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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] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The map is bullshit tbh. It includes countries where the brits actually helped achieve independence (the Baltics after WWII).

The definition of invasion according to the book is apparently "has fought in conflicts in territory".

E.g Sweden is uninvaded according to this map. If Norway invades Sweden and the UK goes to help Sweden, it'll count as the brits having invaded Sweden for this map.

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

Yup, when did Britain invade Poland, Lithuania, Estonia or Latvia?