Name a country... We have defeated them.

The Guv asked his audience at the Edinburgh Festival to name a country so show when we defeated them.

[@friedrich5485]

When the history teacher gets drunk at school prom.

[@ragelynsb6537]

Brilliant comment

[@Breadhead21]

You win

[@wokeartist1240]

We've all been there

[@john6291]

haha.. was thinking Smithy and pub quiz..

[@CN-wt2bj]

This comedian is so punchable.

[@samliedtke578]

“What language do they speak in Peru?” “Portuguese” “no Spanish” “oh”

[@lidiasoares4939]

Normally ppl don't know that in South America have a country that speak Portuguese, I very impressed someone say it

[@samliedtke578]

Lidia Soares I thought it was common knowledge

[@betsyduane3461]

@@lidiasoares4939 Rio De Janeiro used to be the capital of the Portuguese empire at one point.

[@lidiasoares4939]

@@betsyduane3461 i know that.

[@juliushakala5148]

@@lidiasoares4939 everybody who knows history knows that South American countries speak Portugese or Spanish

[@numericbin9983]

Al Murray is the definition of a man of culture plus a touch of humor. The result is fantastic. You learn while laughing

[@iim4xii129]

Just a "touch" of humour? Come on...

[@alluringvoice7081]

Would a fondle of humour be preferable?

[@olymak]

You learn LOL you laugh more likely LOL

[@AkuraTheAwesome]

He's an extremely intelligent man who portrays himself as deceptively simple. The idea of a working-class accented nutter who can talk at length like a tenured professor is comedic genius.

[@lebordeldeG2L]

He made some mistakes though. Uganda wasn't a German colony but a Bri'ish protectorate since 1894. He thought about Tanzania I guess.

[@cald1421]

The Brits really did look at the world and go “I’ll have that.”

[@thesandwich5321]

Is that a blue tudor rose I see as your profile pic?

[@cald1421]

@@thesandwich5321 nope. White lotus flower. I respect all nations cause I ain’t no bitch

[@thesandwich5321]

@@cald1421you sound just like my mate! Love that for ya

[@sombraarthur]

And yet, Brazil and Mongolia had never a war against England. Brazil and Mongolia are two countries that won every war they fought.

[@bootlegpete7984]

​@@sombraarthurBrazil speaks Portuguese for a reason, those lands were conquered centuries ago, and the Japanese constantly whooped and repelled the Mongolians time after time.

[@sci-figameguy8241]

“Being an ally of ours counts as losing to us” LOL

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

As Canadians, the Queen and eventually Prince Charles is our head of state. Yes, that counts as losing to England.

[@TheIceman567]

The Evil Ascot Company are you for a republic?

[@theevilascotcompany9255]

@@TheIceman567 I don't relish having to carry King Charles' face in my back pocket for a couple of decades.

[@TheIceman567]

The Evil Ascot Company yeah I agree I think Canadians should have the vote on the matter.

[@YourVintageStick]

So that sums up the entire commonwealths of the UK

[@nuclearnadal4869]

They’ve even defeated England. The English Civil War. Absolute madlads!

[@roadhouse6999]

I heard the joke that everyone hates America because America defeated them in a war at some point. That includes Americans who hate their own country.

[@zachhaskell1649]

@@roadhouse6999 us Americans fought to separate from Britain but just did everything they did afterwards besides the king and queen stuff

[@wallywheezer8256]

Sherman Rod Don’t forget the War of the Roses

[@olorinmagus4479]

Sherman Rod which one?

[@olorinmagus4479]

zach haskell no, not really

[@Deathst4lker]

This performance is world class - fantastic historical knowledge coupled with great comedy. Love it!

[@johnnotrealname8168]

He gets a couple things wrong actually.

[@Dandodod1]

His mind is amazing. So much knowledge. And he makes it fun. Teachers should take note.

[@thenoobyblock1208]

Although the bit about the division of South America was a bunch of mumbo jumbo. Got the years and the names completely wrong.

[@stephenwaller4231]

No.....teachers should be accurate and factual..... nothing more, nothing less Stick to the facts.

[@Koiler8]

What he’s saying is that the British don’t count the losses.

[@benblatz8558]

Yeah royal family is from Normandy

[@scholaroftheworldalternatehist]

@@benblatz8558 i thought they were descended from German royals?

[@kieranbennett7453]

The first true royal family of england that we count was William 1, who was from Normandy. The current royal family descend from Germans, however, which i believe started as a relative of Prince Albert? Not too sure about where the current family started Edit: did some research. George V was the grandson of Prince Albert, with George VI being V's son and Elizabeth's Father

[@thanoschin7106]

No it’s cos nobody dares go against us >:)

[@mindofGOAT]

@@tjdunne7349 yet we still got a part of their country

[@ezzyy1147]

This is the guy who started Brexit

[@depressedpotato4915]

B R U H

[@ibuprofen-noodles]

I'm gonna tell my children this was Nigel Farage

[@Lady_Maria-2007]

EzzYy We have now defeated almost all of europe without even having to visit them.

[@vanillaicecream2385]

if you create a country out of thin fucking air you've won, well if you create an argument like that out of thin fucking air you've lost

[@dank2804]

This guy can spin anything into a positive. I'd like him to live rent free in my head 😂

[@stephenwaller4231]

He does.....dumbass.

[@brodozer2515]

I died when she said "norway" and he went straight for the juggular, thats the funniest stuff ive heard in a while xD

[@johnnotrealname8168]

He is correct but England did beat Denmark which had a Personal Union with Norway.

[@Zer0_Flowers]

“I think if you create a country out of thin-fuckin’ air, you’ve won” The best sentence ever!

[@Cryscorde]

I had a “this part happened as I scrolled past this comment” moment.

[@Nordmore68]

@@Cryscorde Yehh? Yehh! 😄

[@alextunneyware]

@@Cryscorde same thing just happened to me

[@T3ki1a_]

Even tho it's reducing a bit for what history really is. It's still hilarious

[@HoloTheDrunk]

The only thought that popped in my head was "oh no not [current world event]"

[@bluedreamkush2392]

This man literally told us that they defeated America by losing to them.

[@Ruzaraneh]

They needed US independence for upcoming 200 year later to help win the fight againts german... so yeah.. in the end they are winning...

[@aaronvargas2550]

It's just a joke but ya didnt make sense lmao

[@marciaosullivan3200]

1812-1814

[@honoraryanglo2929]

Well from a certain point of view...

[@targitausrithux2320]

Marcia Osullivan Ehhh.... not really a victory

[@youvebeengreeked]

*Enters pub* _"The British did it better."_ *Doesn't elaborate any further* *Leaves*

[@jules263]

Brilliant. Knowledge of British history is unparalleled, even with a pint in his hand 😂

[@dsong00]

People taking this too seriously, he's obviously playing the part of an overly cocky brit that's gonna spin anything into a win

[@tb4322]

So a regular brit?

[@donnythedealer2571]

I call my self a Brit and I’m from Glasgow

[@standingoffthecorner]

Theres just Brits and aggressive Brits lol

[@dsong00]

@Bryan McDade anyone who's so much as glanced at a wiki page will know this. Same thing very much goes for what you call "Americans," yet the comedy act is still very much based on the caricature of a cocky "brit" - oversimplified and overexaggerated.

[@shadowninja958]

Bryan McDade y’all gonna be brits to me so long as every time the name Britain or England are mentioned in any sentence the first assumption is that it’s just us “stupid Americans” not knowing the difference or getting our facts wrong I’m gonna keep broadly referring to people living in the country as brits.

[@Bobobo-bo-bo-bobobo]

Nobody: Historians when they get drunk at a party:

[@jackj9816]

This is me haha

[@ComradeHellas]

Count me in

[@ghost_1153]

This joke is so original that i saw it 2 comments up

[@Alteroxx954]

Adding the ,,Nobody,, was unneccesary

[@majav15mg]

Fuck this meme back to hell.

[@michaeldavison9808]

Anyone who likes Al Murray's work might enjoy his podcast - 'we have ways of making you talk' about WWII on which I believe he wrote his doctorate and made a TV series.

[@user-py2nw8bp1i]

POV: the history teacher forgets it’s a school night and does 4 lines of crack at 2 am

[@ryanhasmanners9997]

Comedian: *makes joke* Americans: TF DID YOU JUST SAY

[@Left4Red]

Ryanhasmanners nobody is saying that

[@Neon-zq5of]

No one here has said that

[@Andrew-re8hz]

No one asked

[@ryanhasmanners9997]

Lotus Gang , except they are, I’m not exactly ganna post something for no reason, of course there are people that have said that

[@ryanhasmanners9997]

Neon except they are, I’m not exactly ganna post something for no reason, of course there are people that have said that

[@Ryguy72800]

"Japan" "We got the yanks to do it for us" Lmao

[@NorthCamZ]

Well tbf the brits were fighting Japan using their navy in the Pacific

[@problemistatist]

The nuclear bombs that were dropped on hiroshima and Nagasaki were originally slated to be dropped my royal airforce planes. The us had to rush to design a whole new plane to carry the bombs and were not ready to do so until the last minute. In the end they were merely escorted by the raf. The us president felt it would be a matter of prestige to be dropping the bombs. But it was very much in collaboration with British scientist and military planners that that terminal end to the Japanese war effort came about.

[@problemistatist]

@ALSO-RAN ! The history of the black lancasters and the development of B29 can be seen here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4m7aqOqeLOjn80

[@problemistatist]

@ALSO-RAN ! The idea of cutting out the main support strut and redesigning the structure of the plane itself to be able to carry these bombs is a little more than retrofitting them. We can agree that the B29 was already in production, but it evidently had not been designed with the secret Los Alamos projects in mind.I Also believe that the American insistence on their own plane was in part an effort to ensure they had the unilateral capability to strike with the new weapon as often as they saw fit.

[@theidiot5496]

@@problemistatist the reasons Japan surrendered was cause of the ussr entering the war and not cause of the bomb the Japanese wouldn't care if the Americans dropped the and American did almost all fighting in the Pacific and asia with the exception of burma china and manchuria

[@FredrickDouglass69]

He needs to bring out a book where he gos through every country in alphabetical order.

[@jonschannel6266]

Absolute sense with comedy al is one of the best ever to do comedy seen him live twice

[@justanmr2973]

Random dude: Poland This guy: WE SOLD THEM

[@xernax1841]

Explain.

[@usaball9190]

When Poland got invaded, the French and the British merely declaring war, then hunker down to protect their own land in the defensive line instead of attacking. Which they could easily do given that Germany moves most of the army’s division to Poland at that time.

[@alexanderthegreat445]

slavboi No, he simply couldn’t do anything about. It would have risked the Treaty and the and it was miles from the nearest Western authority. It was the only thing Churchill didn’t sit well with in the Treaty.

[@ryszardkaczmarczyk2471]

They defeated the Duchy of Warsaw though

[@MaximusVA_]

@@xernax1841 After WW2 had ended (with the unconditional surrender of the Wehrmacht) the allies gave the control over Poland to the Soviet Union. They basically sold them off to the Soviets as what was left of the Polish population fought along the British army.

[@fryingpanllama4238]

The first dude is like “Germany!”, like have you never taken a history class my dude Edit: calm down dudes 6K likes is too much

[@gabegabriel9288]

Or he was prompting an easy answer to get him started

[@andreytripleh]

Then the next 2 guys say Argentina (almost the most recent example) and France.....

[@CFox.7]

they are planted in the audience to set the ball rolling.

[@georgecarmody8731]

Frying Pan Llama do you honestly think England defeated Germany in ww2, they were absolutely demolished, But the brits still go on about Dunkirk and how fantastic they were. It was literally a mass retreat. The Americans had to step in to save them.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@Liam C Nope.

[@knighthunter1791]

For my Filipino bros. Just like when Al Murray said the British defeated Spain with the Battle of the Armada in 1588, The Brits defeated the Philippines through Spain, not only through the Battle of the Armada, but also when British troops and its Navy sailed from the British Raj, and took control of Manila and Cavite from Spain during the Seven Years' War, in 1762 to 1764.

[@Medicalstench]

Imagine if he became the new defense against the dark arts teacher

[@tzo_ghoul7167]

This guy studied all of history and remembered all of it

[@tzo_ghoul7167]

@glyn hodges I already assumed that but neet

[@tzo_ghoul7167]

@glyn hodges basically

[@deepvibes4871]

It’s only 500 years of history , have you not read a book lol

[@francis3372]

props on the kaneki pic my g

[@tzo_ghoul7167]

@@francis3372 thank you

[@STDRACO777]

Wow Im more impressed by his knowledge than his jokes and thats not a insult.

[@Cherryptls]

Some of them are jokes though

[@shehranazim4784]

He studied history at Oxford, so this stuff is his specialty

[@STDRACO777]

@Scott Adam That depends do you believe handing over power back to colonies was an achievement or a determent to the morals of the people of Britain? Too many people its a thing to be proud of as its harder to give away power than to take away power after you have it.

[@samshroff741]

a lot of the things he was saying were wrong but had a similar result, I.e. burkina faso was colonized by the French, the line in South America (why they speak Spanish in Peru) is called the treaty of tordesillas and was signed in 1494, not 1512, and by pope Alexander vi not pope Judas. There were some pretty impressive things in there though

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

The easiest way to beat someone like this is simply to name a country that no one knows anything about, including most historians, because they're too insignificant to take note of. Like have the Brits ever beaten Vanuatu? Maybe, maybe not. Point is he wouldn't be able to answer cos no one bothers knowing anything about Vanuatu.

[@abdullahalibutler4703]

Clever and witty, very entertaining!

[@Pilotfox123]

I don't think England ever had a war against Poland, but they sure as hell let Poland down against the germans, so if he sees a lack of support as a victory i guess they won against Poland too Edit: according to google Poland and England did indeed never have a direct war with eachother, but they were at some point on opposing sides of a war and Polish troops landed on english soil and "ransacked atleast one city".

[@deangreen2567]

England let Poland down how exactly?

[@mrsentencename7334]

⁠@@deangreen2567because they made a silly promise to protect them from Germany while being on the other side of Europe, thereby starting ww2, and after the war it fell into the hands of the Soviets. Can’t blame the British though, they’re not all powerful.

[@deangreen2567]

@@mrsentencename7334 No, they didn’t. Britain (and France) made a promise to intervene and go to war with Germany should Germany launch an invasion campaign against Poland. The word ‘protect’ was never used, as Britain and France were not in a position to protect a country larger than their own, halfway across the European continent. Britain and France kept their promise, and entered the conflict as soon as Hitler turned his attention to Poland. Not to mention that the Soviet Union had invaded Poland from the other side, which only complicated the issue from the perspective of the British and French - who STILL entered the conflict to keep their promise with Poland regardless.

[@Laffey99]

Him: "Name a country" Me: "Mongolia" Him: *nervous sweating*

[@ddc2957]

I back this man to come up with a way to explain it though 😂

[@pavyz456]

probably would've said 'opium war' since china ruled over mongolia at that time

[@alextunneyware]

Does Scotland count?

[@adamsmithintin2803]

@@alextunneyware Scotland is still trying to wriggle free

[@Retaliatixn]

Me : Iceland. Him : You were not supposed to do that.

[@thehate2535]

Let's declare the corona virus a country, so they can defeat it.

[@wildaceds]

The Hate Does Coronavirus need freedom?

[@thehate2535]

@@wildaceds It already has freedom. The lil skrub does whatever it wants

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

Lol!

[@TheSecondVersion]

UK: Declares war on virus Coronavirus: "Listen here, u little shit" (Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now severely ill from COVID-19)

[@henryjansen9375]

Their president is sick i see that as a loss

[@Crimsrn]

the amount of people who don't understand the premise of a joke.. and then proceed to name ireland, a nation we defeated for 8 centuries.

[@alfredgerard7671]

Bloody GOLD. Best thing I've seen all year

[@MrDHCrockett]

ᵀʰᵉʸ ⁿᵉᵛᵉʳ ᵍᵒᵗ ᴱᵗʰᶦᵒᵖᶦᵃ.

[@lenzschwarze]

Italy did

[@bethelmesfun2544]

@@lenzschwarze Italy got Eritrea, which is a separate country.

[@bugofcake]

Bethel Mesfun Italy did get Ethiopia, Abyssinian Crisis 1935

[@bethelmesfun2544]

@@bugofcake wait you're right

[@lenzschwarze]

@@bethelmesfun2544 italy got eritrea, somalia, libya and abissinia (ethiopia)

[@oriontigley5089]

"Canada is our ally, which is a loss for them" As a Canadian, I can't say I disagree.... 😶

[@miltoska9708]

I am not judging since what you mean is quite obvious ,but also keep in mind that there are sorts of people that if you say that as a Canadian will tell you you are racist and stuff like that

[@oriontigley5089]

@@miltoska9708 I suppose, but I mean it in jest. I mean not to offend, sorry.

[@miltoska9708]

@@oriontigley5089 man I'm not offended but yesterday someone argued with me for a similar reason

[@RatBoyDunce]

Same but as an Australian

[@nbrado]

American war of independence

[@Enak147]

This guy could make one of these up and I'd have no idea, he's so belivable

[@skycrow9594]

when he got to scandanavia he dodged it real smooth

[@LiamLees-md1iq]

Not much to dodge to be fair. Ooooooo you think the viking invasions count. How naive.

[@mitcharan6747]

Why didn’t anyone say Afghanistan, he would’ve lost lmao

[@thisguy4603]

Nah that was just an away day

[@azraelkahn1836]

@Pasha Staravoitau if you have to say it like that they lost

[@bumkiss]

@Pasha Staravoitau if that's the case then America didn't exactly lose in Vietnam.

[@cledon.]

@Kezzban pretty sure they invaded Normandy in ww2 ;)

[@someguy5815]

Or America

[@michaelba7791]

If you can understand him without subtitles you immediately get a degree in English

[@strikemanpop]

Im mexican I studied English with a scottish guy who has The most broken English in my high school and i grateful with it, i understand *EVERYTHING*

[@vitaliitomas8121]

Give me my degree

[@mixderman2461]

Really? Maybe he speaks fast but nothing difficult tbh.

[@michaelba7791]

@@mixderman2461 idk i had difficulties bro, also english is my second language so yeah

[@enderz8398]

Michael BA77 I understood him clearly and English is also my second language

[@lonefoxproductions294]

I need this man to defend ANY argument i have

[@xythrr]

"we got the yanks to do it for us" is CRAZY

[@geograymon55]

This guy is intoxicated and can remember the history of nations better than I can remember what my to do list is for the day.

[@TwinkleNZ]

You remember you made a to do list?

[@TwinkleNZ]

@yeoldebiggetee a what now?

[@crapcase3985]

@@TwinkleNZ .

[@sadowheart7620]

Hi, can anyone pleas tell me where I am?

[@joshuagraham5750]

Rubin Sammich hell

[@andrewemery8495]

He knows his history. Clever guy.

[@kendee4421]

Oxford graduate in History and Military History. Look on YT for his serious documentaries.

[@gazhevski]

Except Uganda and Burkina Faso weren't German colonies

[@andrewemery8495]

@@gazhevskiHe must be thinking of neighbouring Tanzania then? So, apart from the actual facts, he knows his stuff.. 😁

[@gazhevski]

@@andrewemery8495 he knows his stuff well enough to win any pubquiz

[@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

Never heard of a dumb comedian

[@luminescentlion]

They didn't even try to give him hard ones. Germany???? That one was free.

[@scottnever8732]

my favourite video of pub landlord, Al knows his stuff

[@vinito19]

It's nice to see the kid from Bully grew up and became a teacher.

[@peace08011987]

Where is his skateboard though?

[@skottcoucill8343]

Mong

[@skottcoucill8343]

@@peace08011987 Indian

[@the_clumsy_wizard8910]

@@skottcoucill8343 ..... why are you saying a ethnicity?

[@marilizegrobler117]

The Germans are not allowed to brag about Hitlers concentration camps why would you guys feel proud of winning a war where your forefathers murdered raped and killed 28000 children in concentration camps?

[@Andrew-yl7lm]

Prepare yourself, people in the comments have been Googling furiously.

[@doomkingraye7692]

Oh yes

[@mixtapemania6769]

Haitians are the most kickass people in this whole continent. 🇭🇹🇭🇹 They just need to rise out this poverty state. It will happen

[@dragzgaming]

Furiously? We know the answers already we just need to do one search for the year 😎

[@Madonnalitta1]

​@@mixtapemania6769this whole continent? You know this is the net and not some land mass?! Seriously though, how are you guys doing? I know it's not good there atm, I hope things get better.

[@smilypenguin]

None of this knowledge was stored in his brain it was all the power of the beer in his hand

[@simongee8928]

Putting his claim factually, of the 193 countries listed by the UN, Britain has invaded or fought conflicts in 171 of them. That's about 93%, so he's not far off the mark.

[@usaball9190]

I like how he would make his case with Switzerland

[@caorens]

World war 2 British, American and German fighter craft were shot down within Swiss airspace, multiple bombings of towns, forcing Switzerland to withdraw as a neutral party, thus creating the Geneva convention.

[@sirknight6283]

How bout the normans and the battle of Hastings

[@abhishekdahikane2817]

US 🇺🇲 fought war against Switzerland 🇨🇭 during WW2......

[@TheRandalf90]

Napolionic wars. Switzerland was an ally of France.

[@frogchip6484]

João Rodolfo Alves they were a puppet state that revolted, which caused napoleon to send the grand armeè to squash it which worried the European powers

[@TheOrangex88]

I love that when they bring up America and Canada he basically says “It didn’t count” lmao

[@unovasfinest2623]

USA is 1-1-0 to UK. Just saying

[@zacharyfelder6604]

@Zeus 2nd best country the first is sealand

[@eatenjaguar9854]

@@zacharyfelder6604 no the first best is petoria get your fucking facts straight

[@Gabriel-re6tf]

Well they owned Canada and they have the Queen's face on their money so that's kind of a win my dude

[@bcnkng]

USA is 2-0 to the UK, this man is crazy

[@normalfellow1113]

It's always so adorable hearing a Brit say they won the WW2.

[@beans00001]

The United Kingdom was an essential part of the allied powers?

[@solemnace]

*"Used to be vikings, now they're Norwegians. That's a fucking collapse, isn't it?"*

[@Izaakuk]

Why are people taking this seriously? You do know he is a comedian right?

[@Rex-X-Dark]

Brittan did do all this

[@anenemystand5582]

I think the war for penguins made that clear

[@awakenow7147]

This isn't that far from the truth.

[@princeprocrastinate6485]

A lot of sensitive insecure people who don't understand comedy around these days.

[@anenemystand5582]

@@princeprocrastinate6485 no mostly it's people not finding jokes funny. See if your a good comedian you'll make people laugh not boo.

[@victorbaxter5973]

Al Murray is a History Graduate from Oxford University plus a Doctorate. He started this act to amuse his University friends. His persona on stage is totally an act. He is completely different in real life.

[@scootergrant8683]

What I love is his incredible grasp of knowledge. But it was great when he was on Top Gear and ratted on about tanks with Clarkson.

[@infinitydreamzz]

If he's a history major he should know the Dutch sailed through Thames all the way to London. Or how the Americans gained their independence.

[@scootergrant8683]

@@infinitydreamzz But he is also a comedian so he is going to use knowledge for effect and not show other sides of it just for the laugh factor.

[@infinitydreamzz]

@@scootergrant8683 fair enough

[@scootergrant8683]

@@infinitydreamzz But you did teach me something I didn't know. I mean there are bound to be tonnes of events that people don't know of because the average person only encounters so much. Yet I never knew the Dutch sailed up the Thames.

[@ZaydDepaor]

He's like Damien (The Anti-Christ) in The Omen Part2 answering all the historical questions of the teacher.

[@jamesBFC1887]

I first watched this video like 4 years ago. After now having done A Level history, its nice to be able to understand everything he's saying, and even point out some errors aha

[@p.z.arnott2329]

If this guy was my world history teacher, I would definitely paid more attention.

[@gingerbeard7222]

P.Z. Arnott you’d be to busy pissing yourself to learn anything

[@lollol7]

Ginger Beard Wow, your comment says a lot about our society...

[@lil_nut2232]

Lol Lol no you’re just a pussy

[@thejman3489]

I had a history teacher who was awesome. During passing period he had loud music playing. He also has either point pong, mini golf, or mini foosball to play until the period started. He was sort of a hype man and made a big deal about things when he was teaching. He had this enthusiastically serious tone of voice that made it very enjoyable to pay attention to. He was very big on class participation and sometimes we would play class games to give us a break from the usual lessons. Sometimes when he was mad he would flip desk while being very vocal about his disappointment with the class. He would then use it as a chance to teach us. Most things he did was very over the top but in a fun way. Some students were scared of him but other loved his style of teaching. I learned a lot from his class and I've never had a teacher come close to his teaching style.

[@moayad80]

No you wouldn't.

[@thekyuwa]

Switzerland: "always been neutral" this guy: *"I'll pretend i didn't hear that"*

[@gorillainabikini266]

Pretty sure Switzerland fought for France in the napoleonic wars

[@keeemon4451]

@@gorillainabikini266 switzerland became a sister state of the french republic so technically yeh

[@jacciullo4325]

Liechtenstein. The british didn't defeat them.

[@wontrespond8064]

@@gorillainabikini266 as mercenaries. There wasnt much switzerland(at the state it was in then, it was literally the battle ground in the french revulotionary wars: Battle pf Zürich as example) could do against cray cray Bonaparte. Btw fun fact, France(Napoleon) still has a debt in the village I come from. MF didnt pay his food

[@ashandtodd]

Well, technically San Marino has always been neutral

[@Jack-Wall]

His book 'Command' is a fine read and well worth picking off the shelf.

[@heofonfyr6000]

''Spanish Armada. Haven't heard from them since.'' ...except for shortly afterwoods when we went there to return the favour and got spanked

[@maverick9262]

He sounds like thor when screaming "another one".

[@CorvusNoctem]

While playing Fortnite.

[@Harshal378]

South Sudan.

[@Cryscorde]

“They see that as a win, we see it as a lucky escape.” Spittin straight facts.

[@spiffywolf2850]

As someone who lives in America that's to true

[@howdydoodilly6812]

Yeah, true. If it weren’t for domestic issues and logistical problems at the time they probably would’ve won

[@nikitalebedev6264]

I read it exactly when he said it, lol

[@theoneinthemiddle5553]

Lol the war lasted a decade. They lost to colonies of scrubs and a few French troops. That's not a lucky escape. That's winning a war.

[@Cryscorde]

The One In The Middle It’s a shithole. It’s a lucky escape because we don’t have to put up with it as much as we would if we still had control over it. That’s victory enough for us.

[@arcticauroras9627]

History legend , ain't gonna be over nice

[@madman026]

Ahh yes the old days of the empire where the sun never set

[@El_Guapo98]

**Country minding their own business** Britain: it’s free real estate

[@dragzgaming]

Hardly minding their own business. Spain and France started it first. We thought we should give them a head start

[@Rhubba]

If Britain attacked you then you probably did something wrong.

[@skycrafter2042]

You invaded our country Uk.:do you know how little that narrows it down?

[@SeriesofClu]

That’s jokes

[@mondoma9861]

UK really did get around

[@SeriesofClu]

Will Manley we are the equivalent of “hi I’m your new neighbour”

[@555gamester]

"You took everything from me" I don't even know who you are.

[@howdidigethere544]

@@SeriesofClu how did you end up here go work on part 6

[@mubinchowdhury3656]

I wanted this guy as my history teacer

[@a.y.t.a.s.494]

You need a spelling class first 😂

[@inselaffe1970]

I'm sweating, just listening to him😂😂😂

[@johngriffon2118]

Highschool teachers- "You college Proffesor isnt going to be as chill as us" College history Proffesor - *spits information with a beer in his hand*

[@FoxyBoxery]

True. We oftenly smoke weed with some of our professors

[@griffincrump5077]

College professors are straight up the most chill kinds of teachers there are* * - exceptions apply

[@generationdana9]

I had an algebra teacher that smelled of Bourbon 🥃 everywhere he want, it was interesting learning how to solve for X & Y while he slurred the equation..

[@ronalddg9369]

I don't think I've ever met anyone less chill than a highschool teacher

[@the21herald]

Ah, so you're a historian. Name every year.

[@soonerintexas.3845]

😂

[@renatoimperatori5289]

Oh boy, here we go.... 1(BCE) ,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17.....

[@fanta-cool7532]

The most underrated comment I have ever seen.

[@heleneardleytaylor25]

About 5 billion bce - present

[@owenpalmer5281]

Felisberto matador de raposa technically no, because BCE is reverse, it doesn’t start at 1

[@TtotheCizzel]

They lost wars to plenty of countries too

[@Thegamer12342]

He forgets that britains fleet was annihilated after they burned the white house in the war of 1812.

[@noproblem2333]

Guy: Peru! Speaker: What language do they speak in Peru? Guy: pOrTUguESe

[@nickchristensen8945]

Ethiopia was well armed and had a ruling family, Italy used chemical weapons and superior armaments to target and destroy strategic assets and depose the monarchy

[@irieite9666]

@@nickchristensen8945 Yeah but what happened in the end? The Living God H.I.M. Haille Selassie was immortalized in Bob Marleys music while Mussolini was murdered by his own people.

[@anonymousanonymous6657]

Bruh.

[@dazeen9591]

@@irieite9666 I thought Mussolini hanged himself near a gas station lmao.

[@maxhydekyle2425]

@@nickchristensen8945 *They never got Ethiopia*

[@killbynumber]

As someone thats loved beer and military history, this was porn

[@johnjingleheimerschmitt9356]

Taylor Baldwin don’t quit your day job then because if you believe England defeated Germany you know nothing about history lol

[@ihatetrainyards4859]

@@johnjingleheimerschmitt9356 What are you babbling about sir? his comment just expressed that he enjoyed the video and you had to barge in here with your riff-raff behaviour.

[@rojavabashur6455]

You never defeated Sweden....while we invaded you. Sweden has never been invaded....

[@sniff_3512]

Rojava Bashur it wasn’t Sweden it was the vikings

[@rojavabashur6455]

@@sniff_3512 Same thing.

[@teddyawesome5197]

Afghanistan, Thailand and Nepal: are we jokes to you?

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

Afganistan: Second ans Third Afgan war Thailand was part of the French and Japanese empires when they were defeated by the UK Anglo-Nepalese war

[@AdaManny555]

The one about Norway was bullshit tho’. Scandinavians still technically own their asses

[@MrGilRoland]

Roman Empire called, they said they want to play this game with you.

[@solid8535]

british left the chat

[@ethanadams1165]

I think that goes along the same lines of Italians pal

[@kevinbjorkman7225]

@@ethanadams1165 lmao, the roman empire is not the same as modern italy.

[@ethanadams1165]

@@kevinbjorkman7225 the joke went right over your head didnt it?

[@ryanbarth863]

Ethan Adams or it was a shitty joke

[@sportsnut198]

This was impressive. The roundabout ways to victory made it even better.

[@JDR-ql9xe]

sportsnut198 theirs still like 10 we have never had a war

[@Theemptythroneistaken]

Paige F We would defeat them to

[@JDR-ql9xe]

Darth Nihilus true

[@Daveyyyyy6803]

Sweden

[@Daveyyyyy6803]

Sweden has never lost a war to the British

[@mickgof]

Is there anything to be proud about defeating a country?

[@ryanoneill737]

ireland? war of independence?

[@joeduffy3309]

the english don't like being reminded of that one

[@Crimsrn]

ireland won once. we destroyed ireland for centuries prior. and the war of independence is 1 war. the video isn't saying we've never lost a war

[@joeduffy3309]

@@Crimsrn One war? look you're clearly uneducated, stop trolling, put away the redtop and go to read a history book.

[@pablodavidclavijo4609]

He's actually a historian, as you could have guessed

[@moneymandan6217]

À

[@ivanland3789]

I fact-checked the startling claim "We (Great Britain/United Kingdom) have defeated every single f***ing country in the world at war." And there are 92 countries Great Britain/United Kingdom has not "defeated" "at war." I put them all into a document. docs.google.com/document/d/1634G1H18_gteDFu3nvDnCdA8lOE7S9nxt41h9iXWvd4/edit?usp=sharing

[@owenmills1596]

@@ivanland3789 bet your fun at parties. He is a comedian

[@ivanland3789]

@@owenmills1596 Yup. A comedian who was completely wrong about everything. It was a good bit tho.

[@owenmills1596]

@@ivanland3789 but he wasnt completely wrong. He just bent some facts to make the joke. Like war of independence, technicality we lost but he made it sound as if we won by losing. Especially with today's america

[@kendee4421]

To all those who dont think this is just a character Al plays, this shows the true knowledge and genius of the Oxford graduate behind the Guv'nor!

[@AdastraRecordings]

His 3 part show on Germany made that very clear.

[@Twirlyhead]

Genius ? I like the guy, but

[@vulgarresponse7080]

@British Teeth we conquered you paddies in 1169, so there Frank.

[@niallmurphy4997]

@@vulgarresponse7080 Yeah but the Paddies are a republic now, so that didn't last. I am a plastic Paddy myself. My parents took leave of their senses and moved to England before I was born. However I did vote to leave the EU.

[@Harley_the_Sosig]

@Chris Jonhson is he a millionaire? 😂 I'm sure that's not the only thing you got wrong

[@peterwesterback5875]

Finland 😅 we still have one of your boats on show in a museum, shot full of holes 😂

[@sambradford4870]

And now you're being replaced in your own country, nice job.

[@robertchaney2704]

United States: “You call that a defeat, we call that a lucky fkn escape!” Can’t blame you there man 😂

[@SpiderconPrime]

Seriously by all statistical outlooks america shouldve been wiped off the face of the earth

[@donwackyaids1771]

Spidercon Prime France did it

[@assassin_rk42]

@pinkchicken and 300,000 Continental Troops.

[@assassin_rk42]

@pinkchicken :3

[@chiefhanlon5450]

@pinkchicken and the Dutch, everyone always forgets the Dutch, they had a navy the size of France and Britain combined at the time which made it the most powerful nation in the ocean.

[@Melaheidi]

I wanted someone to yell out "Iceland" so badly. The cod war was the UKs most devistating defeat, apart from the 2016 euro cup.

[@suvuru]

Bro same

[@andriusgimbutas3723]

Iceland was occupied by UK during WW2 But if it doesn't count, than multiple Danish defeats at the time when Iceland was Danish do

[@joaovitorcunha7029]

The UK occupied Iceland in WW2 to prevent Germany from occupying it, ironic I know. But the point is that he would have counted this as a win for sure, since the icelandic government was against the invasion until the british set foot on the island, thats when Iceland basically did nothing to stop it.

[@danielogsemen7874]

Uk have defeated Iceland multiple times, cod war wasnt the only one

[@scootergrant8683]

I am curious to see what he would say to Mongolia.

[@DarkraiDiety]

Underrated this lad is.

[@d-boi9785]

We even defeated ourselves for god's sake, we had a civil war.

[@metawarp7446]

"Finland!" _"Finland?_ That's a made-up cuontry!"

[@a1pher]

The Soviets got their asses handed to them by the finnish, my guy.

[@raskolnikov7049]

@Dwarov 1 crashed and crashed. There were no economy here. We were just farmers and lumberjacks. Sometimes at the same time.

[@raskolnikov7049]

@Dwarov 1 ''crashed the finnish economy'' you said. I said that there was not much to crash

[@raskolnikov7049]

@Dwarov 1 very true

[@TheSuspectOnFoot]

@Dwarov 1 30 % of economy? You mean state budget, GDP or some other measurable figure? The greatest losses in the war were blood and soil. The land loss was "only" 10% but that included the best part of Finland. The reparations actually helped us as the process required the expansion of steel industry which was one major reason the country managed to not only get back to its' pre-war stage but greatly beyond.

[@pigman526gaming2]

Him: name a country Me: Vietnam Him: sweats profusely

[@noahpimentel9341]

Vietnam was a French colony. Since the brits won against France, might aswell call it a victory for the uk

[@nhanbui2707]

@@noahpimentel9341 actually the French only started invading Vietnam in 1858, way after Waterloo. However; right after WW2 the Brits did land on Vietnamese soil to accept the surrender of the Japanese troops there.

[@TM-bk3ok]

Vietnam was on a technicality a Japanese territory during WW2 right?

[@juanpaco3226]

Imagine if someone said Israel

[@TM-bk3ok]

@@juanpaco3226 well on a technicality most of Israel is Palestine. And we helped Israel to invade Palestine. So according to the logic that this comedian is following you could count that.

[@mullaslin3594]

Plundered many nations, divided many lands.

[@ece2178]

as has every nation in history, well done

[@sstevensuperbike9964]

I wish al Murray was my history teacher

[@gavery5027]

Being funny when you’ve got a set to deliver is one thing. Being funny when you have no idea what country you’re going to be talking about next is another level. He’s sharp.

[@dmrknbld]

The fact that Britain history is full of colonialism and terrorism and this British guy tells the civilizations they have f*cked up, with a smile on his face, is funnier. more of a trajicomedy than "comedy"

[@flyingdart9819]

@@dmrknbld well, dark humor is a thing ya know

[@lancetheking7524]

@@flyingdart9819 and it's damn brilliant

[@flyingdart9819]

@@lancetheking7524 agree

[@theguywithsomething8634]

@@dmrknbld It's hardly supposed to be a deep and meaningful examination of how British influence has both positively and (mostly) negatively affected the world, it's a quick comedic bit in which he flexes his knowledge of world history to support his comedic reasoning for how the British have beaten every country in a war at some point or another.

[@renni9813]

Person: *names country Great Britain hasnt defeated* This guy: ah one person from that country lost to me in the card game war, so basically we have defeated them.

[@alfredorotondo]

Actually butan was never been invaded in its history

[@icicleman0479]

He's a comedian. Keep your panties out of a bunch

[@SubjectiveFunny]

He is a comic ffs...

[@renni9813]

@@icicleman0479 It was a joke, im really sorry I offended you.

[@andrewosborn4338]

I wish someone wouldve said Switzerland

[@_burningshadow_8010]

Well then as a Dutchman I must say you might have defeated every country at least once, we scammed every country at least once.

[@stevestryker]

The perfect mate for phone a friend on Who Wants to be a Millionaire