Have the British really invaded 90% of the countries in the world?

[@zwan6740]

List of nations invaded by Great Britain: This list is incomplete. You can help by *expanding* it

[@mmtransport]

hey that's a good idea

[@jasonhorton9920]

Getting the gang back together 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@jasonhorton9920]

Ball is Life rather be orange than a kiddy fiddler

[@andreasskordalis4062]

The only countries left are North Korea Iran and cuba

[@Sophiebryson510]

Yes

[@EarthChampion_TophBeifong]

Britain: Do you need help? Any country in the world: No thanks, we're fine... Britain: Say no more, Our troops are on the way!

[@nafsii04]

wth this is so accurate

[@brycetheplaguedoctor2485]

Atleast we're tryna be nice ;v;

[@dcarbs2979]

Pretty accurate. But I'd prefer it if we let the other countries just get on with and keep our nose clean. I guess centuries of habit don't die easily!

[@krzysztofswiniarski8275]

Poland : Can you protected us from Germany Britain : Of course Poland : *gets invaded by Germany* Britain :

[@AA-eq5on]

@@krzysztofswiniarski8275 This is so accurate to what Chamberlain did.

[@RackHasAttacked]

The world: *exists* Britain: *Its free real estate*

[@aayushshirodkar]

heheh!!!

[@theshamanite]

Said every favella ever.

[@dexterjettster8875]

said, every 9 year old ever

[@ІсТоРіЯЦепрекрасно]

These meme is the best

[@mailboxpipebomb]

World: Exists Britain: I'd like that.

[@kaxarla]

Random british man goes on vacation to Belarus News: *THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS INVADED BELARUS*

[@KompridiCR]

why would we go on a vacation to a country that doesnt even have sea access...?

[@tahabashir3779]

@Connecticut Ball random Brit: *goes to Sweden* news: *UK HAS INVADED SCANDINAVIA AS REVENGE AGAINST THE VIKINGS*

[@BloodyMaryV]

Would slaves from medieval Britain taken to viking's Sweden count as an invasion ?

[@sichere]

But Belarus is British !!!

[@1969ChevroletCamaro]

@@KompridiCR A British KZbinr, Who's Called "Bald and Bankrupt", Actually Went to Belarus on Vacation

[@archdornan8349]

Sun: *sets* British empire: OH NO YOU DONT

[@michaeltrungold86]

Lmao

[@timmyturner327]

and then they invaded the sun and took it over, planting the union jack on the sun's soil.

[@markdillon7543]

This should be Spain considering they were the first empire to hold the title

[@godlovesyou1995]

@@markdillon7543 was spain in the East though?

[@GPWMC]

@@timmyturner327 then the sun declared independence

[@BeaverChainsaw]

whether 90% invaded or not, the fact that the british army had been involved in such a diversity of conflicts, nations, and territories is insane

[@scottishlore]

Just a shame the navy can't stop a bunch of 15 blokes in a dinghy from entering the country illegally. Such is the decline of an institution..

[@Belboz99]

Mongolia is always an exception.

[@-ahvilable-6654]

Too bad they didn't destroy Russia

[@CrusoeAI]

Mongolia was a part of Qing Empire when the British fought wars with the Qing. So i don’t know why they exclude Mongolia

[@nedbowden9299]

Probably because despite the fact that the larger country that Mongolia was part of was invaded by Britain, there were never actually British troops in Mongolia.

[@asherketchup7013]

-Ah vilable- the mongols CREATED Russia!

[@Moonkiller25]

I see the refrence there

[@alexbenavidez4500]

That's a nice independent sovereign nation you got there. Would be a shame if someone were to - *sips tea* - *invade it.*

[@ReformUKFarageTrump2024]

Haha

[@Saraseeksthompson0211]

😂 LOL

[@cheezypotatoe9994]

Iol

[@idkatthispoint-s9s]

**British accent** ooh lovely riches you got there, would be a shame if someone were to *eats crumpet* take all the wealth ^^

[@MikeYm98875]

I prefer to call it Grace with presence

[@rvymvn]

"Lmao it's just a prank bro" -- 🇬🇧

[@Aaron19987]

“Prank gone wrong, gone colonial”

[@khorps4756]

INVADING COUNTRIES PRANK GONE WRONG GONE COLONIAL ALMOST CONTAINED ALMOST DEFEATED FRANCE CALLED

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

COLONIALISM GONE WRONG,UN CALLED

[@theworldoverheavan560]

@@khorps4756 lol

[@brycetheplaguedoctor2485]

No I’d say it’s more like: “lmao it’s just a prank mate *FOOKIN* hell.”

[@appletree5368]

Britain: I will protect you, my lovely friend. Iceland: No, thanks. I don't need your protection Britain: Well, clearly you need it so here I am. Iceland: I said, I don't nee- Britain: *I will protect you and you will like it.* Iceland: Wait wha- Britain: *_You can't protect yourself from our protection...!_* Iceland: ...? Britain: *_NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW_*

[@thekillingduck]

Fun fact. In the docks in reykjavik a crowd gathered to "welcome" the troops. A older icelander took a rifle of a british soilder and put his cigarete in the barrel then gave the soilder the gun back

[@sadettinarslan5324]

Preemptive protection

[@pickledirick8338]

Bialkii Good job stealing comments and merging them together! Mum is proud!

[@appletree5368]

@@pickledirick8338 Good job accusing me of stealing! Mum is proud!

[@pickledirick8338]

Bialkii Very good job proving that you are capable of thievery by stealing my “Mum is proud!” comment!

[@paulmcwilliams8641]

Every country should have a hobby.

[@azetac_]

UK: Colonising Places Germany: Starting Major Global Conflicts France: Attacking UK US: Manifesting Destiny Italy: Switching Sides Switzerland: Doing Nothing

[@ProfessorSyndicateFranklai]

@@azetac_ And they're very good at it.

[@azetac_]

Francis Lai which one?

[@callum7171]

@@azetac_ The west: saving our selves and our race from those outside of it.

[@azetac_]

YerManSeamus fair.

[@rosshamel]

Mongols: our empire is large Brits: hold my tea

[@joshual4513]

I know UK is larger, but Mongols were more impressive, as they conquered formidable empires and civilizations, just in the 1200s. The UK just had a lot of impressive technology and a powerful navy. So they just went around and took land from some newly discovered place. UK colonization definitely needed skill, but I find the land conquest of the Mongols to be more impressive.

[@LHSMeleeClub]

@XI Crez dude have you seen a map of the mongol empire? sure it was all land only, but they literally wiped out civilization after civilization encroaching all the way into eastern europe. the kingdoms in eastern europe were often on the retreat of these invasions as well as the mongols were that formidable. from my understanding of when i last read into it, literally, it was the death of the main mongol Khan leader at the time that caused the invasion into eastern europe to halt solely because the mongol leaders of that front wanted to pay respects to their Khan so they returned home. also the mongols nearly took Japan at certain points but apparently their fleets got wrecked by storms because it was the 1200s after all so naval stuff was not as developed

[@LHSMeleeClub]

@@Alex-fhsjfuuf lol thats a my bad moment. i knew it was the east but i rushed and mistyped that. ill edit in the fix.

[@gonk534]

Actually, Mongol is larger than British Empire. Mongol Empire is largest empire of all time.

[@gonk534]

Chris Palma What do you mean? It is a known fact. Besides, I don’t think it’s the best empire. I think the best empire is The Roman Empire. However, most historians say the Mongolian Empire was the largest

[@MrPeterGoldman]

Thank You England for sending your very good longbowmen to Portugal, to help us fight the Spaniards.

[@tsu8003]

Portugal - Britain's oldest ally! Thank you for your loyalty!

[@jorgediaz3409]

Portugal, one of the poorliest contry in Europa, thanks to England. England don't have friends, have interest. The best that Portugal did in history its joining Spain.

[@Kyle_Hubbard]

You got it mate. Ignore the angry Spanktards, they're just upset they've been pounded on multiple occasions and that they lost to two "small" countries.

[@Dominix123456]

Portugal are our lads

[@jamie8265]

MrPeterGoldman No problem

[@ianpereira4711]

11:20 Britain may have invaded Iceland in 1940, But no one's gonna forget the Icelandic annihilation of England in 2016

[@sandwich3075]

Ian Pereira What?

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

Something something Cod Wars

[@ovaloctopus8]

Well at least we outplaced them this year. That counts right? Pls

[@Jake-vn1hz]

Atomic no the English are still annoyed Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland loved it

[@theyoshi202]

ovaloctopus8 you’ve done nothing yet except beat panama and Tunisia, which Iceland could’ve done too. Beat Colombia and I’ll give you some credit.

[@trulyfog]

Britain: Congratulations, you are being rescued! Country/Nation: ..... Britain: ....Please do not resist.

[@canzukcommonwealth7309]

How much land mass has the British armed forces touched is probably more accurate

[@Fonetiker]

What brits did in Norway during WW2 was mainly show up and flee. Charles de Gaulle was furious with the Brit trops and called them cowards. When the brits pulled back the French troops together with Norwegianl troops stood weakened against the Germans.

[@wildeyshere_paulkersey853]

@@Fonetiker Source(s)?

[@Fonetiker]

@@wildeyshere_paulkersey853 I've tried to find the source, it's from a documantary I've seen within the last year. It was on the topic of warfare in the middle or going north in Norway. Sorry that I can't find it right now.

[@Fonetiker]

@@HerewardWake That someone died is no proof of that they did not anger CDG, and how they did it wasn't in any sort of way worthy of criticism.

[@archstanton6102]

@@Fonetiker Charles De Gaulle was not in power at the time of Norwegian invasion. It occurred slightly earlier than the German invasion of France. Then later briefly simultaneously. He was not leader of the Free French until 28 June 1940. The Norwegian invasion had finished on 10 June. The French AND Polish troops lost 533. British dead almost 4,400 On land and at sea in the campaign. Having looked for that quote on-line, I cannot find it listed anywhere.

[@CrownedDan]

British Tourists: *Exists* Book author: INVASION!!!!!

[@HeyWelcomeToMyWorld]

That's hilarious.

[@aayushshirodkar]

hhehe!!!

[@Kacchannn]

😂😂

[@kameradin8964]

@@brycetheplaguedoctor2485 maybe you shouldn't have have so much oil

[@snorp6781]

@@kameradin8964 this is coming from "Not Hitler" and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

[@b747ultimate]

“Kingdom of Kandy” “Bittersweet ending” lol nice one

[@kandy8588]

Looool

[@kathmandu121]

4:10 - Anglo-Nepal war, British actually lost in the first war. They defeated Nepal in second war only, and after that they started recruiting Nepali Gurkha in British army. So, Invading Nepal was very beneficial for British, which helped them in other wars including World War I.

[@trexrexferocious1036]

and then after the war they didn't even recognise the Gurkhas's great impute and treated them like utter sh..t..

[@imSTEALTH_G]

Gurkhas are legends,cheers lads

[@stevethomas5849]

Gurkhas will always be welcome in my house.

[@jeromeharrson5205]

Yeah you wouldn't wanna tussle with the gurkhas, some of the finest warriors out there

[@markdouglas5310]

The Gurkhas were given the choice of ally with GB or face total annihilation. The Roman's used the same persuasive argument across their empire.

[@faithlesshound5621]

The claim that "the sun never sets on our empire" was originally made by Spain.

[@MilkyWay-xg8mx]

Faithless Hound true

[@TheGanimex12]

Carlos I/V

[@Danny-ss8il]

Unfortunately for you most people won't see it that way

[@sampowell1649]

Faithless Hound yea, we just kind of took it like most things

[@joshuachanmugam3870]

Yea it was during the reign of Charles V of the Hapsburgs, who was in control of a juggernaut that some deem a "universal monarchy". However, that boat sailed with the Protestant Reformation.

[@dalexander3547]

Not bad for a small island you can barely see on a map ☕️

[@Ambigious]

The Hangman’s Daughter Yet, today they cant achive anything

[@yeah9377]

@@Ambigious They can achieve more then you.

[@livvyxmae]

@Project_Sammy damn calm down lmao

[@Ambigious]

Project_Sammy I really hope that a nation of millions can achive more than one guy. Why is that an achivement for you? And thanks for even thinking to compare me to the achivments of millions of people.

[@yeah9377]

@@Ambigious k lol

[@turbo_jake]

Land: Exists Britain: *It’s free real estate*

[@johanr9877]

Oil : Exists U.S.A : **It's free real state**

[@splashlol1638]

Winter: exists Russia during the Nazi invasion: its free real estate

[@IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou]

Sea: exists Dutch polders: it's free real estate

[@id10cyy]

Same comment: **exists** Person who posted this comment: *It’s free real estate*

[@Alex-rk3gv]

@@splashlol1638 Russia since ever*

[@maple7093]

Small thing about romania: Imagine being bombed by your enemies who then become your allies and your former allies bomb your capital. The UK bombed Bucharest, Romania switched, The nazis bombed it too.

[@pavlepaja7295]

Same here in Serbia, they dropped weakend uranium on villages across the country for trying to preserve its own territory.

[@asteriawashere6881]

Life is fun

[@mgm9678]

WW2 in central and eastern europe was very weird. Like, USSR was formally an ally at the end, but actually was taking much of its "allies" land and setting up a communist governments or faking elections so... was it really?

[@bradlygamez4549]

MGM I wish Hitler would of taken out the soviets I know it would of taken way longer to defeat the axis but a single nuke on hitlers bunker would of done the trick Because death is preferable to communism

[@uros2445]

@@bradlygamez4549 you are clearly disrespecting sacrifice of soviet union in war

[@jestpassinthru9915]

This don't help us Brits much when looking for a foreign holiday destination .

[@BintanginTaya]

@S F Woah, really?

[@NorthCamZ]

@S F Really, where you from?

[@ramjhan06]

@S F where are you from

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

@@thereallornebolzan4579 Yeah, from all the pain it cost, at least they all now speak English too 😁. You win some you lose some.

[@hmartinspliff]

*William the Conqueror* says while scratching chin: _"Hmmm. I invaded Britain. They're weren't shit."_ *King Cnut of Denmark:* _"Ha! Sit down, William. I invaded Britain 50 years before you did. It was easy, mate. Not a problem."_ *The Vikings:* _"We looted, raped and pillaged our way up and down Britain. Good times!"_ *Roman Emperor Claudius:* _"Ah shaddap. I invaded Britain before any of yous. I taught those savages how to build roads and shieet."_ *_(Everybody turns and looks at Adolf Hitler)_* *Adolf Hitler:* _"Hey, what?? They had Spitfires und RADAR!"_

[@davidhouseman4328]

hmartinspliff we weren't English til we added a bit of Roman, Viking and French influence. And we didn't conquer the world til we added the Scots.

[@TheZombielayer]

@David Houseman, I bet there's a quote out there about how God made the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish hate each other because if they didn't they would of conquered the world together.

[@spolachs1251]

You forgot the biggest factor the Royal Navy. What do you mean Hitler didnt invade britain, he bombed it and send spies, which counts as "invaded" see hungary and Romania. he also invaded the british egypt with italy which means he invaded the british empire. I hope this gives you another idea how stupid the "Z invade X and therefore invade Y because X is part of Country Y" thung is, but just my thoughts (it would probably be funny to see how many countries "invaded" britain by invading a colony).

[@declanroberts8934]

DO NOT CALL ME FRENCH... sir.

[@MattCookesurl]

Gonna point out most of them didn't invade Scotland, just came near the border and said "they are worth it". What they meant was "they're fucking scary"

[@tenoshrebello]

Ah the Portuguese, Britain's awkward ally.

[@goofyfuture]

Back then hell no, nowadays sadly yes and this is coming from a portuguese. But if we actually get some people with brains in politics our country can become richer with time

[@CorePyrex]

Goofy Future yeah it’s a shame Portugal isn’t as great as it used to be, needs a lot of work which is why me and my mum moved to England for a better lifestyle. Still an amazing and beautiful country but not government wise.

[@thestaffordshireiv4943]

@@goofyfuture fk no. Most of us English still love our Portugal ally

[@sudhanvakashyap297]

World:why did you do this Britain? Britain: I was "civilizing"

[@catpainblackudder01]

And still no thanks...

[@SebAnders]

We were just putting together a cricket team guys... Anyone for tea?

[@jack36afc18]

They did civilise though

[@sasmalprasanjit2764]

@ricky gore Yes, Indus Valley, Chinese, Mesopotamian, There were Empires of Mughals, Qing, Persian, Shah, Vijayanagar, All had their Own Kingdom.. Together as NATION Divided by Boundaries..

[@Lodatzor]

@Enoch~ Well said. The post-colonial world looks better and more civilized than the pre-colonial world in every single way.

[@Cec1nator]

Oh, an english bomb hit the country? Book author: The country was brutally invaded by the victorious brits

[@waffles6280]

A British plane enters a countries airspace? Book Author: The British successfully invaded the country from the skies

[@FR-577]

Some madlads went on a cruise and stopped by to steal a couple of drinks? Book author: The intoxicated British seamen pillaged the territory in a highly successful raid

[@davidedbrooke9324]

They like to blame us for anything and everything.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

Bearfoot In Da Park Left undefended too costly.

[@davidedbrooke9324]

Bearfoot In Da Park Lol okay

[@jasonhorton9920]

Earth? Completed it mate.

[@brycetheplaguedoctor2485]

Achievement unlocked: Legendary Country.

[@Starman.2957]

Jason Horton GTA SA theme song starts playing

[@bananaempijama]

The British "invaded" Portugal to help us fighting Napoleon. Yes they stayed here after because our king didnt want to return from his exile in Brazil.

[@sugoidessho]

World: Why did you do this? Britain: Because we could.

[@turmunhkganba1705]

You forgot the that Greece was directly invaded by Britain and France during WW1

[@Sir_Kotsos]

thats right the king doesn't want to go to war becouse he was married with the kaisers sister and want be neutral but the britain and france need as in the war so it was like "please dont resist our help we are going to blockead you and you are going to starve".

[@TBT0101]

And it was under Ottoman control when the British took Cyprus just as albania and macedonie

[@paulkennedy8701]

Turmunhk Ganba He didn't forget. 10:50

[@bradleymalcolm7025]

Turmunhk Ganba no the king of Greece abdicated to allow the prime minister to rule the country and join the war with the entente

[@turmunhkganba1705]

Paul Kennedy He put Greece into the kind of category because they were part of the Ottoman empire while they should be in the definitively invaded one

[@Bragosso]

In matter of fact England (GB) DID "invade" Sweden once. During the Napoleonic wars Napoleon demanded Sweden to declare war on Great Britain or else he would invade Sweden. Sweden declared war and hoped for the best, with no real intention of fighting. Great Britain used this as an excuse to "invade" and occupy an uninhabited island in the Blekinge archipelago and used it to store material needed for their Baltic armada. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Swedish_War_(1810%E2%80%931812)

[@Sanfrid97]

Clutching at straws much? xD They only took the island so that they could keep trading with Sweden and Sweden wanted it as well xD Plus the island is kinda small (33 people live there all together)

[@irrelevant_noob]

Sanfrid Bergman straw or no straw, was it Swedish land? Did GB invade it? Case closed.

[@ComradeSigmus]

Love the way you use "excuse" when it was the Swedes who declared the war.

[@irrelevant_noob]

n e x t d a y s What difference does that make? So if the US is the one that declared independence and later declared war on the UK in 1812, then those invasions shouldn't count? :)

[@spudgunn8695]

Seem to remember one of the British Fleets sailed into Stockholm harbour and shelled the crap out of some fortifications before setting up shop on the island. Could be wrong, but I'm certain it happened...

[@ElOchentero]

Fun fact: my country Costa Rica is one of the few that was never invaded, but we do requested to become a protectorate once. The request was reject :'(

[@TobyEarnscliffe]

Wow imagine being turned down by the British Empire

[@NAME-yg8sl]

Ouch

[@Saraseeksthompson0211]

they are regretting that decision now with how popular CR is. I would have loved to have the CR part of the commonwealth... minus the invasion and war part

[@ElOchentero]

@@Saraseeksthompson0211 that's true

[@dennis771]

They were all about business

[@hunterowen1957]

My country was ruled by the British I have absolutely no hatred for them it's not their fault they used to have an empire and that was the norm back then. If u ask me my country went to shit when the British left.

[@thetechoasis2179]

What country friend?

[@elias_xp95]

This is a somewhat common theme. Not to shy away from the British atrocities, but also not to shy from the British influence of good. Running water, Railway, Electricity, Democracy something a lot of the world didn't have until the Brits arrived. When they left these systems collapsed and some are now being rebuilt. The most successful example I can think of is Hong Kong, who is currently facing the force of China and may need our help again.

[@grahamnumber7123]

@@elias_xp95 Am I correct in thinking after the agreed time was up, they wanted to stay a part of Britain? All the best

[@dexterjettster8875]

When the British left they had no care for the future of the country that is why your country was such a mess when they left. Briton still isn't the best country and you can trust me when I say that. What country are you from.

[@brycetheplaguedoctor2485]

Thank you mate

[@toysintheattic2664]

Not 90% but still pretty incredible from a little island at the top of the world

[@DF-tj5tw]

its 60 not 90 but its still impressive

[@meltedicecreamsandwich]

Toysintheattic If that is they case, why does everyone hate the US for doing the same?

[@toysintheattic2664]

The Pinnacle LOL the US is nowhere near as efficient as GB when it comes to foreign territories. Please don’t try and put them in the same bracket again. Plus they’re about 300 years late to the party

[@meltedicecreamsandwich]

Toysintheattic it's probably because it's not an Empire

[@toysintheattic2664]

The Pinnacle maybe if it was called “The Brilliant States of America” people would be more tolerant towards them

[@CyrilSneer123]

“Sirs, if it were not for that one red spot I would have conquered the world!!!” ― Napoléon Bonaparte

[@Madhattersinjeans]

He had a bit of an ego though. Just couldn't admit to his own mistakes. Wouldn't take old boneys thoughts to heart.

[@salviniusaugustus5541]

I think Russia and Spain may disagree...

[@cristhony8375]

Britain: Lets invade this country(Nepal) . Gorkhas: Hold my khukuri 🇳🇵

[@Arijitkanjilal000000]

Again uhh... UK :rule britannia Gorkhas :oh sheeeeeeeet

[@manetho5134]

Egypt was also invaded by the UK in 2 occasions other than the Suez crises, these occasions were: -In 1807 a British campaign under General Alexander Mackenzie Fraser invaded Egypt and actually captured alexandria but they were repelled in Rosetta and retreated. -In 1882 The British invaded Egypt and won the battle of Tel el-Kebir and Egypt came under British rule till 1923(but Egypt remained a protectorate till 1954)

[@kardondo]

Unsure why Briton’s call the 1956 air and paratroopers assault a “crisis”. Can u elaborate why it’s not an illegal invasion but a “crisis”.

[@manetho5134]

@@kardondo for them it was just a crises cause they lost the canal, for us it was the tripartite agression العدوان الثلاثي, the UK, France and Israel all invading at the same time, they call it a crises to sound less imperialistic and to justify for themselves their illegal actions

[@moiz-06]

The country that I live in ( Kuwait🇰🇼) and the country that I am from (India🇮🇳) Both were ruled by the British🇬🇧

[@MazovianMapping]

”Poland was invided by the UK during WW2” -no, just no XD

[@mjm3091]

PUSB 96 Not really, British people never invaded the lands that were previously polish - and most of them were taken by Soviets. If anything help that was aided to Britain, by polish people in WW2 - on the actual british territory and with those standards could be counted as polish invasion on Britain. But then again with twisted rules like that almost every bigger country could tell they invaded at least half of the world at some time.

[@MazovianMapping]

PUSB 96 1. I said „by British”. And Nazis werent British. And 2. who do you call an idiot, if you can’t even read?

[@mjm3091]

Mazovian Mapping I think he was referring to that Britain fought Germany when Nazis did occupied some of the polish lands. Still as I said - it can't be fully counted as Poland was mostly invaded by Soviets (as it had different shape than today). Also invading one country doesn't make you invade countries that are also invaded at a time, but the country you invade. British people never fought on polish lands and Poland still was a country through the whole war - occupied and divided, but still was a country. Also through whole history British people did not help Poland with "helpful" invasion as that is what probably video is trying to imply, but actually the only thing they did was to loan some money (a lot less that Poland needed) and then again if we count borrowing money as invasion - pretty much almost everybody could tell they invaded half of the world. On the other hand there were polish soldiers in Britain fighting in WW2 - which by standards of the book mentioned in video and by video itself means that Poland invaded Britain in WW2.

[@MazovianMapping]

MJM Following this rule Poland was invited by the British even earlier, during the Napoleonic Wars when it was under French rule. That's why that's a nonsense for me :D

[@Defalt_1]

They invaded Nazi influenced Countries.

[@dominicskywalker]

This is why English is one of the most spoken languages in the world

[@-Sp1n]

*gets rekt by Spanish (and chinese of course)*

[@tsu8003]

English is the most popular language in the world and most countries second language of choice!

[@sugoidessho]

English would not now be the world's #1 language if it wasn't for the Royal Navy. It went everywhere. Even Tahiti, and I wouldn't call that an invasion.

[@somethung8188]

"Which countries should we invade?" British general: *Sings the nations of the world by yakko warner* "o.o"

[@IdentityVI]

United States, Canada Mexico, Panama Haiti, Jamaica, Peru Republic Dominican, Cuba, Carribean Greenland, El Salvador too Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela Honduras, Guyana, and still Guatemala, Bolivia Then Argentina And Ecuador, Chile, Brazil Costa Rica, Belize, Nicaragua Bermuda, Bahamas, Tobago, San Juan Paraguay, Uruguay, Surinam And French Guiana, Barbados, and Guam Norway, and Sweden And Iceland, and Finland And Germany now one piece Switzerland, Austria, Czechoslovakia Italy, Turkey, and Greece Poland, Romania Scotland, Albania Ireland, Russia, Oman Bulgaria, Saudi Arabia, Hungary Cyprus, Iraq, and Iran There's Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan Both Yemens, Kuwait, and Bahrain The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium, and Portugal France, England, Denmark, and Spain India, Pakistan Burma, Afghanistan Thailand, Nepal, and Bhutan Kampuchea, Malaysia Then Bangladesh (Asia) And China, Korea, Japan Mongolia, Laos And Tibet, Indonesia The Philippine Islands, Taiwan Sri Lanka, New Guinea Sumatra, New Zealand Then Borneo, and Vietnam Tunisia, Morocco, Uganda, Angola Zimbabwe, Djibouti, Botswana Mozambique, Zambia Swaziland, Gambia Guinea, Algeria, Ghana Burundi, Lesotho And Malawi, Togo The Spanish Sahara is gone Niger, Nigeria Chad, And Liberia Egypt, Benin, and Gabon Tanzania, Somalia Kenya, and Mali Sierra Leone, and Algiers Dahomey, Namibia Senegal, Libya Cameroon, Congo, Zaire Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar Rwanda, Mahore, And Cayman Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Yugoslavia Crete, Mauritania Then Transylviania Monaco, Liechtenstein Malta, and Palestine Fiji, Australia, Sudan

[@caesumcrimson6381]

I think this is by far one of your best videos. The level of research and detail is great. Sure there'll be plenty of people who were like "What about this country" but you covered like 70% of the countries in the world in like 16 mins and it was never just a dull read through. Great job on this video

[@EnriqueRegisPascalinRomo]

The British invasion that conquered 100% of the world was lead by Sargent Pepper and the Lonely Hearts Club Band. More than 50 years later, my son and myself are still victims.

[@mickwest7918]

Knights of the Relm Sir George, Sir John, Sir Ringo and Sir Paul

[@D_Marrenalv]

and the seat of that realm & conquest being Liverpool...

[@JulianDale94]

But they only got by with a little help from their friends

[@idkatthispoint-s9s]

Knowing Britain they'd probably invade the sun because the darkness scared them that one time.

[@tig3662]

It's nice to see this comment section being friendly and having a laugh like the British do well. I think sometimes KZbin can be pretty hateful about these touchy topics. The British just were the main empire back then and sadly that's how empires go. Every empire in the history of humanity were evil and committed evilness. The British were just better at it, and in all fairness, did a lot more good than harm. That's not saying they were innocent but that's just how history plays out. You become powerful, invade countries, do some evilness, and return back to your usual self. Maybe there's a reason why villains tend to be played by the British or tend to have British accents in movies? 😂

[@brycetheplaguedoctor2485]

Thank you, finally someone who understands.

[@Owen_157]

Tig I’m British and we did a lot worse than good we created concentration camps burned the White House and a lot of other stuff

[@jamiebushby729]

fire squad that's a bit harsh considering we only did it for the banter all jokes aside Britain have had it hard as well when the Romans invaded and conquered Britain they used a lot of British people as slaves

[@jamiebushby729]

Pedro Cacela get over it lol every fucking country on earth has done bad shit and killed a lot of people Britain just seems to be able to kill people better than anyone else and India got what they deserved trying to keep all that tea for them self's and 45 trillion that went to Britain and rightly so

[@jamiebushby729]

li d why do you only care about what Britain did? you do realise Britain was colonized and british men women and children were slaughtered and some were kept as slaves but people only seem to be offended by what Britain and America did every country has done bad shit and bad shit has happened to every country but for some reason people just can't let go of what Britain did

[@harryseyfert4452]

I enjoyed this presentation of the history of the British Empire. It was a great memory review for me. Having grown up in the 20th century, I have seen, studied and read about the final chapters of this empire. I can still recall the names of most of the British colonies. Thanks for this historical review

[@GBA811]

13:05 In Brazil this naval blockade is part of so called Christie Question, named after the diplomat that conduct the crisis in the name of the British. In short words it basically goes like this: Slavery in Brazil wasn't fully abolished, just the human trafficking, but wasn't enact (The Eusébio de Queiroz Law, a law "to the englishmen see" that Brazil was doing something). in April 2, 1861, the merchant ship "Prince of Wales" sank in Brazil, near in today Uruguay, it was pillaged by some locals, and England demand compensation for the stolen goods, Pedro II the Emperor of Brazil denied (the guy from Civ), in June 17, 1862 another incident involving officers of the HMS Forte, they were drunk and involved in a "misunderstanding" with some locals and a sentinel, they were arrested Brazil wanted to put them under trial, which Britain promptly denied saying that subjects only can put on trial in their courts not foreign ones, and demand compensation again for this new incident, and blockaded the port until demands were to be met. This escalation was solved with the help of Leopold I King of the Belgiums, which gave cause for Brazil only the HMS Forte case. The compensation this time for Brazil wasn't paid and both countries cut relations until the Triple Alliance War (Paraguayan War)

[@Se7a]

So yeah can't understand why Brazil is in the Maybe category. Definitely not an invasion.

[@irrelevant_noob]

Most "maybe"s aren't invasions... i mean 13:37 "bombing Bucharest once" without anything happening on the ground isn't really an invasion either, is it? Likewise 13:22 for Hungary... :-)

[@lamskc]

The sun: exists. Britain: You have forfeited your setting privileges!

[@theseabassi9638]

I seem to recall reading about the British invasion of Iceland. As I recall the British ship sailed up to the dock, and a large crowd of Icelanders gathered to watch it arrive. After some deliberation on board, the British captain called down to the crowd to ask who was in charge, and if they could please move the crowd back a bit so that the British troops could disembark.

[@olibearws]

You and Sam O'Nella upload at the same time, is this Christmas?

[@b747ultimate]

olibearws I thought I was the only one to notice :) nevermind XD

[@Kihidokid]

YES

[@souptime8635]

I guess so

[@YashGarg]

Kurzgesagt is live with another video, too

[@nikolaytoshev5720]

It has influenced 99%

[@thistletea]

both korea was invaded by british even before Korean wars at 1885 when they were having rivalry against russia with colonizing, they occupied kommun island and renamed it as Port hamilton, and stayed there for 2 years

[@tsarofserbia4692]

During the First World War, Serbia was invaded and conquered by Germany, Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary. Britain, as Serbia’s ally, sent troops to help them. They eventually managed to fight their way onto Serbian territory alongside the Serbo-French army, and drove out the occupying Central Powers forces. You can call that an ‘invasion’ technically, though to the Serbs themselves it was a liberation. So Britain never invaded Serbia.

[@djordjedelibasic8999]

1999?

[@BuXnAMaN]

Never invaded , bombed yes .

[@nikolavidanovic5192]

The map is overall crap

[@fafski1199]

Exactly, liberation and invasion are two different things. An Invasion is an aggressive military offensive carried out in order to conquer an opposing army or territory and is done for personal gain. Liberation is supporting the free will of the majority of people living under oppression and unjust rule and freeing them from that oppression, even if it means using military intervention.

[@YouTuber-gm9xf]

BuXnAMaN Because Serbs invaded Albania.

[@squashgoogolplex9392]

Thank you. I've wanted you see a video like this, I always wondered how accurate the map was.

[@namingisdifficult408]

squashGoogolplex same

[@campbelldavid7830]

I think you missed most of central Europe that was invaded whilst it was under rule from the Austrian, German or Russian empire

[@jean-lucwalker3690]

or french

[@campbelldavid7830]

Oh ok, thanks Rain

[@Achtetac]

Jean-Luc Walker Uk has never invaded France

[@greatalexander3820]

England/UK invaded France loads of times, they waged a 116 year long war together which had lots of English invasions of France such as Crecy and Agincourt.

[@scottcameron3030]

Rain Laurimaa They drove into the Rhineland after the Hindenburg Line fell. But germany did surrender soon after that.

[@johnalden5821]

I feel like this video pretty much proved the larger point, while scholastically measuring the nuances. I also feel like the world has been experiencing more than a century of blow-back from all the green on his map.

[@porter5224]

I like how despite stepping foot on nearly any country in the world, we still haven't touched the origin of the second largest empire, Mongolia.

[@WonderWhy]

I was certainly shocked at that at first too. BUT when you think about it it actually makes sense. They may have been the two largest empires in existence, but they reached their zeniths at very, very different times... like 600 years apart. Also... Mongolia has the biggest defence mechanism against a British invasion - it's landlocked!

[@SantomPh]

the classical Mongolia of the Khans is also partly in China now.mm

[@kostam.1113]

Mongolia was part of China until early 1910s and then it became USSR puppet.

[@richardschiffman7657]

The Russian Empire was bigger than the Soviet Union.

[@richardschiffman7657]

You can't compare Soviet-controlled satellite states to actual Russian territory. Finland and Alaska used to belong to Russia while Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany etc were NEVER part of the Soviet Union.

[@susshush309]

Video: the British navy got to every corner of the world The world: yo I don't have corners

[@mustko999]

🇵🇹🇬🇧 Fun fact: did you knew that Portugal actually teached the english how to drink tea AND drink tea?

[@zainchandia7355]

chaos Wow. I knew that they taught us to drink tea but DRINK tea as well? Unbelievable.

[@mythicalkhan7465]

Zain Chandia amazing

[@BlackSalamander439]

I wonder when Portugal will finally teach the English how to drink tea, shouldn't be that hard after they taught them to drink tea AND drink tea

[@spiderkid7937]

Unimportant. I think they should learn to drink TEA, not TEA.@@BlackSalamander439

[@godlovesyou1995]

THAT'S why the alliance has lasted so long

[@waifubreaks1572]

Argentina should be dark green

[@lexld50]

Cant invade whats yours 🤣

[@oltrot3173]

Royal navy sailor: *sees a boat in the distance* who's that sir? Royal navy captain: savages me boy! time to CiVilIsE them!

[@MustraOrdo]

Has Justin Y. really invaded 90% of the comment sections of every KZbin video?

[@jacksmith8689]

OAC hallucinating Yes

[@MustraOrdo]

Jack Smith he still didn't invade my one single video

[@MustraOrdo]

Zanza Manza Anza but you're not my mother

[@zanzamanzaanza5981]

i cri

[@dominic9517]

country : exists british : its mine now

[@andoylanggid]

The Philippines was part of the British Empire for a very long 20 months when they occupied Manila.

[@waffelo4681]

Very long?i dont think 20 month is very long loo

[@Gracz87]

0:10 When British invaded Poland?! Ok, we fought during Napoleonic Wars, remember Fuengirola 1810 Brits! :P

[@trexrexferocious1036]

Never such thing!what bs lmao

[@davrosdarlek7058]

@Elliot Roger fan account the commonwealth wasn't part of the 7 years war, it only let Russian troops through.

[@dontmindme9175]

Britain: we will protect you and *you will like it* Iceland: I don’t need protection- Britain: *WE WILL PROTECT YOU*

[@paganphil100]

Don’t mind me: And thanks for all the fish, Iceland :-/

[@johnhunt731]

it's all in the Flag, do you have one, and is it as nice as our one ? no, well you can have our one. jolly good!

[@Techiejt]

My personal opinion of how the word invaded should be used is: if an army, regardless of size, enters a country against the will of the governing body it is entering.

[@HeviErkka]

During Crimean War UK bombed and destroyed a fort in Finland. Then they left. Certainly war but then again what is an Invasion?

[@mig-stallion1359]

Bhaalspawn84 . Sound like the british were teaching you pesky finish poo stains a lesson about how to do battle. To fuck shit up, then fuck off home. In Germany we do it daily in the EU to France

[@DarkshadowXD63]

I'm going to go check this book out seems interesting

[@Norwegian733]

When did the english invade Norway? Never heard that one before...

[@atomickeks6712]

NorwegianOne It was when the nazis occupied it I think. So just to push the nazis out not to claim norway for itself you should look into it if your interested

[@JohnMacbeth]

I'm assuming it's related to Norway being under Nazi occupation and the British and French attempted to liberate Norway. It failed but I wouldn't really class it as an invasion.

[@Norwegian733]

Yeah, I thought it may have been that incident. If so, it was not an occupation. It was just a few british soldiers for a few hours.

[@dean1039]

Some strange alternate reality in which Trump is leader of the British empire at its zenith... "We're going to build a wall folks, a fantastic wall around the earth, and the Martians are going to pay for it"

[@williamarthurfenton1496]

The book was just a light hearted thing and as usual the media spin it and the world takes it out of context-- much to the media's pleasure.

[@lazyperfectionist1]

You mean to tell me that Great Britain has never invaded _Mongolia?_ 😲

[@katrinabryce]

Luxembourg was the big surprise for me.

[@RedBull34xxxxx]

Katrina Bryce Yea, I don't see how British troops didn't invade in WW2. At some point they had to have entered that country, even if it was primarily an American sector.

[@vincepersson1337]

They're the exception *music plays*

[@btdpro752]

lazyperfectionist1 they kind of did invade Mongolia, but it's stretching the definition

[@dazhibernian]

Theres still time, theres still time.

[@VergilDarkslayer]

greece:oof dodge that one wait were is cyprus

[@stevejones1503]

Britain after ww2: "Alright now its time to help for the Nations to get their lands back agai-" Indonesia: "How about A Reverse Card?"

[@trexrexferocious1036]

Steve jones, Betraying Poland who saved their asses from the Nazi Germans?

[@hydro0759]

14:16 anyone see the smiley face on the closest armoured car?

[@joelleerickosalme5181]

Where

[@joelleerickosalme5181]

Ohh i see it

[@RiderSousa]

Greetings from your old allies of Portugal!

[@kevinbergin9971]

Britain to Iceland: "You need a nation like us, to protect you, from a nation like us."

[@idontmakevideosyeet3018]

God : How much land do you want? Britain : Yes

[@DarkBladeShdw]

"How much land do you want?" isn't a yes/no question.

[@xemnas577]

@@DarkBladeShdw thats the joke....

[@aaronosborne4906]

Mars will do ;)

[@RichARock]

@@DarkBladeShdw you're stupid

[@a39tortoise40]

@@DarkBladeShdw you clearly left a couple brain cells behind before making this comment...

[@TheEpicGameJunky]

Why wasnt britain invading britain included? We have had civil wars and interal wars between scotland england wales aswell as the normans invading England which then became England

[@internetexplorer2498]

Great britain: *Invades almost all the world* Portugal: (Chuckles) -I'm in Danger-

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

Nah, Portugal has a long standing alliance with the Uk. We're chill🇬🇧❤🇵🇹

[@TheMarineGamerIGGHQ]

Britain has always had a very good relationship with Portugal. The only time it didn't was when the Spanish invaded and some of Portugal's conquered troops were forced to fight the British. Even out of direct involvement Portugal has always assisted GB and vice versa (apart from the colonial wars for obvious social implications)

[@p4m209]

2:52 I didn’t know Ryanair controlled Ireland

[@valveless4085]

The British would fail invading Luxembourg and their military might

[@burntchickennugget8750]

Nah.

[@mrmunchification2225]

Yeah OK son keep telling yourself that. Hollowed out by the EU and we still have the best special forces in the world. Get a grip.

[@aleeya00]

The British soldier : How many countries would you like to colonise your highness The ruler : y e s

[@afisto6647]

There is 3 empires were "the Sun never set." The French one (the biggest today) The Spanish one (the first) The British one.

[@Xambonii]

It would be interesting to see a map of the world owned/invaded/controlled by England that isn’t penned in by current day borders.

[@primemeow]

You forgot Kosovo. It was part of Serbia at the time of invasion.

[@Dozeji]

TCOM Reborn! Kosovar independence movement is really young, and the country is not internationally recognized

[@SantomPh]

Kosovo was not part of Serbia it was part of Yugoslavia, it even became a socialist republik in its own name.

[@Dozeji]

"Autonomous province of Serbian Socialist Federal Republic". It was never a full republic like Serbia or Northern Macedonia. Also, Yugoslavia was spearheaded by Serbia, and before the formation, Kosovo was an integral part of the Kingdom of Serbia

[@kostam.1113]

Kosovo is still part of Serbia. You can't call occupied part of some country independent. For example Turkey occupies half of Cyprus and that occupied part is called Turkish Republic of Cyprus.

[@Dozeji]

leoaslan Why wrongfully? It was a part of Serbia, the birthplace of their nationhood. It's the same as Germans claiming that Poznan should be German: The nucleus of Polish nation state outside it's borders.

[@rektified4508]

Nothing makes a British man feel more like a Chad then going on holiday to some random country visiting some museum or landmark and finding out that country had to gain independence from Britain at some point

[@JtheKproduction]

Everything seems fine except for India. Isn't India one of the biggest examples of British invasions? I don't get why it isn't in the first category. How is anything about it debatable? India has a way longer history than the Brits and Indian people today has very little to do with British heritage. In case of Australia and New Zealand, it makes sense that it's debatable. But India? Really?

[@TheLewisLegend]

Stone Henge is older than indian recorded history

[@nirupamakumar3917]

Britain invaded the main powers of the Maratha Empire(ruling South, central and north india and Bangladesh with 160 million people) and the Sikh Empire (ruling Pakistan, indian punjab, indian harayana, kashmir and parts of Tibet) and all of their major vassal states including mysore, Hyderabad, travancore, Durrani and Lucknow. It took the British more than 50 years to capture them with most battles being lost. India started to collapse in the 1820s and lose against British invasion with the destruction of the Maratha capital Pune and it's palaces, temples, universities and riverfront. It was only then that many kingdoms started to fall. The Sikh Empire was the last to fall in the 1860s. India became an offical colony in the the late 1850s. Then the looting and destruction really began.

[@nirupamakumar3917]

However, from the 1750s to the 1820s, most of India was under the rule of the Maratha Empire which, due to the British interventions, wasn't able to completely unify India again. The only states which were independent were the kingdoms of Mysore, Hyderabad, Lucknow and later on the Sikh Empire with the Bengal Kingdom becoming a vassal state of the Marathas. The British did truly conquer the states of travancore, Mysore and Bengal and they replaced the government's with puppet figures. These puppets were used to conquer the greater Maratha Empire.

[@zeta-oj2tq]

in uk there are neolitic tombs (older than lothal and dholavira) in the uk and there is a street which is older thane both stonhenge and bhirriana, "the ridgeway" used since 4000 bc

[@shahnazmirza2348]

Because it was not a single country at that time?

[@geopixels6886]

He... he... he actually uploaded...

[@dominickharris3066]

You should do french and spanish

[@salviniusaugustus6567]

French and Spanish don't need to to brag and invent bullshits like calling an "invasion" something that is not. Let this to the Brits. They always need to feel reassured by rewriting History.

[@stepankrobot8185]

When you speak about countries that were helped during WWII, you mention Czech Republic. But since 1918 the country was called Czechoslovakia - it was a federation of two modern states Czech Republic and Slovakia, which split in 1993, so in my opinion you should include Slovakia too.

[@andrewhowes5819]

The land of the Czechs and Slovakia were first split (temporarily) under the Nazi occupation, ne pravda?

[@stepankrobot8185]

@@andrewhowes5819 Yeah, thats true. On 14th March 1939 Slovakia declared its own state, which were a german puppet state during WWII. And on the 15th-16th March 1939 Germany invaned Czech and declared Protektorat Bohmen und Mahren. So during WWII Czech republic and Slovakia were split. After the end of WWII again reunited to form Czechoslovakian republic.

[@maryannramos3545]

Earth: *exists* Humanity: Let us settle the world peacefully, with cooperation and trust! Meanwhile... Britain: *conquest conquest conquest*

[@northernli4491]

Blame the Vikings for turning the peaceful god loving Saxons in to battle hardened fighters who wanted to conquer not be conquered

[@TheMarineGamerIGGHQ]

"Humanity" lol. The whole world wanted a part in the fun. Only difference was Britain was better at it.

[@tookie5391]

TheMarineGamer IGGHQ LoL British empire they best in history, I actually like their culture

[@trexrexferocious1036]

what goes around comes around, UK now being invaded by the 3 world lmao

[@tookie5391]

TRex REX Ferocious not really no one can’t start a war, even if they start it they be ambushed 😊 No one would a start a war no maybe in the future

[@yungluv295]

"Bitter sweet" Ah so I guess Kandy was tasty

[@bliVYT]

New upload! Yay! See you guys in 2 months

[@garrysmith1029]

Lol

[@rohitupadhya6449]

Thank God years have turned to months now. Hopefully months will turn to weeks soon enough, :)

[@Myself-yf5do]

There must have been some Britons, French, Russians, Americans, Serbians, etc. in Germany when war was declared, be them tourists, expats, etc. Assuming that was the case, what did Germany do with those people in their country when war was declared? I ask the same question about those in Japan, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and all the other wars throughout history.

[@forlorndream1400]

Sir Francis Drake was never a pirate, he was a privateer. He operated under a Letter of Marque from the Queen which means he was authorised by the crown to wage war on the enemies of the state. A portion of any profit from his endeavours was payable to the crown, does that sound like a pirate? The Great man never sailed under a black flag, his flag was that of England.

[@iapetusmccool]

I think he started robbing the Spanish while England was still at peace with them, and without any letters of marque, so that would technically be piracy.

[@BenMcManus]

kind of like how one man's rebel is another man's freedom fighter.

[@benerdick_cumberbiatch]

@@iapetusmccool with permission from the queen. He wasn't even the first to do it. That would be Jhon Hawkins

[@daltonmiller5590]

7:51 You forgot Oman and Bahrain.