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Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26015783

source: https://www.statista.com/chart/3441/countries-never-invaded-by-britain/

source's source: https://archive.org/details/allcountriesweve0000layc/mode/2up

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Germany, and probably Austria: World War 2

At the time the Netherlands and Belgium were occupied by Germany. Don’t know if that counts.

France: Probably during the Hundred Years’ war.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Weird to exclude Luxembourg from that as they were also occupied by Germany and freed by the Allied forces

Edit: checked the book and:

Netherlands, The: it counts the Battle of the Sluys and other various navel battles fought on Dutch territory as valid examples
Belgium: it counts the battles that were fought on the land that is now Belgium, so not counting from its creation. It also counts assisting the local people, so for example fighting off the French in defense together with the Flemish

So the book is taking "invasion" more lenient than the comment section:

The act of invading, especially the entrance of an armed force into a territory to conquer.

The introduction also states "invasion, had some control over, or fought conflicts in the territory"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Italy, probably WW2 too (operation dragoon)