There Are Only 22 Countries in the World
that Britain has not invaded.
Can you name them?
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that Britain has not invaded.
Can you name them?
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madagascar?
no
Mongolia is one I think
yes
yugoslavia?
no
South Sudan
Comoros Islands
no
Why isn't South Sudan one?
It's only been a country since 2011.
look, I don't have answers
I have FACTS
Sweden, somehow
yes
North Korea
Korean War.
Thought that was America's thing?
it was an American-led multinational force sanctioned by the UN
You're probably thinking of Vietnam (though that was France and Australia's thing too)...
We were definitely very heavily involved:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Imjin_River
yes because
i'm listening to the bugle
jesus
just realised i havent listened to the bugle since their clusterfuck of shitty special episodes around the olympics. so much to catch up on!
i give up
Probably mostly South America?
Mexico
no
when did we invade Mexico
there are two in south america, but not mexico
Costa Rica?
Pretty sure they've never even had a war.
oops
I meant three
and not costa rica
mexico is not in south america
everyone knows that
Iceland
invaded them in World War II
you can't say that was an invasion!
They reduced everything to £1, it was blatant provocation
Sorry, I was confued. It was called Bejam in those days
British forces took control of a neutral territory by means of force or the threat of force
The Icelandic government protested the action.
Japan
no
vanautu
no
^watches Pointless every day
never watched it, not once.
england
Does Vatican City qualify?
Also, surely Luxembourg - no-one wants to go there really do they?
yes to both
I'm guessing some of those obscure former-soviet republics ending in 'stan'...
though there's scope to tick those off on the way out of Afghanistan. Probably some little European mini-states too, Andorra? Have we been there? I have, rubbish skiing and no resources.
andorra yes
and three stans, but not afghanistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Micronesia
Not a country
imperialsmash
Sweden
yes
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
smee said it first though, unlucky
MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB
sealand
Shit question
Britain technically hasn't invaded most modern countries. India for example. Or Israel. How are you defining invasion, anyway?
SHIT QUESTION
youre a shit question
fair enough
I've invaded your mum
eight so far:
mongolia
sweden
vatican city
luxembourg
andorra
kyrgyzstan
tajikistan
uzbekistan
Monaco?
I think Bond may have shot some people there once, but that's more of a fictional diplomatic incident.
yes
San Marino?
san mari NO
Oh for FFS sake
Just Googled this, the list is utter bollocks. Costa Rica only makes the list on an incredibly thin technicality.
incredibly thin technicalities:
the sweetest kind of victory
Everyone knows victories by default trump technical victories
Did you eat a bowl of wrong for breakfast today?
Argentina
(controversial)
no
slovakia
no
oh really
DR Congo?
yes
Ecuador
no
Bolivia
yes
Boom! Going to root out the other South American one
Colombia?
no
Spain
no
when did we invade spain then?
because if you're counting the spanish empire as spain, then this thread is an utter, UTTER farce.
and by that, i mean all the empires.
peninsular war
Have you never seen Sharpe?
there must be fucking loads!
nope, only 22
FACT
Chile
no
fuck this thread
Portugal
no
burkino faso, laos, papau new guinea, botswana, scotland
no x5
Holland
no
greece
no
dominican republic
no
romania
no
kyrgyzstan
yes
bolivia
yes
no
djibouti
no
croatia
no
turkmenistan
no
ENGLAND
burundi
yes
colombia
no
no
venezuela
no
malawi
no
western sahara
all the russian stans.
senegal
no
malta
no
You'd have to say
that's a proud record of invasion.
Caesar, Hapsburg, Hitler, Alexander of Macedonia, Khan - can you hear me Genghis Khan? Your warmongering took one hell of a beating
estonia
latvia
cuba
honduras
el salvador
fiji
no x6
yes
cuba
no
twelve right so far
mongolia
sweden
vatican city
luxembourg
andorra
kyrgyzstan
tajikistan
uzbekistan
monaco
republic of congo
bolivia
burundi
ukraine and poland
no
no
he's already got around that for south sudan.
he can do it again.
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4421195#r7197129
it's based around a book
that uses some very thin reasoning
how thin are we talking?
a naval fleet had a go at one of their ports in 1746 or one guy rode in on a donkey carrying a flag?
we're talking cold, hard FACTS
sounds like
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/150473
There’s a little wiggle room to make some arguments with Laycock’s number. For example, he lists the countries based on their current geographic borders and names, and some of the invasions occurred when one or both of those things were different. Some of them even happened before the formation of the British state. “Invasion” is defined pretty broadly, too, and includes raids or intrusions into a territory by British pirates, privateers or armed explorers operating with approval of the Crown. If you don’t quibble with his methodology, though, Britain has an impressive 88 percent world domination rate.
are all the countries left bullshit little ones?
cos if they are, just let me know, as i have no interest in trying to guess them. if we've got people like Brazil, USA and China still in there tho, i'm still in.
there's still two european ones left
and two south american ones
there are some massively shit countries in europe tho.
if you're talking about Lichtenstein or Cyprus i'm going to kill you.
lichtenstein yes cyprus no
come at me bro
http://i50.tinypic.com/33u3k0o.jpg
Slovenia
Belarus
Paraguay
no yes yes
italy
no
Greenland
Faroe Islands
no x2
easter island
georgia
no
el salvador
no
14
mongolia
sweden
vatican city
luxembourg
andorra
kyrgyzstan
tajikistan
uzbekistan
monaco
republic of congo
bolivia
burundi
chad
lichtenstein
ethiopia
no
Albania
no
belarus and lichtenstein were the two european ones left
latvia
no
bulgaria
no
lesotho and swaziland
no and no
burkina faso
botswana
guinea bissau
ivory coast
no
no
no
yes
are you going to make list all of the countries in africa?
cos thats all i'm basically doing.
yes
two mainland african countries left
and one off the coast
they speak french in the 2 mainland ones
niger and nigeria
mali and rwanda
ghana and gambia
seychelles
togo
i'm eating in actually.
no and no
yes and no
no and no
no
mali
comoros
no
sao tome and principe
yes
ridiculous.
yes
Honduras
no
borders it though
el salvador
no
nicaragua
no
guatemala
yes
why am i still in here?
because there is one more mainland african country
and one more pacific island country
tahiti
fiji
samoa
western samoa
cook islands
vanutu
marshall islands
oh fuck this
togo
benin
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
no
yes
benin or marshall islands?
marshall islands
nauru
kiribati
no
no
uganda
no
one left
mongolia
sweden
vatican city
luxembourg
andorra
kyrgyzstan
tajikistan
uzbekistan
monaco
republic of congo
bolivia
burundi
chad
lichtenstein
belarus
paraguay
ivory coast
mali
sao tome and principe
guatemala
marshall islands
cameroon
no
Namibia
Western Sahara
Botswana
Cameroon
Guinea Bissau
Central African Republic
Eritrea
DR Congo
Mozambique
no
no
no
no
no
yes
no
yes
no
22:
mongolia
sweden
vatican city
luxembourg
andorra
kyrgyzstan
tajikistan
uzbekistan
monaco
republic of congo
bolivia
burundi
chad
lichtenstein
belarus
paraguay
ivory coast
mali
sao tome and principe
guatemala
marshall islands
central african republic
well done boothyfearssatan! better luck next time meths
i got loads you cretin.
i was the only keeping this thread on its feet for hours.
I found playing the quizzes on sporcle really helped my geography
I'm sorry
I feel like I've just stolen the final answer on Family Fortunes when your family did all the work building up the total.
no, you put me (and everyone) out my misery.
Dan Smeeland
also there's no way we've invaded kiribati
The islands which now form the Republic of Kiribati have been inhabited for at least seven hundred years, and possibly much longer. The initial Micronesian population, which remains the overwhelming majority today, was visited by Polynesian and Melanesian invaders before the first European sailors discovered the islands in the 16th century. For much of the subsequent period, the main island chain, the Gilbert Islands, was ruled as part of the British Empire. The country gained its independence in 1979 and has since been known as Kiribati.
atlantis?