• Sconrad122@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      So many times depending on who you trace modern Brits to. Romans invaded the Celts. Saxons invaded the Romans. Normans invaded the Saxons. And that’s just England. Wales and Scotland could probably come up with another dozen plus examples between them

  • boonhet@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    9 months ago

    The map is bullshit tbh. It includes countries where the brits actually helped achieve independence (the Baltics after WWII).

    The definition of invasion according to the book is apparently “has fought in conflicts in territory”.

    E.g Sweden is uninvaded according to this map. If Norway invades Sweden and the UK goes to help Sweden, it’ll count as the brits having invaded Sweden for this map.

  • SplashJackson@lemmy.caEnglish
    113·
    9 months ago

    Horseshit, half the countries in the world didn’t even bother getting around to existing until long after the British put the great project on pause

  • LarsIsCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    9 months ago

    To clarify a lot of confusion I see in the comments. This book considers a country to be invaded when:

    • At any point during the history of England, Whales, northern Ireland, Scotland, and or significant predecessors any army of theirs “invaded”,

    • Counting any part of the land that is now considered part of the UN country. So not only from when the country existed,

    • And being invaded meaning they had some control over, or fought conflicts in the territory.

  • Pancho@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    At first I thought that it was a bit of a stretch to include Brazil there, but I think that you can say that if you consider the English corsairs/pirates activity during the early period of Portuguese colonization.

    Edit: also, probably that’s the reason why the indland countries in South America are out of this list.