other for hundreds of years so to use the one example that’s “well I suppose it’s technically an invasion” just feels sort or weird
@@t.b.cont. No, I don't think you get it. That example was at the beginning of the book, in the actual chapter on France, the author uses some other war (I can't remember rn,).
D-Day was an invasion of France, after France surrendered in 1940 a new government was formed known as Vichy France who still owned France but the nazi's occupied its northern parts
@@Zombi3Johnny And eventually its southern parts too, when US campaign successfully got the back from French North (and West) Africa, which had the majority of the French Armed forces that're neither captured nor disarmed by Nazis at that time.
Portugal, one of the poorliest contry in Europa, thanks to England. England don't have friends, have interest. The best that Portugal did in history its joining Spain.
You got it mate. Ignore the angry Spanktards, they're just upset they've been pounded on multiple occasions and that they lost to two "small" countries.
65% of the world is still a big deal, like more than half of the world was directly influenced by only one country. And then there are the Protectorates and the rest, huge impact.
Aye but they weren't doing it in a vacuum. They were busy fighting with/against Spain/France for a lot of it. And a bit of Germany by the end. It wasn't some wee chat in a dingy pub where some old toff just throws darts at a board and then gives marching orders to the admirals.
@@aronrabben4768 Most spoken because China has over a billion people alone but yeah, I mean it is the business language of the world, although we are seeing more languages, plus translators.
Tbh I am glad you explained this bullshit. Like Latvia wasn't invaded by UK. UK supported and saved our asses. If they wouldn't have protected our provisional government while they hid on ship Saratov Latvia probably wouldn't been independent during interwar period.
4:10 - Anglo-Nepal war, British actually lost in the first war. They defeated Nepal in second war only, and after that they started recruiting Nepali Gurkha in British army. So, Invading Nepal was very beneficial for British, which helped them in other wars including World War I.
What brits did in Norway during WW2 was mainly show up and flee. Charles de Gaulle was furious with the Brit trops and called them cowards. When the brits pulled back the French troops together with Norwegianl troops stood weakened against the Germans.
@@wildeyshere_paulkersey853 I've tried to find the source, it's from a documantary I've seen within the last year. It was on the topic of warfare in the middle or going north in Norway. Sorry that I can't find it right now.
@@Fonetiker Charles De Gaulle was not in power at the time of Norwegian invasion. It occurred slightly earlier than the German invasion of France. Then later briefly simultaneously. He was not leader of the Free French until 28 June 1940. The Norwegian invasion had finished on 10 June. The French AND Polish troops lost 533. British dead almost 4,400 On land and at sea in the campaign. Having looked for that quote on-line, I cannot find it listed anywhere.
Britain: I will protect you, my lovely friend. Iceland: No, thanks. I don't need your protection Britain: Well, clearly you need it so here I am. Iceland: I said, I don't nee- Britain: *I will protect you and you will like it.* Iceland: Wait wha- Britain: *_You can't protect yourself from our protection...!_* Iceland: ...? Britain: *_NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW_*
Fun fact. In the docks in reykjavik a crowd gathered to "welcome" the troops. A older icelander took a rifle of a british soilder and put his cigarete in the barrel then gave the soilder the gun back
Small thing about romania: Imagine being bombed by your enemies who then become your allies and your former allies bomb your capital. The UK bombed Bucharest, Romania switched, The nazis bombed it too.
WW2 in central and eastern europe was very weird. Like, USSR was formally an ally at the end, but actually was taking much of its "allies" land and setting up a communist governments or faking elections so... was it really?
MGM I wish Hitler would of taken out the soviets I know it would of taken way longer to defeat the axis but a single nuke on hitlers bunker would of done the trick Because death is preferable to communism
the Treaty of Opprto dates from the 16thCent...three Portuguese Divs, fought under British command in France in 1914.............................a true friend on Britain never to be forgotten, Les Griffiths
@@lesgriffiths8523 The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (or Aliança Luso-Britânica, "Luso-British Alliance", also known in Portugal as Aliança Inglesa, "English Alliance"), ratified at the Treaty of Windsor in 1386, between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal, is the oldest alliance in the world that is still in force - with the earliest treaty dating back to the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373.
Indeed. Portugal even allowed the Allies to use the Azores Islands during WW2 for operational use against German U-Boats and I think Portugal was the first of the European nations to join NATO. Could be wrong...but that is an incredible enduring treaty. Unique. Les Griffiths
Yea it was during the reign of Charles V of the Hapsburgs, who was in control of a juggernaut that some deem a "universal monarchy". However, that boat sailed with the Protestant Reformation.
Those 22 countries fit into 3 distinct groups: 1) Countries too small to realistically invade 2) Countries another European country invaded first 3) Sweden
@XI Crez dude have you seen a map of the mongol empire? sure it was all land only, but they literally wiped out civilization after civilization encroaching all the way into eastern europe. the kingdoms in eastern europe were often on the retreat of these invasions as well as the mongols were that formidable. from my understanding of when i last read into it, literally, it was the death of the main mongol Khan leader at the time that caused the invasion into eastern europe to halt solely because the mongol leaders of that front wanted to pay respects to their Khan so they returned home. also the mongols nearly took Japan at certain points but apparently their fleets got wrecked by storms because it was the 1200s after all so naval stuff was not as developed
Chris Palma What do you mean? It is a known fact. Besides, I don’t think it’s the best empire. I think the best empire is The Roman Empire. However, most historians say the Mongolian Empire was the largest
I am overwhelmed with the sheer amount of content being posted today! Sam O’Nella, Thoughty2, Ridddle and more! I think Exurb1a is right, I don’t exist. This is too good to be true. On to ruling the waves.
Project_Sammy I really hope that a nation of millions can achive more than one guy. Why is that an achivement for you? And thanks for even thinking to compare me to the achivments of millions of people.
It was a British empire and Brits from Wales Scotland ireland.. etc were as heavily involved if not more. And the world does not care about Scotland in truth they are just seen as men in skirts and nothing more than fantasy entertainment. The UK is the only place that actually cares about the culture in Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Back then hell no, nowadays sadly yes and this is coming from a portuguese. But if we actually get some people with brains in politics our country can become richer with time
Goofy Future yeah it’s a shame Portugal isn’t as great as it used to be, needs a lot of work which is why me and my mum moved to England for a better lifestyle. Still an amazing and beautiful country but not government wise.
@ no, it's originally between England and Portugal, well before the UK existed, and it's a full-blown alliance, not a non-aggression pact.
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@@andrepinto7895 the united kingdom took on all treaties signed by england when formed. The fact that portugal and and england were on opposite sides of the dutch-portuguese war means a full blown allience hasnt existed continually
@ please attend to the meaning of the word "originally". The fact that England is part of the UK at the moment, and the UK accepted this alliance, doesn't mean that the oldest alliance involved a country that didn't exist at the time. The Dutch-Portuguese war occurred while Portugal was under a dynastic union with Spain, i.e. the Portuguese territories and forces were used by the Spanish (and later Portuguese) king to defend Spanish interests. Spanish was at war with the Dutch, so guess what happened to Portugal? Also, guess what happened to England''s involvement in the war when Portugal became independent again in 1640? Right... And you wouldn't even need to look at a proxy war with the Dutch to see a conflict in this particular context. Look up "Spanish Armada" and see what are the forces at play. The biggest diplomatic issue between the countries as independent nations was the Pink Map crisis (didn't produce a war). It is, indeed, a full blown alliance. And the oldest still in place. "[t]here shall be between the respective kings and their successors, their realms, lands, dominions, provinces, vassals, and subjects whomsoever, faithfully obeying, true, faithful, constant, mutual, and perpetual friendships [Amicitae], unions [Adunationes], alliances [Alligantiae], and leagues of sincere affection [purae Dilectionis foedera]; and that, as true and faithful princes, they shall henceforth reciprocally be friends to friends and enemies to enemies, and shall assist, maintain, and uphold each other mutually, by sea and by land, against all men that may live or die of whatever degree, station, rank, or condition they may be, and against their lands, realms, and dominions." - 1373 "It is cordially agreed that if, in time to come, one of the kings or his heir shall need the support of the other, or his help, and in order to get such assistance applies to his ally in lawful manner, the ally shall be bound to give aid and succour to the other, so far as he is able (without any deceit, fraud, or pretence) to the extent required by the danger to his ally’s realms, lands, domains, and subjects; and he shall be firmly bound by these present alliances to do this." - 1386 Used as recently as 1943 and 1982.
How about a video on countries we've fought wars both against and alongside? Here's a few to start off: FRANCE Against: 100 Years War, Napoleonic Wars Alongside: Both World Wars, virtually everything since RUSSIA Against: Crimean War Alongside: Both World Wars GERMANY Against: Both World Wars Alongside: Napoleonic Wars, War in Afghanistan ITALY Against: World War II (start) Alongside: World War I, World War II (end) TURKEY Against: World War I (Ottoman Empire) Alongside: World War II USA Against: War of 1812 Alongside: Both World Wars, virtually everything since CHINA Against: Opium Wars Alongside: World War II JAPAN Against: World War II Alongside: World War I
thats right the king doesn't want to go to war becouse he was married with the kaisers sister and want be neutral but the britain and france need as in the war so it was like "please dont resist our help we are going to blockead you and you are going to starve".
Mr X He was citing a quote but you still had to say God isn't real wow what a woke atheist you going out of your way to insult religion in a TH-cam comment section you think your petty insult is going to stop me from believing
I think this is by far one of your best videos. The level of research and detail is great. Sure there'll be plenty of people who were like "What about this country" but you covered like 70% of the countries in the world in like 16 mins and it was never just a dull read through. Great job on this video
@@deathman11jackd Normans was one of the biggest invasion of the middle ages, not for the numbers but for the sheer cultural dominance, by that time usually cultures were already estabilished, normans changed everything (we will see this again only with the the fall of Constantinople) Even losing the 100years war wasnt such a big deal (they simply stareted to avoid avoid mainland europe)
The British "invaded" Portugal to help us fighting Napoleon. Yes they stayed here after because our king didnt want to return from his exile in Brazil.
@ricky gore Yes, Indus Valley, Chinese, Mesopotamian, There were Empires of Mughals, Qing, Persian, Shah, Vijayanagar, All had their Own Kingdom.. Together as NATION Divided by Boundaries..
Fun fact: my country Costa Rica is one of the few that was never invaded, but we do requested to become a protectorate once. The request was reject :'(
they are regretting that decision now with how popular CR is. I would have loved to have the CR part of the commonwealth... minus the invasion and war part
Thanks for saying that, it means a lot to me. Now that I am able focus on making videos full-time due to the sponsors, I am able to dedicate so much more time to making these videos and therefore uploading somewhat regularly!
Excellent video, I bet a lot of work went unto it. Certainly enjoyed it. I see Panama was included, but if you’re considering English invasions as British (before the union), Scottish attempt at colonizing the area would also be a British invasion, just much earlier 👌🏻😄
In matter of fact England (GB) DID "invade" Sweden once. During the Napoleonic wars Napoleon demanded Sweden to declare war on Great Britain or else he would invade Sweden. Sweden declared war and hoped for the best, with no real intention of fighting. Great Britain used this as an excuse to "invade" and occupy an uninhabited island in the Blekinge archipelago and used it to store material needed for their Baltic armada. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Swedish_War_(1810%E2%80%931812)
Clutching at straws much? xD They only took the island so that they could keep trading with Sweden and Sweden wanted it as well xD Plus the island is kinda small (33 people live there all together)
n e x t d a y s What difference does that make? So if the US is the one that declared independence and later declared war on the UK in 1812, then those invasions shouldn't count? :)
Seem to remember one of the British Fleets sailed into Stockholm harbour and shelled the crap out of some fortifications before setting up shop on the island. Could be wrong, but I'm certain it happened...
Egypt was also invaded by the UK in 2 occasions other than the Suez crises, these occasions were: -In 1807 a British campaign under General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser invaded Egypt and actually captured alexandria but they were repelled in Rosetta and retreated. -In 1882 The British invaded Egypt and won the battle of Tel el-Kebir and Egypt came under British rule till 1923(but Egypt remained a protectorate till 1954)
@@kardondo for them it was just a crises cause they lost the canal, for us it was the tripartite agression العدوان الثلاثي, the UK, France and Israel all invading at the same time, they call it a crises to sound less imperialistic and to justify for themselves their illegal actions
Men from the various kingdoms on the British Isles took part in the crusades to convert, subjugate or slaughter the non-Christian Old Prussians, Lithuanians, Poles, etc.
Some madlads went on a cruise and stopped by to steal a couple of drinks? Book author: The intoxicated British seamen pillaged the territory in a highly successful raid
United States, Canada Mexico, Panama Haiti, Jamaica, Peru Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean Greenland, El Salvador too Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela Honduras, Guyana, and still Guatemala, Bolivia Then Argentina And Ecuador, Chile, Brazil Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua Bermuda, Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan Paraguay, Uruguay, Surinam And French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam Norway, and Sweden And Iceland, and Finland And Germany now one piece Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia Italy, Turkey, and Greece Poland, Romania Scotland, Albania Ireland, Russia, Oman Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Hungary Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan Both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal France, England, Denmark, and Spain India, Pakistan Burma, Afghanistan Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan Kampuchea, Malaysia Then Bangladesh (Asia) And China, Korea, Japan Mongolia, Laos And Tibet, Indonesia The Philippine Islands, Taiwan Sri Lanka, New Guinea Sumatra, New Zealand Then Borneo, and Vietnam Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana Mozambique, Zambia Swaziland, Gambia Guinea, Algeria, Ghana Burundi, Lesotho And Malawi, Togo The Spanish Sahara is gone Niger, Nigeria Chad, And Liberia Egypt, Benin, and Gabon Tanzania, Somalia Kenya, and Mali Sierra Leone, and Algiers Dahomey, Namibia Senegal, Libya Cameroon, Congo, Zaire Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar Rwanda, Mahore, And Cayman Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia Crete, Mauritania Then Transylviania Monaco, Liechtenstein Malta, and Palestine Fiji, Australia, Sudan
My country was ruled by the British I have absolutely no hatred for them it's not their fault they used to have an empire and that was the norm back then. If u ask me my country went to shit when the British left.
This is a somewhat common theme. Not to shy away from the British atrocities, but also not to shy from the British influence of good. Running water, Railway, Electricity, Democracy something a lot of the world didn't have until the Brits arrived. When they left these systems collapsed and some are now being rebuilt. The most successful example I can think of is Hong Kong, who is currently facing the force of China and may need our help again.
When the British left they had no care for the future of the country that is why your country was such a mess when they left. Briton still isn't the best country and you can trust me when I say that. What country are you from.
*William the Conqueror* says while scratching chin: _"Hmmm. I invaded Britain. They're weren't shit."_ *King Cnut of Denmark:* _"Ha! Sit down, William. I invaded Britain 50 years before you did. It was easy, mate. Not a problem."_ *The Vikings:* _"We looted, raped and pillaged our way up and down Britain. Good times!"_ *Roman Emperor Claudius:* _"Ah shaddap. I invaded Britain before any of yous. I taught those savages how to build roads and shieet."_ *_(Everybody turns and looks at Adolf Hitler)_* *Adolf Hitler:* _"Hey, what?? They had Spitfires und RADAR!"_
@David Houseman, I bet there's a quote out there about how God made the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish hate each other because if they didn't they would of conquered the world together.
You forgot the biggest factor the Royal Navy. What do you mean Hitler didnt invade britain, he bombed it and send spies, which counts as "invaded" see hungary and Romania. he also invaded the british egypt with italy which means he invaded the british empire. I hope this gives you another idea how stupid the "Z invade X and therefore invade Y because X is part of Country Y" thung is, but just my thoughts (it would probably be funny to see how many countries "invaded" britain by invading a colony).
Gonna point out most of them didn't invade Scotland, just came near the border and said "they are worth it". What they meant was "they're fucking scary"
I enjoyed this presentation of the history of the British Empire. It was a great memory review for me. Having grown up in the 20th century, I have seen, studied and read about the final chapters of this empire. I can still recall the names of most of the British colonies. Thanks for this historical review
The British invasion that conquered 100% of the world was lead by Sargent Pepper and the Lonely Hearts Club Band. More than 50 years later, my son and myself are still victims.
The Pinnacle LOL the US is nowhere near as efficient as GB when it comes to foreign territories. Please don’t try and put them in the same bracket again. Plus they’re about 300 years late to the party
PUSB 96 Not really, British people never invaded the lands that were previously polish - and most of them were taken by Soviets. If anything help that was aided to Britain, by polish people in WW2 - on the actual british territory and with those standards could be counted as polish invasion on Britain. But then again with twisted rules like that almost every bigger country could tell they invaded at least half of the world at some time.
Mazovian Mapping I think he was referring to that Britain fought Germany when Nazis did occupied some of the polish lands. Still as I said - it can't be fully counted as Poland was mostly invaded by Soviets (as it had different shape than today). Also invading one country doesn't make you invade countries that are also invaded at a time, but the country you invade. British people never fought on polish lands and Poland still was a country through the whole war - occupied and divided, but still was a country. Also through whole history British people did not help Poland with "helpful" invasion as that is what probably video is trying to imply, but actually the only thing they did was to loan some money (a lot less that Poland needed) and then again if we count borrowing money as invasion - pretty much almost everybody could tell they invaded half of the world. On the other hand there were polish soldiers in Britain fighting in WW2 - which by standards of the book mentioned in video and by video itself means that Poland invaded Britain in WW2.
MJM Following this rule Poland was invited by the British even earlier, during the Napoleonic Wars when it was under French rule. That's why that's a nonsense for me :D
Mate of mine used to work on a trawler out of the Shetland Islands, and if they couldn't get back to Lerwick before a storm set in, he said the layover in Rekjavik would almost amount to warfare!
I think I went back and forth with Namibia. The book said that the invasion in WWI was by South African troops at the request of Great Britain, so I debated whether than counted. It was given to South Africa as League of Nations mandate in 1920.
WonderWhy it should be green regardless because Walvis Bay was a direct British colony before South Africa was even formed (the boer republics were annexed). It wasn’t even a part of the cape colony at first, but was later given to it
I would like to add that some of the reasons for that diplomatic tension between Brazil and England were. 1: Brazil taxing industrial products from england. 2: Braziliand police taking some Royal navy oficers to prison for drunknes. 3: The fact that Brazilians looted the cargo of sinked british ship.
BRITAIN: Er, about this invasion thing......such a long time ago.......it was all a bit of a misunderstanding really REST OF WORLD: Oh really, how so? BRITAIN: Well......it was the weekend, we were messing around in our boats, things got a bit out of hand and um ..........we sort of ended up invading you. Oooops, sorry about that. REST OF WORLD: Yeah well screw you Britain BRITAIN: Oh come on, we're all friends now......right? REST OF WORLD: Screw you * 2 BRITAIN: It actually wasn't us! It was the Americans! REST OF WORLD: BS! They didn't even exist (much) at the time - nice try though BRITAIN: Damn, that normally works! Oh, um, errrr.......the French made us do it? REST OF WORLD: You expect us to believe that? BRITAIN: Alright alright, yeah we did it. How about we give you a pork pie, a Scotch egg, a Cornish pastie, lots of great music, Newtonian laws of motion, the complete works of William Shakespeare and the industrial revolution........can we be friends now? REST OF WORLD: Hmmmmmmm, oh alright then. REST OF WORLD: Right then, now we're friends we're all coming round to visit BRITAIN: Oh sh*t.......the house is a bit small REST OF WORLD: Never mind that. The end.
Hype Ness even if it is “old people” , I am not, and the old are the ones who have run businesses and know what it is like outside the EU and to not be swayed by bias media
During the First World War, Serbia was invaded and conquered by Germany, Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary. Britain, as Serbia’s ally, sent troops to help them. They eventually managed to fight their way onto Serbian territory alongside the Serbo-French army, and drove out the occupying Central Powers forces. You can call that an ‘invasion’ technically, though to the Serbs themselves it was a liberation. So Britain never invaded Serbia.
Exactly, liberation and invasion are two different things. An Invasion is an aggressive military offensive carried out in order to conquer an opposing army or territory and is done for personal gain. Liberation is supporting the free will of the majority of people living under oppression and unjust rule and freeing them from that oppression, even if it means using military intervention.
One of my ancestors was an army officer in colonial India. I'm proud of my British heritage and legacy. And btw he was stationed in the Punjab region which is now modern day Pakistan, so Pakistan was definitely part of it.
English would not now be the world's #1 language if it wasn't for the Royal Navy. It went everywhere. Even Tahiti, and I wouldn't call that an invasion.
Good work. Excellent clarity on your definitions and great synopses of the history. In memory of my Gran, she would have pointed out England’s invasions of Ireland, Wales and Scotland but that wasn’t part of your definition. When you were going through the list , I was thinking about the number of countries where my relatives had fought and some died in the name of the empire making some of the list very personal. Ta
It's nice to see this comment section being friendly and having a laugh like the British do well. I think sometimes TH-cam can be pretty hateful about these touchy topics. The British just were the main empire back then and sadly that's how empires go. Every empire in the history of humanity were evil and committed evilness. The British were just better at it, and in all fairness, did a lot more good than harm. That's not saying they were innocent but that's just how history plays out. You become powerful, invade countries, do some evilness, and return back to your usual self. Maybe there's a reason why villains tend to be played by the British or tend to have British accents in movies? 😂
fire squad that's a bit harsh considering we only did it for the banter all jokes aside Britain have had it hard as well when the Romans invaded and conquered Britain they used a lot of British people as slaves
Pedro Cacela get over it lol every fucking country on earth has done bad shit and killed a lot of people Britain just seems to be able to kill people better than anyone else and India got what they deserved trying to keep all that tea for them self's and 45 trillion that went to Britain and rightly so
li d why do you only care about what Britain did? you do realise Britain was colonized and british men women and children were slaughtered and some were kept as slaves but people only seem to be offended by what Britain and America did every country has done bad shit and bad shit has happened to every country but for some reason people just can't let go of what Britain did
I seem to recall reading about the British invasion of Iceland. As I recall the British ship sailed up to the dock, and a large crowd of Icelanders gathered to watch it arrive. After some deliberation on board, the British captain called down to the crowd to ask who was in charge, and if they could please move the crowd back a bit so that the British troops could disembark.
Portugal was under a weird state of "protectorate" under the british control after the Napoleonic Invasions. Basically the portuguese royal family fled to Brazil turning it into a Kingdom and making Rio de Janeiro the capital of the Portuguese Empire for the time being. Being portuguese allies, the british fought against the french. For some reason though, they stay in Portugal and ended up controling mainland Portugal for a decade under the rulling of General Beresford in a ruthless dictatorship like regime! So tecnically, portugal was under British occupation. Making it a definitely yes.
@MrKingdig Wrong. Portugal’s neutrality in the context of the Napoleonic Wars ended after the refusal of Portugal to enter the Continental System (a), being the sole European Kingdom do to so. This refusal of Portugal has two reasons, being the first the volume of the trading relations between Portugal and Britain, and the second the terms of the Treaty of Windsor of 1386 and the supplementary reassurances of mutual assistance against France signed in 1793 (b). For Portugal the consequences of honoring it’s alliance with Britain were absolutely catastrophic. A quarter of a million Portuguese citizens perished in the War (or 8% of the population, averaging the losses of Germany in WW2), the scorched earth policy caused the destruction of the center of the country, Brasil was lost as a direct consequence of this war, followed by a Civil War. The relocation of the Crown and Court to Brasil ensued no surrendering was possible, being this a daring and unprecedent move for that age. Hope you can see the sacrifice Portugal did in order to honor it’s word. (a) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_System (b) books.google.pt/books?id=Y9VVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
I neither was talking about Anglo-Portuguese alliance, nor about the details of it, or even the reason for why Portugal was invaded in the first place. I was talking instead about the fact that mainland Portugal was under the control of William Carr Beresford who was apointed as a military leader of the portuguese army in order to defend Portugal replacing General Wellesley. When the Napoleonic wars came to an end, he was technically controling Portugal, not only militarily, but also, politicaly. That's what I was saying. In any way I spoke about Portugal's neutrality, I only shared the fact that, for a short decade, the British did indeed own Portugal as a Protectorate. My main source for this statement is a 11th grade portuguese history textbook "Um novo tempo da História" -Módulo 5 (2º Volume).
England/UK invaded France loads of times, they waged a 116 year long war together which had lots of English invasions of France such as Crecy and Agincourt.
Just imagine if it was a country like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Somalia..... instead of Britain that did all the colonising. The world would be a lot different today.
List of nations invaded by Great Britain:
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hey that's a good idea
Getting the gang back together 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Ball is Life rather be orange than a kiddy fiddler
The only countries left are North Korea Iran and cuba
Yes
NEWS:The Queen Elizabeth visited Mongolia
*UK INVADED ULANBATAAR*
ULAANBAATAR
Wait for it.........................The Mongols
@@doubleggamingmeruz678, *JOHN GREEN* .
There you go, her majesty has visited more nations than any prior monarch... so any of her visits should count.
@@joermnyc her majesty hahahahahaha
Sun: *sets*
British empire: OH NO YOU DONT
Lmao
and then they invaded the sun and took it over, planting the union jack on the sun's soil.
This should be Spain considering they were the first empire to hold the title
@@markdillon7543 was spain in the East though?
@@timmyturner327 then the sun declared independence
We were just setting up a military exclusion zone. Yes, it was the whole planet, but you have to remember, Mars was looking very shifty at the time and we needed to be prepared.
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This is so funny on so many levels
he speakin straight fax
😂 this was the lightheaded comment we need after this shameful reminder of britain's history
Mongolia is always an exception.
Too bad they didn't destroy Russia
Mongolia was a part of Qing Empire when the British fought wars with the Qing. So i don’t know why they exclude Mongolia
Probably because despite the fact that the larger country that Mongolia was part of was invaded by Britain, there were never actually British troops in Mongolia.
-Ah vilable- the mongols CREATED Russia!
I see the refrence there
That's a nice independent sovereign nation you got there.
Would be a shame if someone were to - *sips tea* - *invade it.*
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**British accent** ooh lovely riches you got there, would be a shame if someone were to *eats crumpet* take all the wealth ^^
"Sir, it seems we missed a spot."
"Right then chaps, let's do a Brexit so we can get on with it."
Brilliant
Revolutionary
@Dale Hanson lol what
That is the reason we are leaving Dale...
Dale Hanson Ah, labour voter
switzerland was in spectator mode all the time
Why no likes???
@@commando5112 how about you shut up? thx
@@markcotton3481 ok
@@commando5112 Seriously, that better be the last thing you say to me.
@@markcotton3481 why are you so mean? Why do you care if he talks or not?
They invade Spain every summer enjoying their superb good quality beaches,sun,sangria,contributing to the economy and Spanish love it👍😇
Pues que lo disfrutes!!
@@Jona-nayi71 💜
Spain is absolutely beautiful country and has beautiful culture and language, which is why we are always going back.
@@gachaelephant6841 💜👍😊
Maga fckin luf
The world: *exists*
Britain: *Its free real estate*
heheh!!!
Said every favella ever.
said, every 9 year old ever
These meme is the best
World: Exists
Britain: I'd like that.
Africa *Exists*
Britain and France: Hippity Hoppity you are now my property
A 100 years later
Africans: Okey we are your property we will now migrate to your country.
Most European powers have done colonialism
Hippity Hoppity Just Kidding, It's the Zulu's Property!
@@Valencetheshireman927 ...most?
Germany: NIEN NIEN NIEN NIEN AFRICA!!!!!!!
Wonderwhy: and these are the countries that Britain hasn't invaded
Britain: is that a challenge
"The list is incomplete, you can help by *expanding it*
Britan gets invaded by britan every second
@@tadghflowerfangibsonplayzz896 tea
Britain: Do you need help?
Any country in the world: No thanks, we're fine...
Britain: Say no more, Our troops are on the way!
wth this is so accurate
Atleast we're tryna be nice ;v;
Pretty accurate. But I'd prefer it if we let the other countries just get on with and keep our nose clean. I guess centuries of habit don't die easily!
Poland : Can you protected us from Germany
Britain : Of course
Poland : *gets invaded by Germany*
Britain :
@@krzysztofswiniarski8275 This is so accurate to what Chamberlain did.
Every country should have a hobby.
UK: Colonising Places
Germany: Starting Major Global Conflicts
France: Attacking UK
US: Manifesting Destiny
Italy: Switching Sides
Switzerland: Doing Nothing
@@azetac_ And they're very good at it.
Francis Lai which one?
@@azetac_ The west: saving our selves and our race from those outside of it.
YerManSeamus fair.
The British Empire is the closest any nation has ever gotten to winning the domination setting in a real life CIV V game.
not really, they never took over any of the major european powers or america, war yes but any can declare a war
@@jam8539 If America became independent, then it's because it fell apart from some colonial powers' nest. Namely UK.
PS 1812 MATE?
@@gabrielvicuna9734 Elaborate more because I can't understand your point.
@@Crusader-ct1qv he's saying America was British land at one point, therefore they were technically invaded, as the British nearly fully wiped Native Americans off the globe
Ryan Wheeler ... Manifest Destiny was completely an American idea conceived well after their independence from UK ... also Sir Issac Brock and the British allied with the Native Nations Tecumseh united to combat American invasion into both their lands in 1812 - British blood was shed in attempts to keep Native lands self governed
whether 90% invaded or not, the fact that the british army had been involved in such a diversity of conflicts, nations, and territories is insane
Just a shame the navy can't stop a bunch of 15 blokes in a dinghy from entering the country illegally. Such is the decline of an institution..
Why would you use **D-DAY** as an example of invading France???? Why not the hundred year war or the napoleonic wars?
To use as an example for when invading a country still counts, even if it was to help said country.
SirBigmac I know but seriously some of these have much more fitting answers. England and France had warred with each other for hundreds of years so to use the one example that’s “well I suppose it’s technically an invasion” just feels sort or weird
@@t.b.cont. No, I don't think you get it. That example was at the beginning of the book, in the actual chapter on France, the author uses some other war (I can't remember rn,).
D-Day was an invasion of France, after France surrendered in 1940 a new government was formed known as Vichy France who still owned France but the nazi's occupied its northern parts
@@Zombi3Johnny And eventually its southern parts too, when US campaign successfully got the back from French North (and West) Africa, which had the majority of the French Armed forces that're neither captured nor disarmed by Nazis at that time.
"Lmao it's just a prank bro" -- 🇬🇧
“Prank gone wrong, gone colonial”
INVADING COUNTRIES PRANK GONE WRONG GONE COLONIAL ALMOST CONTAINED ALMOST DEFEATED FRANCE CALLED
COLONIALISM GONE WRONG,UN CALLED
@@khorps4756 lol
No I’d say it’s more like: “lmao it’s just a prank mate *FOOKIN* hell.”
Thank You England for sending your very good longbowmen to Portugal, to help us fight the Spaniards.
Portugal - Britain's oldest ally! Thank you for your loyalty!
Portugal, one of the poorliest contry in Europa, thanks to England. England don't have friends, have interest.
The best that Portugal did in history its joining Spain.
You got it mate. Ignore the angry Spanktards, they're just upset they've been pounded on multiple occasions and that they lost to two "small" countries.
Portugal are our lads
MrPeterGoldman No problem
Random british man goes on vacation to Belarus
News: *THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS INVADED BELARUS*
why would we go on a vacation to a country that doesnt even have sea access...?
@Connecticut Ball
random Brit: *goes to Sweden*
news: *UK HAS INVADED SCANDINAVIA AS REVENGE AGAINST THE VIKINGS*
Would slaves from medieval Britain taken to viking's Sweden count as an invasion ?
But Belarus is British !!!
@@KompridiCR A British TH-camr, Who's Called "Bald and Bankrupt", Actually Went to Belarus on Vacation
“Kingdom of Kandy” “Bittersweet ending” lol nice one
Looool
65% of the world is still a big deal, like more than half of the world was directly influenced by only one country. And then there are the Protectorates and the rest, huge impact.
Aye but they weren't doing it in a vacuum.
They were busy fighting with/against Spain/France for a lot of it. And a bit of Germany by the end.
It wasn't some wee chat in a dingy pub where some old toff just throws darts at a board and then gives marching orders to the admirals.
A lot of the conflicts weren’t that influencing tho
English is the language of the world. If one thing came out of the empire it was this.
@@elias_xp95 I mean mandarin is the most spoken language, but English and Spanish are the most wide-spread.
@@aronrabben4768 Most spoken because China has over a billion people alone but yeah, I mean it is the business language of the world, although we are seeing more languages, plus translators.
Tbh I am glad you explained this bullshit. Like Latvia wasn't invaded by UK. UK supported and saved our asses. If they wouldn't have protected our provisional government while they hid on ship Saratov Latvia probably wouldn't been independent during interwar period.
David Houseman Ty
I thought they just counted the Crimean war where the tzar of Russia ruled that region. A technicality if you will
Also Estonia helped a lot.
Imre Saks That is true but I was talking about Britain "invading us".
Learn about the Hegelian Dialect first and you will change your mind. Latvia sold out.
4:10 - Anglo-Nepal war, British actually lost in the first war. They defeated Nepal in second war only, and after that they started recruiting Nepali Gurkha in British army.
So, Invading Nepal was very beneficial for British, which helped them in other wars including World War I.
and then after the war they didn't even recognise the Gurkhas's great impute and treated them like utter sh..t..
Gurkhas are legends,cheers lads
Gurkhas will always be welcome in my house.
Yeah you wouldn't wanna tussle with the gurkhas, some of the finest warriors out there
The Gurkhas were given the choice of ally with GB or face total annihilation. The Roman's used the same persuasive argument across their empire.
How much land mass has the British armed forces touched is probably more accurate
What brits did in Norway during WW2 was mainly show up and flee. Charles de Gaulle was furious with the Brit trops and called them cowards. When the brits pulled back the French troops together with Norwegianl troops stood weakened against the Germans.
@@Fonetiker Source(s)?
@@wildeyshere_paulkersey853 I've tried to find the source, it's from a documantary I've seen within the last year. It was on the topic of warfare in the middle or going north in Norway. Sorry that I can't find it right now.
@@HerewardWake That someone died is no proof of that they did not anger CDG, and how they did it wasn't in any sort of way worthy of criticism.
@@Fonetiker Charles De Gaulle was not in power at the time of Norwegian invasion. It occurred slightly earlier than the German invasion of France. Then later briefly simultaneously.
He was not leader of the Free French until 28 June 1940. The Norwegian invasion had finished on 10 June.
The French AND Polish troops lost 533. British dead almost 4,400 On land and at sea in the campaign.
Having looked for that quote on-line, I cannot find it listed anywhere.
Britain: I will protect you, my lovely friend.
Iceland: No, thanks. I don't need your protection
Britain: Well, clearly you need it so here I am.
Iceland: I said, I don't nee-
Britain: *I will protect you and you will like it.*
Iceland: Wait wha-
Britain: *_You can't protect yourself from our protection...!_*
Iceland: ...?
Britain: *_NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW_*
Fun fact. In the docks in reykjavik a crowd gathered to "welcome" the troops. A older icelander took a rifle of a british soilder and put his cigarete in the barrel then gave the soilder the gun back
Preemptive protection
Bialkii Good job stealing comments and merging them together! Mum is proud!
@@pickledirick8338
Good job accusing me of stealing! Mum is proud!
Bialkii Very good job proving that you are capable of thievery by stealing my “Mum is proud!” comment!
11:20 Britain may have invaded Iceland in 1940, But no one's gonna forget the Icelandic annihilation of England in 2016
Ian Pereira What?
Something something Cod Wars
Well at least we outplaced them this year. That counts right? Pls
Atomic no the English are still annoyed Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland loved it
ovaloctopus8 you’ve done nothing yet except beat panama and Tunisia, which Iceland could’ve done too. Beat Colombia and I’ll give you some credit.
Small thing about romania: Imagine being bombed by your enemies who then become your allies and your former allies bomb your capital.
The UK bombed Bucharest, Romania switched, The nazis bombed it too.
Same here in Serbia, they dropped weakend uranium on villages across the country for trying to preserve its own territory.
Life is fun
WW2 in central and eastern europe was very weird. Like, USSR was formally an ally at the end, but actually was taking much of its "allies" land and setting up a communist governments or faking elections so... was it really?
MGM I wish Hitler would of taken out the soviets I know it would of taken way longer to defeat the axis but a single nuke on hitlers bunker would of done the trick
Because death is preferable to communism
@@bradlygamez4549 you are clearly disrespecting sacrifice of soviet union in war
Portugal & anglo alliance is the longest-lasting alliance in the world
the Treaty of Opprto dates from the 16thCent...three Portuguese Divs, fought under British command in France in 1914.............................a true friend on Britain never to be forgotten,
Les Griffiths
@@lesgriffiths8523 The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (or Aliança Luso-Britânica, "Luso-British Alliance", also known in Portugal as Aliança Inglesa, "English Alliance"), ratified at the Treaty of Windsor in 1386, between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal, is the oldest alliance in the world that is still in force - with the earliest treaty dating back to the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373.
Gosh Ben, I was two centuries out !!!
Les Griffiths
nearly 650 years not bad.
Indeed.
Portugal even allowed the Allies to use the Azores Islands during WW2 for operational use against German U-Boats and I think Portugal was the first of the European nations to join NATO. Could be wrong...but that is an incredible enduring treaty. Unique.
Les Griffiths
The claim that "the sun never sets on our empire" was originally made by Spain.
Faithless Hound true
Carlos I/V
Unfortunately for you most people won't see it that way
Faithless Hound yea, we just kind of took it like most things
Yea it was during the reign of Charles V of the Hapsburgs, who was in control of a juggernaut that some deem a "universal monarchy". However, that boat sailed with the Protestant Reformation.
Those 22 countries fit into 3 distinct groups:
1) Countries too small to realistically invade
2) Countries another European country invaded first
3) Sweden
Plus Switzerland.
@@pahtar7189 switzerland is category 1 + Alps
@@sabyganguly5668 14:06 Switzerland isn't on that list .
@@mohdadeeb1829 yes I mentioned why it is not
@@sabyganguly5668 I meant Switzerland isn't on the list that contains all the countries Britain has not invaded .
Hmmmm, I don't like that Sweden seemed to get away with it.
Who's up for a good ol' fashioned pillage?
You wanna team up on us, we have 4 hours of sun during mid autumn to mid spring after that we have like 8. So good luck with our sunshine
...What is sun? Here we only have two seasons, winter and rain 😂
Atleast you have some beaches here you gotta drive an hour for a 20m wide beach with no waves and 5 million people
You have a beautiful lake the size of my county, much better than our grey beaches I can assure you!
You can go on vacation and still be in britain
This don't help us Brits much when looking for a foreign holiday destination .
@S F Woah, really?
@S F Really, where you from?
@S F where are you from
@@thereallornebolzan4579 Yeah, from all the pain it cost, at least they all now speak English too 😁.
You win some you lose some.
British Tourists: *Exists*
Book author: INVASION!!!!!
That's hilarious.
hhehe!!!
😂😂
@@brycetheplaguedoctor2485 maybe you shouldn't have have so much oil
@@kameradin8964 this is coming from "Not Hitler" and I'm not sure how I feel about that.
Mongols: our empire is large
Brits: hold my tea
@XI Crez dude have you seen a map of the mongol empire? sure it was all land only, but they literally wiped out civilization after civilization encroaching all the way into eastern europe. the kingdoms in eastern europe were often on the retreat of these invasions as well as the mongols were that formidable. from my understanding of when i last read into it, literally, it was the death of the main mongol Khan leader at the time that caused the invasion into eastern europe to halt solely because the mongol leaders of that front wanted to pay respects to their Khan so they returned home. also the mongols nearly took Japan at certain points but apparently their fleets got wrecked by storms because it was the 1200s after all so naval stuff was not as developed
@@Alex-fhsjfuuf lol thats a my bad moment. i knew it was the east but i rushed and mistyped that. ill edit in the fix.
Actually, Mongol is larger than British Empire. Mongol Empire is largest empire of all time.
Chris Palma
What do you mean? It is a known fact. Besides, I don’t think it’s the best empire. I think the best empire is The Roman Empire. However, most historians say the Mongolian Empire was the largest
Chris Palma
Ah. Forgive me for my foolish mistake.
Britain: Congratulations, you are being rescued!
Country/Nation: .....
Britain: ....Please do not resist.
Who do you think the USA learned it from?
@Stephen Jenkins, Philippines, Texas, California, all of the Mexican territory that wasn't in central America. The tribal territories. Cuba.
Like father like son
Stephen Jenkins and sponsored self a lot of coups against „socialist“ governments.
@@theredstonesword984 Hawaii, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Vietnam, North Korea, Laos, Cambodia, Japan, Guam, etc.
@Checkmate
Japan and North Korea are not invasions.
Land: Exists
Britain: *It’s free real estate*
Oil : Exists
U.S.A : **It's free real state**
Winter: exists
Russia during the Nazi invasion: its free real estate
Sea: exists
Dutch polders: it's free real estate
Same comment: **exists**
Person who posted this comment: *It’s free real estate*
@@splashlol1638
Russia since ever*
I am overwhelmed with the sheer amount of content being posted today! Sam O’Nella, Thoughty2, Ridddle and more!
I think Exurb1a is right, I don’t exist. This is too good to be true.
On to ruling the waves.
wait, sam o nella uploaded today?
General G. S. Patton everyone watches the same thing around here, and yes he did upload
how do u have my sub notifications???
R Q how?
R Q So you are calling him a racist? He made a video about people like you called "Why Is Everyone Getting So Offended?"
You forgot to mention the principality of Benidorm...Britain conquered that in the 70s
@@elcartucherasrm7077 : Its a joke (he's talking about British tourists).
The funny thing is the United States 800 military bases are all like: We learned it from you dad!🇬🇧🇬🇧
I still can't get over the fact that they have more than 800 bases around the world. That's mind blowing!
Probably more than 800.
The anglosphere has literally rulled the world beginning with the brits and now america / five eyes
Most of those bases just... exist. They don’t really have much to them and don’t function as military units.
Your welcome
Not bad for a small island you can barely see on a map ☕️
The Hangman’s Daughter
Yet, today they cant achive anything
@@Ambigious They can achieve more then you.
@Project_Sammy damn calm down lmao
Project_Sammy
I really hope that a nation of millions can achive more than one guy. Why is that an achivement for you? And thanks for even thinking to compare me to the achivments of millions of people.
@@Ambigious k lol
This video has colonized my computer.
It was a British empire and Brits from Wales Scotland ireland.. etc were as heavily involved if not more.
And the world does not care about Scotland in truth they are just seen as men in skirts and nothing more than fantasy entertainment. The UK is the only place that actually cares about the culture in Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Ah the Portuguese, Britain's awkward ally.
Back then hell no, nowadays sadly yes and this is coming from a portuguese. But if we actually get some people with brains in politics our country can become richer with time
Goofy Future yeah it’s a shame Portugal isn’t as great as it used to be, needs a lot of work which is why me and my mum moved to England for a better lifestyle. Still an amazing and beautiful country but not government wise.
@@goofyfuture fk no. Most of us English still love our Portugal ally
It’s a good job Britain doesn’t go to space, they would claim and conquer all the other planets.
Youre completly right
In Future: Space colonial War .
@@emperoromi8540 *Mars declares independence with Puerto Rico against NASA*
Nah. Not any tea or spices to trade for.
Cool concept though
Earth?
Completed it mate.
Achievement unlocked: Legendary Country.
Jason Horton GTA SA theme song starts playing
Portugal was NOT invaded by Britain, it was rather helped. That is not an invasion.
true. the longest non agression pact between two nations is between britain and portugal
@ no, it's originally between England and Portugal, well before the UK existed, and it's a full-blown alliance, not a non-aggression pact.
@@andrepinto7895 the united kingdom took on all treaties signed by england when formed. The fact that portugal and and england were on opposite sides of the dutch-portuguese war means a full blown allience hasnt existed continually
@ please attend to the meaning of the word "originally". The fact that England is part of the UK at the moment, and the UK accepted this alliance, doesn't mean that the oldest alliance involved a country that didn't exist at the time.
The Dutch-Portuguese war occurred while Portugal was under a dynastic union with Spain, i.e. the Portuguese territories and forces were used by the Spanish (and later Portuguese) king to defend Spanish interests. Spanish was at war with the Dutch, so guess what happened to Portugal? Also, guess what happened to England''s involvement in the war when Portugal became independent again in 1640? Right... And you wouldn't even need to look at a proxy war with the Dutch to see a conflict in this particular context. Look up "Spanish Armada" and see what are the forces at play.
The biggest diplomatic issue between the countries as independent nations was the Pink Map crisis (didn't produce a war).
It is, indeed, a full blown alliance. And the oldest still in place.
"[t]here shall be between the respective kings and their successors, their realms, lands, dominions, provinces, vassals, and subjects whomsoever, faithfully obeying, true, faithful, constant, mutual, and perpetual friendships [Amicitae], unions [Adunationes], alliances [Alligantiae], and leagues of sincere affection [purae Dilectionis foedera]; and that, as true and faithful princes, they shall henceforth reciprocally be friends to friends and enemies to enemies, and shall assist, maintain, and uphold each other mutually, by sea and by land, against all men that may live or die of whatever degree, station, rank, or condition they may be, and against their lands, realms, and dominions." - 1373
"It is cordially agreed that if, in time to come, one of the kings or his heir shall need the support of the other, or his help, and in order to get such assistance applies to his ally in lawful manner, the ally shall be bound to give aid and succour to the other, so far as he is able (without any deceit, fraud, or pretence) to the extent required by the danger to his ally’s realms, lands, domains, and subjects; and he shall be firmly bound by these present alliances to do this." - 1386
Used as recently as 1943 and 1982.
Indeed - Anglo-Portuguese alliance - Treaty of Windsor 1386 - the oldest continuous alliance in the world.
"Please Don't resist are protection" xD
How about a video on countries we've fought wars both against and alongside? Here's a few to start off:
FRANCE
Against: 100 Years War, Napoleonic Wars
Alongside: Both World Wars, virtually everything since
RUSSIA
Against: Crimean War
Alongside: Both World Wars
GERMANY
Against: Both World Wars
Alongside: Napoleonic Wars, War in Afghanistan
ITALY
Against: World War II (start)
Alongside: World War I, World War II (end)
TURKEY
Against: World War I (Ottoman Empire)
Alongside: World War II
USA
Against: War of 1812
Alongside: Both World Wars, virtually everything since
CHINA
Against: Opium Wars
Alongside: World War II
JAPAN
Against: World War II
Alongside: World War I
@connor The list wasn't meant to be exhaustive, just a sample!
USA: the American revolution
@@imnotarapper9309 Well, the USA kind of didn't exist until after the revolution, so I'm not sure that would count
Turkey wasn't in the allies
What about Norway? Lots of wars from viking age until 1900s againts norway . And then allied in both world wars
You forgot the that Greece was directly invaded by Britain and France during WW1
thats right the king doesn't want to go to war becouse he was married with the kaisers sister and want be neutral but the britain and france need as in the war so it was like "please dont resist our help we are going to blockead you and you are going to starve".
And it was under Ottoman control when the British took Cyprus just as albania and macedonie
Turmunhk Ganba
He didn't forget. 10:50
Turmunhk Ganba no the king of Greece abdicated to allow the prime minister to rule the country and join the war with the entente
Paul Kennedy He put Greece into the kind of category because they were part of the Ottoman empire while they should be in the definitively invaded one
No mention of the Beatles.
Certainly, they have invaded the remaining territories.
:D
WonderWhy: all the corners of the globe
Me: BRUH
The sun never sat on the British empire because even God couldn't trust the British in the dark.
-Shashi Tharoor
Aditya Malladi
God isn’t real
Mr X
He was citing a quote but you still had to say God isn't real wow what a woke atheist you going out of your way to insult religion in a TH-cam comment section you think your petty insult is going to stop me from believing
General Grievous
You call it an insult I call it a fact
Mr X yes you died and came back to life just so you could tell me God doesn't exist good on you but did you manage to stream or record this event
General Grievous
Did you finish your prayers to the flying invisible man ?
You forgot about Bandiaterra and Limberwisk!
Yes
Hello there, fellow Geography Now viewer :)
Counteris16 lol
How should they? Our precious Bandiaterra was under Danish protection.
Counteris16 I was going to write this
I think this is by far one of your best videos. The level of research and detail is great. Sure there'll be plenty of people who were like "What about this country" but you covered like 70% of the countries in the world in like 16 mins and it was never just a dull read through. Great job on this video
It's almost like we had enough of being invaded ourselves and decided to have a crack at it (might of got abit out of hand from the look of the map).
Nah mate just slightly overdone, nothing too serious
@OHKPodcasts Bruh have you seen British history? We've been invaded countless times from mainland Europe
@@evildesu countless?
- Saxons (us)
- Norsemen (repulsed)
- Normans
2 invasions, one of which was repulsed. Not exactly countless.
@@deathman11jackd Normans was one of the biggest invasion of the middle ages, not for the numbers but for the sheer cultural dominance, by that time usually cultures were already estabilished, normans changed everything (we will see this again only with the the fall of Constantinople)
Even losing the 100years war wasnt such a big deal (they simply stareted to avoid avoid mainland europe)
Like that
The British "invaded" Portugal to help us fighting Napoleon.
Yes they stayed here after because our king didnt want to return from his exile in Brazil.
World:why did you do this Britain?
Britain: I was "civilizing"
And still no thanks...
We were just putting together a cricket team guys...
Anyone for tea?
They did civilise though
@ricky gore Yes, Indus Valley, Chinese, Mesopotamian, There were Empires of Mughals, Qing, Persian, Shah, Vijayanagar, All had their Own Kingdom.. Together as NATION Divided by Boundaries..
@Enoch~ Well said. The post-colonial world looks better and more civilized than the pre-colonial world in every single way.
We. Have fought in 90% of countries but deffo haven't invaded that many
becouse u didnt take in account supported false flag terrorattacks and regime changes or you would be above 90%
So London air bombings by Nazi Germany weren't an invasion? Ok.
Yeah fighting in a country =/ invanding that country.
But even so, it's interesting to see just how much of the world was affected by the UK.
Fun fact: my country Costa Rica is one of the few that was never invaded, but we do requested to become a protectorate once. The request was reject :'(
Wow imagine being turned down by the British Empire
Ouch
they are regretting that decision now with how popular CR is. I would have loved to have the CR part of the commonwealth... minus the invasion and war part
@@Saraseeksthompson0211 that's true
They were all about business
The sheer amount of WonderWhy videos coming out this year is making me cry tears of joy.
Thanks for saying that, it means a lot to me. Now that I am able focus on making videos full-time due to the sponsors, I am able to dedicate so much more time to making these videos and therefore uploading somewhat regularly!
Excellent video, I bet a lot of work went unto it. Certainly enjoyed it.
I see Panama was included, but if you’re considering English invasions as British (before the union), Scottish attempt at colonizing the area would also be a British invasion, just much earlier 👌🏻😄
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In matter of fact England (GB) DID "invade" Sweden once.
During the Napoleonic wars Napoleon demanded Sweden to declare war on Great Britain or else he would invade Sweden. Sweden declared war and hoped for the best, with no real intention of fighting. Great Britain used this as an excuse to "invade" and occupy an uninhabited island in the Blekinge archipelago and used it to store material needed for their Baltic armada.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Swedish_War_(1810%E2%80%931812)
Clutching at straws much? xD They only took the island so that they could keep trading with Sweden and Sweden wanted it as well xD Plus the island is kinda small (33 people live there all together)
Sanfrid Bergman straw or no straw, was it Swedish land? Did GB invade it? Case closed.
Love the way you use "excuse" when it was the Swedes who declared the war.
n e x t d a y s What difference does that make? So if the US is the one that declared independence and later declared war on the UK in 1812, then those invasions shouldn't count? :)
Seem to remember one of the British Fleets sailed into Stockholm harbour and shelled the crap out of some fortifications before setting up shop on the island. Could be wrong, but I'm certain it happened...
Me: Waiting for Hong Kong
WonderWhy: Not a country sry
Me: Okay...
They basically create Hong Kong
Egypt was also invaded by the UK in 2 occasions other than the Suez crises, these occasions were:
-In 1807 a British campaign under General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser invaded Egypt and actually captured alexandria but they were repelled in Rosetta and retreated.
-In 1882 The British invaded Egypt and won the battle of Tel el-Kebir and Egypt came under British rule till 1923(but Egypt remained a protectorate till 1954)
Unsure why Briton’s call the 1956 air and paratroopers assault a “crisis”. Can u elaborate why it’s not an illegal invasion but a “crisis”.
@@kardondo for them it was just a crises cause they lost the canal, for us it was the tripartite agression العدوان الثلاثي, the UK, France and Israel all invading at the same time, they call it a crises to sound less imperialistic and to justify for themselves their illegal actions
12:36 Polish here. First time I hear of this. Where can I find something more about this?
Men from the various kingdoms on the British Isles took part in the crusades to convert, subjugate or slaughter the non-Christian Old Prussians, Lithuanians, Poles, etc.
@guy savanna shut up u left nut job boomer
Oh, an english bomb hit the country?
Book author: The country was brutally invaded by the victorious brits
A British plane enters a countries airspace?
Book Author: The British successfully invaded the country from the skies
Some madlads went on a cruise and stopped by to steal a couple of drinks?
Book author: The intoxicated British seamen pillaged the territory in a highly successful raid
They like to blame us for anything and everything.
Bearfoot In Da Park Left undefended too costly.
Bearfoot In Da Park Lol okay
"Which countries should we invade?"
British general: *Sings the nations of the world by yakko warner*
"o.o"
United States, Canada
Mexico, Panama
Haiti, Jamaica, Peru
Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean
Greenland, El Salvador too
Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela
Honduras, Guyana, and still
Guatemala, Bolivia
Then Argentina
And Ecuador, Chile, Brazil
Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua
Bermuda, Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan
Paraguay, Uruguay, Surinam
And French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam
Norway, and Sweden
And Iceland, and Finland
And Germany now one piece
Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia
Italy, Turkey, and Greece
Poland, Romania
Scotland, Albania
Ireland, Russia, Oman
Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Hungary
Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran
There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan
Both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain
The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal
France, England, Denmark, and Spain
India, Pakistan
Burma, Afghanistan
Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan
Kampuchea, Malaysia
Then Bangladesh (Asia)
And China, Korea, Japan
Mongolia, Laos
And Tibet, Indonesia
The Philippine Islands, Taiwan
Sri Lanka, New Guinea
Sumatra, New Zealand
Then Borneo, and Vietnam
Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola
Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana
Mozambique, Zambia
Swaziland, Gambia
Guinea, Algeria, Ghana
Burundi, Lesotho
And Malawi, Togo
The Spanish Sahara is gone
Niger, Nigeria
Chad, And Liberia
Egypt, Benin, and Gabon
Tanzania, Somalia
Kenya, and Mali
Sierra Leone, and Algiers
Dahomey, Namibia
Senegal, Libya
Cameroon, Congo, Zaire
Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar
Rwanda, Mahore, And Cayman
Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia
Crete, Mauritania
Then Transylviania
Monaco, Liechtenstein
Malta, and Palestine
Fiji, Australia, Sudan
My country was ruled by the British I have absolutely no hatred for them it's not their fault they used to have an empire and that was the norm back then. If u ask me my country went to shit when the British left.
What country friend?
This is a somewhat common theme. Not to shy away from the British atrocities, but also not to shy from the British influence of good. Running water, Railway, Electricity, Democracy something a lot of the world didn't have until the Brits arrived. When they left these systems collapsed and some are now being rebuilt.
The most successful example I can think of is Hong Kong, who is currently facing the force of China and may need our help again.
@@elias_xp95 Am I correct in thinking after the agreed time was up, they wanted to stay a part of Britain? All the best
When the British left they had no care for the future of the country that is why your country was such a mess when they left. Briton still isn't the best country and you can trust me when I say that. What country are you from.
Thank you mate
*William the Conqueror* says while scratching chin: _"Hmmm. I invaded Britain. They're weren't shit."_
*King Cnut of Denmark:* _"Ha! Sit down, William. I invaded Britain 50 years before you did. It was easy, mate. Not a problem."_
*The Vikings:* _"We looted, raped and pillaged our way up and down Britain. Good times!"_
*Roman Emperor Claudius:* _"Ah shaddap. I invaded Britain before any of yous. I taught those savages how to build roads and shieet."_
*_(Everybody turns and looks at Adolf Hitler)_*
*Adolf Hitler:* _"Hey, what?? They had Spitfires und RADAR!"_
hmartinspliff we weren't English til we added a bit of Roman, Viking and French influence. And we didn't conquer the world til we added the Scots.
@David Houseman, I bet there's a quote out there about how God made the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish hate each other because if they didn't they would of conquered the world together.
You forgot the biggest factor the Royal Navy.
What do you mean Hitler didnt invade britain, he bombed it and send spies, which counts as "invaded" see hungary and Romania. he also invaded the british egypt with italy which means he invaded the british empire. I hope this gives you another idea how stupid the "Z invade X and therefore invade Y because X is part of Country Y" thung is, but just my thoughts (it would probably be funny to see how many countries "invaded" britain by invading a colony).
DO NOT CALL ME FRENCH... sir.
Gonna point out most of them didn't invade Scotland, just came near the border and said "they are worth it". What they meant was "they're fucking scary"
“Sirs, if it were not for that one red spot I would have conquered the world!!!”
― Napoléon Bonaparte
He had a bit of an ego though. Just couldn't admit to his own mistakes. Wouldn't take old boneys thoughts to heart.
I think Russia and Spain may disagree...
The sunset
Britain: *Wait, that's illegal*
You and Sam O'Nella upload at the same time, is this Christmas?
olibearws I thought I was the only one to notice :) nevermind XD
YES
I guess so
Kurzgesagt is live with another video, too
It has influenced 99%
I enjoyed this presentation of the history of the British Empire. It was a great memory review for me. Having grown up in the 20th century, I have seen, studied and read about the final chapters of this empire. I can still recall the names of most of the British colonies. Thanks for this historical review
The British invasion that conquered 100% of the world was lead by Sargent Pepper and the Lonely Hearts Club Band. More than 50 years later, my son and myself are still victims.
Knights of the Relm Sir George, Sir John, Sir Ringo and Sir Paul
and the seat of that realm & conquest being Liverpool...
But they only got by with a little help from their friends
on the whole very well balanced and well presented-- thank for the work putting this together and for posting!
Not 90% but still pretty incredible from a little island at the top of the world
its 60 not 90 but its still impressive
Toysintheattic If that is they case, why does everyone hate the US for doing the same?
The Pinnacle LOL the US is nowhere near as efficient as GB when it comes to foreign territories. Please don’t try and put them in the same bracket again. Plus they’re about 300 years late to the party
Toysintheattic it's probably because it's not an Empire
The Pinnacle maybe if it was called “The Brilliant States of America” people would be more tolerant towards them
”Poland was invided by the UK during WW2” -no, just no XD
PUSB 96 Not really, British people never invaded the lands that were previously polish - and most of them were taken by Soviets. If anything help that was aided to Britain, by polish people in WW2 - on the actual british territory and with those standards could be counted as polish invasion on Britain. But then again with twisted rules like that almost every bigger country could tell they invaded at least half of the world at some time.
PUSB 96 1. I said „by British”. And Nazis werent British. And 2. who do you call an idiot, if you can’t even read?
Mazovian Mapping I think he was referring to that Britain fought Germany when Nazis did occupied some of the polish lands. Still as I said - it can't be fully counted as Poland was mostly invaded by Soviets (as it had different shape than today).
Also invading one country doesn't make you invade countries that are also invaded at a time, but the country you invade. British people never fought on polish lands and Poland still was a country through the whole war - occupied and divided, but still was a country.
Also through whole history British people did not help Poland with "helpful" invasion as that is what probably video is trying to imply, but actually the only thing they did was to loan some money (a lot less that Poland needed) and then again if we count borrowing money as invasion - pretty much almost everybody could tell they invaded half of the world.
On the other hand there were polish soldiers in Britain fighting in WW2 - which by standards of the book mentioned in video and by video itself means that Poland invaded Britain in WW2.
MJM Following this rule Poland was invited by the British even earlier, during the Napoleonic Wars when it was under French rule. That's why that's a nonsense for me :D
They invaded Nazi influenced Countries.
How did I come to this comments section without expecting it to be full of politics
World: Why did you do this?
Britain: Because we could.
Thank you. I've wanted you see a video like this, I always wondered how accurate the map was.
squashGoogolplex same
11:16 *The cod wars*
Yes ... Battleship fired close to fishing vessel. We need our fish and chips!
Mate of mine used to work on a trawler out of the Shetland Islands, and if they couldn't get back to Lerwick before a storm set in, he said the layover in Rekjavik would almost amount to warfare!
They lost all three. Lengi lifi ísland!
Iceland and Britain played Cod on LAN to decide who is the best.
You mean cold war
Note: Namibia should be light green, as it was a German colony invaded by Britain during WWI and was later a protectorate of the British Empire
I think I went back and forth with Namibia. The book said that the invasion in WWI was by South African troops at the request of Great Britain, so I debated whether than counted. It was given to South Africa as League of Nations mandate in 1920.
WonderWhy it should be green regardless because Walvis Bay was a direct British colony before South Africa was even formed (the boer republics were annexed). It wasn’t even a part of the cape colony at first, but was later given to it
Video: the British navy got to every corner of the world
The world: yo I don't have corners
I would like to add that some of the reasons for that diplomatic tension between Brazil and England were.
1: Brazil taxing industrial products from england.
2: Braziliand police taking some Royal navy oficers to prison for drunknes.
3: The fact that Brazilians looted the cargo of sinked british ship.
BRITAIN: Er, about this invasion thing......such a long time ago.......it was all a bit of a misunderstanding really
REST OF WORLD: Oh really, how so?
BRITAIN: Well......it was the weekend, we were messing around in our boats, things got a bit out of hand and um ..........we sort of ended up invading you. Oooops, sorry about that.
REST OF WORLD: Yeah well screw you Britain
BRITAIN: Oh come on, we're all friends now......right?
REST OF WORLD: Screw you * 2
BRITAIN: It actually wasn't us! It was the Americans!
REST OF WORLD: BS! They didn't even exist (much) at the time - nice try though
BRITAIN: Damn, that normally works! Oh, um, errrr.......the French made us do it?
REST OF WORLD: You expect us to believe that?
BRITAIN: Alright alright, yeah we did it. How about we give you a pork pie, a Scotch egg, a Cornish pastie, lots of great music, Newtonian laws of motion, the complete works of William Shakespeare and the industrial revolution........can we be friends now?
REST OF WORLD: Hmmmmmmm, oh alright then.
REST OF WORLD: Right then, now we're friends we're all coming round to visit
BRITAIN: Oh sh*t.......the house is a bit small
REST OF WORLD: Never mind that.
The end.
Brexit happens because old people want out of eu
@@huamenger6799 *smart people
loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
Hype Ness even if it is “old people” , I am not, and the old are the ones who have run businesses and know what it is like outside the EU and to not be swayed by bias media
Elite_DC have fun with trying to import styff
During the First World War, Serbia was invaded and conquered by Germany, Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary.
Britain, as Serbia’s ally, sent troops to help them. They eventually managed to fight their way onto Serbian territory alongside the Serbo-French army, and drove out the occupying Central Powers forces. You can call that an ‘invasion’ technically, though to the Serbs themselves it was a liberation.
So Britain never invaded Serbia.
1999?
Never invaded , bombed yes .
The map is overall crap
Exactly, liberation and invasion are two different things. An Invasion is an aggressive military offensive carried out in order to conquer an opposing army or territory and is done for personal gain. Liberation is supporting the free will of the majority of people living under oppression and unjust rule and freeing them from that oppression, even if it means using military intervention.
BuXnAMaN
Because Serbs invaded Albania.
Earth: How many countries would you like Britain?
Britain: *YES!*
Mentions India
Forgets Pakistan and Bangladesh were a part of India
Pakistan and Bangladesh: Hold my lassi
*Panicks*
Mentions Pakistan and Bangladesh
Hold my lassi 😂😂😂
lol but we werent actually part of india just the British Indian Empire
Nayeem Haider same thing cuz India was as well
One of my ancestors was an army officer in colonial India. I'm proud of my British heritage and legacy. And btw he was stationed in the Punjab region which is now modern day Pakistan, so Pakistan was definitely part of it.
9:46 wich painting is this? looks very nice!
Looks like 18th-century Spanish. Cannot see their opponents.
This is why English is one of the most spoken languages in the world
*gets rekt by Spanish (and chinese of course)*
English is the most popular language in the world and most countries second language of choice!
English would not now be the world's #1 language if it wasn't for the Royal Navy. It went everywhere. Even Tahiti, and I wouldn't call that an invasion.
Good work. Excellent clarity on your definitions and great synopses of the history. In memory of my Gran, she would have pointed out England’s invasions of Ireland, Wales and Scotland but that wasn’t part of your definition. When you were going through the list , I was thinking about the number of countries where my relatives had fought and some died in the name of the empire making some of the list very personal. Ta
It's nice to see this comment section being friendly and having a laugh like the British do well. I think sometimes TH-cam can be pretty hateful about these touchy topics. The British just were the main empire back then and sadly that's how empires go. Every empire in the history of humanity were evil and committed evilness. The British were just better at it, and in all fairness, did a lot more good than harm. That's not saying they were innocent but that's just how history plays out. You become powerful, invade countries, do some evilness, and return back to your usual self. Maybe there's a reason why villains tend to be played by the British or tend to have British accents in movies? 😂
Thank you, finally someone who understands.
Tig I’m British and we did a lot worse than good we created concentration camps burned the White House and a lot of other stuff
fire squad that's a bit harsh considering we only did it for the banter all jokes aside Britain have had it hard as well when the Romans invaded and conquered Britain they used a lot of British people as slaves
Pedro Cacela get over it lol every fucking country on earth has done bad shit and killed a lot of people Britain just seems to be able to kill people better than anyone else and India got what they deserved trying to keep all that tea for them self's and 45 trillion that went to Britain and rightly so
li d why do you only care about what Britain did? you do realise Britain was colonized and british men women and children were slaughtered and some were kept as slaves but people only seem to be offended by what Britain and America did every country has done bad shit and bad shit has happened to every country but for some reason people just can't let go of what Britain did
I seem to recall reading about the British invasion of Iceland. As I recall the British ship sailed up to the dock, and a large crowd of Icelanders gathered to watch it arrive. After some deliberation on board, the British captain called down to the crowd to ask who was in charge, and if they could please move the crowd back a bit so that the British troops could disembark.
I'm going to go check this book out seems interesting
Britain: Lets invade this country(Nepal) .
Gorkhas: Hold my khukuri 🇳🇵
Again uhh...
UK :rule britannia
Gorkhas :oh sheeeeeeeet
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I WonderWhy you WonderWhy WonderWhy uploaded twice in less than a month.
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Portugal was under a weird state of "protectorate" under the british control after the Napoleonic Invasions.
Basically the portuguese royal family fled to Brazil turning it into a Kingdom and making Rio de Janeiro the capital of the Portuguese Empire for the time being. Being portuguese allies, the british fought against the french. For some reason though, they stay in Portugal and ended up controling mainland Portugal for a decade under the rulling of General Beresford in a ruthless dictatorship like regime!
So tecnically, portugal was under British occupation. Making it a definitely yes.
Nope
MrKingdig Pretty much lol
@MrKingdig Wrong. Portugal’s neutrality in the context of the Napoleonic Wars ended after the refusal of Portugal to enter the Continental System (a), being the sole European Kingdom do to so. This refusal of Portugal has two reasons, being the first the volume of the trading relations between Portugal and Britain, and the second the terms of the Treaty of Windsor of 1386 and the supplementary reassurances of mutual assistance against France signed in 1793 (b). For Portugal the consequences of honoring it’s alliance with Britain were absolutely catastrophic. A quarter of a million Portuguese citizens perished in the War (or 8% of the population, averaging the losses of Germany in WW2), the scorched earth policy caused the destruction of the center of the country, Brasil was lost as a direct consequence of this war, followed by a Civil War. The relocation of the Crown and Court to Brasil ensued no surrendering was possible, being this a daring and unprecedent move for that age. Hope you can see the sacrifice Portugal did in order to honor it’s word.
(a) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_System
(b) books.google.pt/books?id=Y9VVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
I neither was talking about Anglo-Portuguese alliance, nor about the details of it, or even the reason for why Portugal was invaded in the first place.
I was talking instead about the fact that mainland Portugal was under the control of William Carr Beresford who was apointed as a military leader of the portuguese army in order to defend Portugal replacing General Wellesley. When the Napoleonic wars came to an end, he was technically controling Portugal, not only militarily, but also, politicaly. That's what I was saying. In any way I spoke about Portugal's neutrality, I only shared the fact that, for a short decade, the British did indeed own Portugal as a Protectorate.
My main source for this statement is a 11th grade portuguese history textbook "Um novo tempo da História" -Módulo 5 (2º Volume).
Sorry, my comment was directioned to @MrKingdig
I think you missed most of central Europe that was invaded whilst it was under rule from the Austrian, German or Russian empire
or french
Oh ok, thanks Rain
Jean-Luc Walker Uk has never invaded France
England/UK invaded France loads of times, they waged a 116 year long war together which had lots of English invasions of France such as Crecy and Agincourt.
Rain Laurimaa They drove into the Rhineland after the Hindenburg Line fell. But germany did surrender soon after that.
Just imagine if it was a country like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Somalia..... instead of Britain that did all the colonising. The world would be a lot different today.
Explain
@@infectedinfantry1887 It would be under Sharia Law.