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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

cover of the book "All the countries we've ever invaded, and the few we never got round to" by Stuart Laycock

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[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I feel the need to mention in this post as well: England has never invaded Portugal.

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Portugal and the UK have one of the oldest and longest unbroken peace treaties if I'm not mistaken.

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

Correct