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

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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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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Wait, when did Britain invade most of Europe? Are we counting WW2, because that doesn't seem fair, since most of the invaded countries either didn't exist at that time, or if you want to count the governments-in-exile, requested it.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

From reviews it sounds like it counts all sorts of things

Lastly and most importantly, the facts are just wrong. A naval blockade is not an invasion. A bombing campaign is not an invasion. A uprising in the Roman empire does not count as Britain invading Croatia and Slovenia just because an army originating in the Roman province of Britannia landed in the region which, 16 centuries later, is controlled by these two countries. But hey, never let the facts get in the way of a good story!

A lot of the reviews seemed to indicate the book wasn't being entirely serious but either the reviewers were or they just didn't find it funny.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A uprising in the Roman empire does not count as Britain invading Croatia and Slovenia just because an army originating in the Roman province of Britannia landed in the region which, 16 centuries later, is controlled by these two countries.

You can find an epub of the book on Library Genesis. It is organized by current nation states but is (obviously) referring to historical invasions of their present-day territory.

For Croatia, it does mention events in the fourth century, but also the 19th (when they built a base on the island of Vis) and 20th (when they reoccupied it). Slovenia it admits they "have come perilously close to not invading at all" but points out that (in addition to that fourth-century Roman campaign) the UK did occupy an area including the present-day Slovenian town of Sežana from 1945 to 1947.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was about to check it myself but due to the bad reviews and general laziness went with just what the reviews said.

It did seem like it was somewhat tongue in cheek and not supposed to be taken quite as seriously as some of the reviewers or those citing it for their infographics did.

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