Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world

que pasa

Interesting article in the paper today says that Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world. Countries which were fortunate enough not to be invaded are

Andorra

Belarus

Bolivia

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo, Republic of

Guatemala

Ivory Coast

Kyrgyzstan

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Mali

Marshall Islands

Monaco

Mongolia

Paraguay

Sao Tome and Principe

Sweden

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

Full article here:

Perhaps it will invade boards.ie next or maybe it already has?

Overheal

800 years bla bla bla

seriously there are other sites you can go to about hating the british

Paddy@CIRL

And now the rest of the world is returning the favour

WilyCoyote

Paddy@CIRL wrote: »

And now the rest of the world is returning the favour

Good on you Paddy. Took the words out of my mouth. Karma baby!

ScumLord

It must be tempting for them to complete the set, Quick invasion then pull out saying "only kidding". But of course some of those countries didn't exist when Britain was on the war path around the world.

Lenin Skynard

This forum is obsessed with Britain and the British.

D1stant

Overheal wrote: »

800 years bla bla bla

seriously there are other sites you can go to about hating the british

The OP has 28 posts. how do you know his slant is anti-British

Or is ANYTHING potentially disrespectful to our new BFF?

A bit of perspective might be nice

Dozen Wicked Words

Have I missed the link to the article? Would be an interesting read.

que pasa

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Have I missed the link to the article? Would be an interesting read.

Yes you have. New posters are not allowed create links in their posts. Funny isn't it?

RobbingBandit

Don't forget the seas, durty huns call themselves the masters of the seas.

Overheal

D1stant wrote: »

The OP has 28 posts. how do you know his slant is anti-British

Or is ANYTHING potentially disrespectful to our new BFF?

A bit of perspective might be nice

His only slant offered is "maybe they will invade boards.ie or maybe they already have"

Truly enlightening read..

Dozen Wicked Words

que pasa wrote: »

Yes you have. New posters are not allowed create links in their posts. Funny isn't it?

What paper is it?

Edit: nevermind, here is link from The Telegraph from 2012 with same story :

LINK HERE

Arthur Beesley

que pasa wrote: »

Interesting article in the paper today says that Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world. Countries which were fortunate enough not to be invaded are

Andorra

Belarus

Bolivia

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo, Republic of

Guatemala

Ivory Coast

Kyrgyzstan

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Mali

Marshall Islands

Monaco

Mongolia

Paraguay

Sao Tome and Principe

Sweden

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

Full article here:

Perhaps it will invade boards.ie next or maybe it already has?

I pity these 22 countries.

Todd Toddington III

So Britain has invaded Antarctica too? Or does that not count as its a continent in its own right? Anyone have a link to the article? Sounds fishy to me

Arthur Beesley

que pasa wrote: »

Yes you have. New posters are not allowed create links in their posts. Funny isn't it?

No, not particularly.

Stavros Murphy

And yet, every time I go there, they're so polite, health and safety conscious and PC, I'm amazed they don't just implode, let alone found the will to go forging abroad. Also the lads are a bit fey tbh, have they bred the warlike bit out of them over the last few years??

fran17

I hate to say it but you got to admire what was the vastness of the british empire at its peak no

Overheal

Todd Toddington III wrote: »

So Britain has invaded Antarctica too? Or does that not count as its a continent in its own right? Anyone have a link to the article? Sounds fishy to me

never was a country

que pasa

Overheal wrote: »

His only slant offered is "maybe they will invade boards.ie or maybe they already have"

Truly enlightening read..

I'm sorry but are you Lord Protector of the Realm?

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

What paper is it?

The Telegraph

fran17 wrote: »

I hate to say it but you got to admire what was the vastness of the british empire at its peak no

I suppose you could. At least they don't go around apologising for it all the time unlike some people I could of.

Conmaicne Mara

The ironic thing is how many people from former colonies have followed the British home and now enjoy their welfare system, lol.

(I am well aware there are many hard working immigrants, that wasn't the point.)

Broxi_Bear_Eire

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Don't forget the seas, durty huns call themselves the masters of the seas.

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que pasa

Overheal wrote: »

His only slant offered is "maybe they will invade boards.ie or maybe they already have"

Truly enlightening read..

I'm sorry but are you Lord Protector of the Realm?

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

What paper is it?

The Telegraph

fran17 wrote: »

I hate to say it but you got to admire what was the vastness of the british empire at its peak no

I suppose you could. At least they don't go around apologising for it all the time unlike some people I could think of.

Spring Onion

If I was English, I imagine I would be very proud.

DEFTLEFTHAND

San Marino and Greenland are two others.

Edit: googled, they did occupy Greenland in WW2 with the US so I guess technically they did.... sheesh

Overheal

que pasa wrote: »

I'm sorry but are you Lord Protector of the Realm?

I must have missed the point where you were going to introduce a point to this thread other than to drag up bad relations with the British.

Adamantium

Todd Toddington III wrote: »

So Britain has invaded Antarctica too? Or does that not count as its a continent in its own right? Anyone have a link to the article? Sounds fishy to me

March of the Penguins.

Great war movie

turnikett1

When did Britain invade Finland, Japan, Brazil (amongst others)...?

DM addict

Just looked at the actual article - many of these were not 'invaded' in the traditional sense of an army marching in

Only a comparatively small proportion of the total in Mr Laycock's list of invaded states actually formed an official part of the empire.

The remainder have been included because the British were found to have achieved some sort of military presence in the territory – however transitory – either through force, the threat of force, negotiation or payment.

Incursions by British pirates, privateers or armed explorers have also been included, provided they were operating with the approval of their government.

Benny_Cake

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

San Marino and Greenland are two others.

Edit: googled, they did occupy Greenland in WW2 with the US so I guess technically they did.... sheesh

And they "invaded" San Marino after it was occupied by the Germans in WW2:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Marino

Spring Onion

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

San Marino and Greenland are two others.

Edit: googled, they did occupy Greenland in WW2 with the US so I guess technically they did.... sheesh

I imagine they marched thru san Marino when they took Italy in Ww2.

Arthur Beesley

Spring Onion wrote: »

I imagine they marched thru san Marino when they took Italy in Ww2.

Missed opportunity to cross Vatican Ciry off the list.

kneemos

que pasa wrote: »

Interesting article in the paper today says that Britain has invaded all but 22 countries in the world. Countries which were fortunate enough not to be invaded are

Andorra

Belarus

Bolivia

Burundi

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo, Republic of

Guatemala

Ivory Coast

Kyrgyzstan

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Mali

Marshall Islands

Monaco

Mongolia

Paraguay

Sao Tome and Principe

Sweden

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Vatican City

Full article here:

Perhaps it will invade boards.ie next or maybe it already has?

Where the funk is Sao Tome and Principe?

pablomakaveli

turnikett1 wrote: »

When did Britain invade Finland, Japan, Brazil (amongst others)...?

I believe the list includes any country that Britian has had military action in it's history

From this article which is the one the OP is on about

Only a comparatively small proportion of the total in Mr Laycock's list of invaded states actually formed an official part of the empire.
The remainder have been included because the British were found to have achieved some sort of military presence in the territory – however transitory – either through force, the threat of force, negotiation or payment.

I'm sure we had a thread on this 2 years ago when the book was published.

pablomakaveli

kneemos wrote: »

Where the funk is Sao Tome and Principe?

It's a bunch of islands off the west coast of Africa.

Son Of A Vidic

kneemos wrote: »

Where the funk is Sao Tome and Principe?

I caught it once from a very exotic lady friend and as to where it is located? Well let's just say you don't want to know.

que pasa

Overheal wrote: »

I must have missed the point where you were going to introduce a point to this thread other than to drag up bad relations with the British.

pathetic

turnikett1

This article is kinda silly. It claims Britain invaded France endless amount of times, one of them as being as early as 200AD, where Celtic Britons "invaded" "France". Neither the concept of Britain nor France existed back then. Sensationalist history, pretty much.

Nodin

fran17 wrote: »

I hate to say it but you got to admire what was the vastness of the british empire at its peak no

...no.

losthorizon

Todd Toddington III wrote: »

So Britain has invaded Antarctica too? Or does that not count as its a continent in its own right? Anyone have a link to the article? Sounds fishy to me

Actually yes they have!

The One Who Knocks

ScumLord wrote: »

Quick invasion then pull out saying "only kidding"

That's what I thought but apparently it's not 100% safe.

the_syco

que pasa wrote: »

Interesting article

<snip>

Full article here:

No link. Fail post.

pablomakaveli

turnikett1 wrote: »

This article is kinda silly. It claims Britain invaded France endless amount of times, one of them as being as early as 200AD, where Celtic Britons "invaded" "France". Neither the concept of Britain nor France existed back then. Sensationalist history, pretty much.

The book it's based on was only done for a bit of a laugh so it's not exactly a serious take on history.

cloud493

I never invaded anywhere

SEPT 23 1989

The empire on which the sun never sets

cml387

I can't see why Ireland is included. After all we did invite them to come over

Maphisto

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

And yet, every time I go there, they're so polite, health and safety conscious and PC, I'm amazed they don't just implode, let alone found the will to go forging abroad. Also the lads are a bit fey tbh, have they bred the warlike bit out of them over the last few years??

They might well be, I'm sure you'd do well if you are that inclined.

With that in mind a number of British Regiments (not British Irish Regiments Like Connaught Rangers) recruited here for a significant time eg East Kent's.

So we might claim some part in this :cool:

fran17

Nodin wrote: »

...no.

I disagree,there was something fantastic about empires.conquering a nation,a people,and bending them to your will

Maphisto

fran17 wrote: »

I disagree,there was something fantastic about empires.conquering a nation,a people,and bending them to your will

It also brought a lot of benefits with regard to infrastructure (India, Africa), and systems of government

XxMCRxBabyxX

Invaded implies that Britain entered at force. Plenty of those countries (including Ireland) invited the British or only had Protectorate status to begin with, i.e. The British never wholly ruled them but provided military or diplomatical help. It would be interesting to see how many countries were actually forcefully invaded.

RobbingBandit

cloud493 wrote: »

I never invaded anywhere

Lies, all lies. :P

RobbingBandit

The British invade Monaco every year for the Formula One.