Just busy at the moment, but sure, we will get around to it, lol 😆

Your colonies, then you're as bad as them

@peter meichan you really have a flea in your bonnet, don't you. History is just that HISTORY.

Unless you count us coming out there for holidays? Which is funny because thats where i am right now, in the Algarve. Love the portugese and their culture. Hope your having a great day :)

That's very true,we love the Portugese!

We invade Portugal every winter (in a slow, pensioner kind of way..... 26°C in the winter....great for sore joints...and lots of barbecue chicken and fish 🍗🐟😸👍

Oldest continuos alliance in history.

@@switchie9762 you do realize you’re literally watching a video which mentions and rectifies this problem, right? This is literally the case for most historical claims and always has been. For example, the claim that France has the no. 1 military history isn’t accurate , and was done via keyword Wikipedia searches (which would count diplomatic wars). People still take it as fact Or the belief that winter was the main cause of Russias success in WW2. History is always simplified, idk why you’re so convinced it’s all Britain

Technically Portugal has been invaded though. So many people not understanding history in these comments

@@switchie9762 you kept blaming “the Brits” … watch the video

@@switchie9762 but you took issue with the claim that Portugal was invaded? Napoleon invaded and occupied Portugal, and then occupied Spain, which had been its ally. So how can Napoleons invasion of Spain be counted, but not Britain, who Napoleon clearly didn’t want there? That’s like claiming Britain, Canada and the USA never invaded France in WW2, they simply “fought alongside Free France” 😂😂

You had the Beach Boys to get around.

​@@davidcopson5800 lol 😆

Too fecking right.

Someone had to bring a bit of order to the world. Look what’s happened since we tried to let countries govern themselves, we tried to give people a chance to sort themselves out, and everything ended up going to the dogs. 🤣

All hail the British Empire proud of my British ancestors ❤

And then you guys want to complain when brown people are in your country haha. Nothing compared to the millions killed by famine caused by the English who took over their land. Or the rapes, pillaging, slaughters comitted by your people on innocent people on their own land

We'd have been peasants/slaves.

Nah Scotland did!

@@paulwilson2651 Britain did

@@daveffs1935 Don't think so Scotland did!

@@paulwilson2651 Scotlands not part of Britain?

Nope!

The Maltese invited the British to come to their aid against Napoleon to free the island. They formally wrote to the queen and invited the armed forces over to Malta and made a treaty with the queen, and the Maltese accepted British forces help, but the Maltese argued that since they've formally invited the empire over, they had the right to severe that pact and part ways with the empire. Eventually the British spent 200 years in Malta regardless, and in the early 1960's then Malta prime minister first tried to negotiate with Britain to let Malta become part of it, but the Brits refused and from then, they pushed to gain independence and eventually succeeded in gaining freedom from the Brits in 1979.

@tobe1207 I agree, I was mostly being silly. If you play a game of Alternate History where you look at the values of a country and what they would do if they had the power of the British Empire or the American hegemony, pretty much every other country would have had worse outcomes for native peoples/ conquered/colony. So you are right about silly apologies unless for a joke. People aren't rational though and find it hard to look at hard bits of history in a sober, levelled sort of way. If you ever want to feel awe at a man's accomplishments despite the hate he gets nowadays- Capt James Cook was a brilliant human.

The Sultan is a paedophile,fact.

Queen Elizabeth I

Yup they gave Hong Kong the same treatment

We are a bunch of land-grabbing twats. Nuff said.

I will say the Vikings started it though.

Isn't that what the US does now

@@runyunhyde4373 "In payment for our help we will just have this land for another military base"

They fight now to support our special forces because their the only unit in the British commonwealth we now they can handle it without worry, and this is a Cheshire talking.

@@adam_2539 They left the chat in 1815.

@@asl7235 The French left the chat in 1805 (at sea) and tried vigorously to re-join the naval chat in 1850-1870 (a British-French naval arms race phase) but then both realised they couldn't come close to the Royal Navy (being 1/4 it's size) and then Prussia invaded them in a manner in which their expanded navy they had just been spending so much extra money on, played very little part (money their army needed more at that time) The Germans entered the chat in 1871 and by 1890 were actively trying to be the naval rival to Britain that France tried and failed to be. Arguably, by the 1910's, the Germans had largely managed to present a credible opponent to the Royal Navy, with the 2nd largest navy in the world, even bigger than the US Navy or Japanese Imperial Navy of the time (both then up-and-coming navies and powerful forces themselves) But the Royal Navy was still far larger than even the Kaiserliche Marine.

France, I hear, has lost more Wars, but won the most Battles of any other country. You certainly want them on your side

@@grabtharshammer France in 2023 is: - an official Great Power - Tier 2 Blue Water Navy (very good) - one of the best land armies in Europe - strong in MBTs (Leclerc) - strong in the air - strong at sea - strong at submarine warfare - capacity for a lot more - a major NATO member - nuclear weapon armed - respected amongst peers Only a fool would doubt that France in 2023 is very strong. Britain and France are very closely matched if we're not looking at the time army sizes. However, military history matters too, of course. And Britain and France have many shared histories for obvious reasons. They had 34 wars between them (English VS French) since Medieval times.

@@ThePalaeontologist A larger armed forces,With a smaller defence expenditure than the U.K.. Does U.K. defence budget go on Admirals and Generals extravagant pensions, alone?

Aren't they German troops at 0:15 secs helmet shape

@@sjbict Most likely, although the Russians have been know to supply revolutionaries in southeast Asia with captured German equipment.

@@warrenbridges1891 yes but this video is about the Brits invading countries. and showing Brit troops But then Americans are famous for misrepresenting facts in history

@@sjbict Of course. I wasn't trying to suggest that they were Asian. Simply giving an example of equipment distribution.

No worries! We're fine on our own!

And I apologise for this commenter not being able to spell 'apologise' correctly! 🤣

Look at brits now lol 😆 how things have changed we americans could wipe out limely land in one sec

Dont get on our bad side. This aint 1700s. Brits arent a power anymore. Even if they think they are lol

@@ishrendon6435 mate calm down 😭

as someone from Malta, we helped the Brits chase Napoleon out of the Mediterranean. Then they decided to occupy us. And Britain had a piece of portugal occupied at a time

@@panxtomate8822 I understand you blame the Brits but you have to remember we were only given the vote at the same time as you were.

@@paulmidsussex3409 I don't blame them at all, I'm just explaining about how you were wrong about BOTH Malta and Portugal. Not one of those mad at a group of people for something happened years ago, its all a part of history

@@panxtomate8822 What did I actually say that was wrong? If it wasn't fr us you would be speaking French and eating Brie.

​@@panxtomate8822 was Portugal an invasion? Genuinly asking. I thought the Portuguese and British were allies and as part of a trade agreement Britain agreed to defend Portugal should Napoleon attack. Surely it isn't an invasion if sanctioned by that country?

And dont forget the Crusade for Curry and Ice cold beer.

Hope the Woke and BLM are reading this.

Err. Roman Empire, Denmark, Norway. Normandy, Netherlands. That's it isn't it?

@@chesterdonnelly1212 yeah I’m not quite sure what he’s trying to get at… not to mention it’s only applicable to England

@@XXXTENTAClON227 Not just England, half of present day Scotland once belonged to Norway.

@@krashd But not at the same time as England, Wales and Ireland. That’s my point; the subjugation of the British Isles first happened under Oliver Cromwell Also as far as I’m aware, it was never half unless Scotland is smaller than I thought. You are referring to 1263 correct?

Kings and Generals also.

not all. my people never tried to invade anyone. so yeah. we have the moral high ground. and we can freely call the english pirates pirates. because that's what they have always been.

@@sabin97 which people?

@@sabin97 oh grow up. England did a lot for most of these nations anyway.

@@MessageInBlood667 We have a Chinese born politician here in Australia, who recently made a fool of herself by lecturing to the U.K on the evils of colonisation. Yet, here she is now, as a front bencher in the government, benefitting from that very thing. At the same time, she states that her ancestors made a free choice to move from China to Hong Kong, to also take advantage of this 'supposed' evil. The hypocricy.

yeah, and NSDAP convinced everyone Germans were being destroyed by Jewish minority, some people (mostly Germanic) would believe BS to justify their actions...

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Calling slavery something else is hardly a crusade against it.

@@johnbreen8994 good attempt at wise words …. I’d score you 3

because it never happened

I must confess that the day is not the only thing that picks up from her smile !

Falklands is ours (U.S.A.) because you soft brits are a U.S. vassal, and our red headed step child. You basically belong to us now, and always will. ha ha ha And thanks for giving us the pleasure of whooping your ass in 1776 & 1812 👍

ahaha... yeah, protection, spoken like a true mobster

It's always a justification, sometimes it's justified.

You're trying to deceive the Anglo-Saxon. your country has existed for 500 years only by robbing other countries.You are nothing of yourself.You robbed the former independent countries that became your colonies by buying up raw materials there on the cheap, and exporting it to your island, and there you sold deep-processing goods for a lot of money much more expensive than they cost in continental Europe.You are a nation of Parasites

Cool. Now is, "Bring democracy".

@@puzzled012 shhhh don’t tell them about our business or you get clobbered 😁

The Royal Marines? Around since 1664 them nutters

Royal Navy! Without us the squaddies and Bootnecks wouldn't be able to get there to do the invading!

Talking bravery here but I get your point

And it's full of nonces.

What’s about napoleon’s times?

@@Nicminiezrobisz what exactly about Napoleon's times? I don't see no Poland on any map then, I don't see no British army coming to invade Poland.

We probably Saw yall drinking vodka and thought nah, we'll stand with you 😂 can't lie I've only always had good times with polish people, you just have good vibes 👌👐

We know history. You helped (massively) to stop the Islamic Caliphate from taking over Europe, which would eventually mean these Sceptred Isles. Makes you gold in our books. Long live the memory of the Winged Hussars.

@@Iluvantir we generally love you polish ❤️

It is nothing in comparison to the Mongol Dynsasties, Rome etc. How far back do you want to go with this crap? The fact is UK is no longer in that space. How about we look forward to our future rather than looking to the long distant past and trying to cancel it or using it to try to discredit a country today. A LOT of countries have an invading history. So what. That is how the geopolitical landscapes of today were formed. It still happens today by countries including China and Russia. Are you going to waaa about that too?

And while you are at it, do the video about WHO invaded them all of those times.

@@toddmaek5436 Thank you! That's what I was hoping people would do. The word invaded isn't appropriate for many of the situations in this video. And I think many people would have their world view changed when they see who kept invading England throughout history - and who joined each invasion. Some nearby Nationalists would struggle to justify their victim status.

@@lokki245 I’m confused… literally speaking, no one’s invaded the United Kingdom and I’m assuming you’ve confused it for England or Great Britain. The closest occurrence I can think of was during WW1 when a German battleship attacked a coastal town, sitting directly in their waters. But that’s more of a bombardment… The United Kingdom has never been a victim like you’re implying, but I don’t think that means they’ve always been the aggressor, I also don’t understand the problem with the term “invading”, it hardly means conquest. WW2 Operation Barbarossa is still referred to as an invasion even when it failed. Napoleons invasion of Russia was still an invasion when it failed. In fact, this list could be much bigger if you change the terms to “conflict with”.

@@XXXTENTAClON227 I suspect the reason for your confusion is because you haven't read what I actually wrote.. I didn't mention the United Kingdom and, yes, I am talking about a very long time span. My point about the word 'invaded' was that Britain [sic] didn't invade many of their countries in the way that is implied by this video - or implied by the other videos and books of the same ilk. My point about "Britain , and especially England" was simply that they were invaded (often unsuccessfully) relentlessly throughout history, very often by their closest neighbours (including those within what is now the UK) and often by a combination of those neighbours. I was simply pointing out the very loose way that the word invaded was being used.

I was just reading about this. It’s odd, because I never remember seeing Portugal on the list of countries “Britain hasn’t invaded” but now I’ll be on a mission to find out why

@@NoProtocol just edited the comment, dont know if you saw, I guess there was technically an invasion in the 19th century, Portugal asked for british troops to help get rid of Napolean. I dont know if that counts, probably not

@@TheGabrielPT so you said "they didn't invade" then said "there was a technically an invasion" THERE WAS an invasion

@@pheobebuffet3719 the thing is is idk if it counts as

@@TheGabrielPT it does

Thankyou

People always wonder how such a little that's jalf the size of Texas could weald such influence in the world. Even to the point of being the center of the world On any wall map where time starts, London Grenwich, this tiny country with it's English language that's permiated the whole world, as told of in that other great institution that has also come out of this tiny place the great KJV bible

No no llll. As l said before none are so blind that cannot see that which plainly obvious.

England/Brittain could managed these great enterprises the empire and Book that's dominated the world, a world that feels that it's about to drown No common sense days there must have been a great power behind the the throne, as the great English bard Shakespeare called it this scepter isle with it's still enduring throne, no someon beyond us frail mortals has had hand in this and l say only one stupid mind could deny it. And this great says it happen again only this time the whole world. From this same scepter isle, William Blake's poem will come true as it's set in the song Jerusalem music by parri along with Elgar and his great music with the words that sum up my theme, Land of Hope and Glory that the whole world aspire to.

Not enough emphasis is put on "The Industrial Revolution" which played by far the biggest part in "this drama". With out all the inventions ( cast and steel being the biggest ) they would'nt have got too far into the dominions.

@@blackbob3358 I suppose so.

Because we're British

@@blackbob3358 The inventions are also part of our accomplishments though? So…. You’ve just described how we accomplished so much by using what we already accomplished.

We had the most powerful Navy in the world.

She is intelligence personified...:)

you have the wrong idea mate! its not because we deemed you unworthy - it is because you didnt annoy us, and we get on well with you!

Bro you have a reverse Crusader flag, our flag is yours with reverse colours 😂 "Huh Nice Flag, like ours but reverse colours, we'll leave em' be" Lol

@@EdwardOfEastAnglia That is a good enough reason, Mein Freund.:) I put a similar comment on a similar video with 400 likes now.😀

@@Isleofskye Hahaa a great reason, I say! Well you know what they say right mate? Great minds think alike. And yes I love your beautiful flag 🇨🇭 Deserves 400 likes because it's true! Ha, be well brother. Keep flying that thing with Glory. Btw your Swiss military drummers are some of the best I've seen. They're amazing.

@@EdwardOfEastAnglia You are more than kind, Mein Freund. Ironically, our "Top Secret" Drum Corps are quite "high profile" performing many times at The Edinburgh Tattoo.

But not tribbles?

never too much

We created the modern world. 🇬🇧

@@rodnee2340 And we are hated for it. I am so glad the Romans conquered England.

It's impressive.

@@bobbobertbobberton1073 they were protomodern. But the savages were mind poisoned by all the lead they consumed. That probably set modernity back by a couple of hundred years.

The English are now pretty pleased the Romans invaded England.

@@switchie9762 And what's your source?

It's just a hot sweaty Blackpool with a much better beach.

I've lived many years in southern Spain at Costa del Sol, specifically in Malaga province (Andalusia) and there is definitely a HUGE AMOUNT of British inhabitants in a lot of towns in that region (for example in Benalmádena and Fuengirola). Not to forget the Canary Islands. I lived for a while in Tenerife, in the southern part of the island in a small town close to Las Americas, and I remember, when I moved in to town and started getting to know the people living there, that a high percentage of the inhabitants were British. Besides that, I have to mention that I have double-nationalitie as I'm French 🇫🇷 and argentinean 🇦🇷, and I gotta add the information that in Argentina (a couple of hundred years ago) the British have tried 2 TIMES to invade the country attacking Buenos Aires (Argentina's capital city) being rejected both times, but they've occupied the "Malvinas" (called by them "Falkland Islands") together with other islands in that part of the South Atlantic. Argentina has tried to get the islands back attacking in April 2, 1982 and starting a war which England won and as a result, the islands are STILL occupied and under the power of Britain and Argentina keeps claiming and trying to get them back (by diplomatic lines and international justice) so far with no success.

@@uwotm8 Hot, Sweaty Blackpool It'sJust A Hot,, Sweaty Blackpool...:)

@ The country of Argentina has never owned the Falkland Islands and there is no such thing as the Malvinas.

And that is putting it mildly. The British became strong because we had no other choice. Other Empires were willing to destroy us as fast as they could get away with, so Britain had to play them at their own game. They just didn't like it when they realised Britain was better at it than them.

That was an "act of god", 3302. A protestant wind blew the papists on to the rocks !! ( Ones tongue is firmly in ones cheek, before anyone bites ! )

We as well too! One of my favourites was 1589 The Counter Armada or English Armada 👍

Truth. Empire was the route to survival against the much more powerful and populous European powers. It was a trading Empire seeding colonists. We never had a land army to hold any where by brute forces. And it was local alliances, local forces that made it possible. The voluntary memberships of the Commonwealth is a strange sign of the "hated" occupation.

@@manuelrodriguez2637 That’s barely talked about in England. Spain subsequently lost hundreds of ships and soldiers in a counter-counter attack. Presumably, this helped inform the Royal Navy leading to the wars with France.

The Welsh were not much involved. It is one of the myths of history. You can look it up. English archers made up the battles we all talk about, Agincourt etc.

The English overseas possessions, also known as the English colonial empire, comprised a variety of overseas territories that were colonised, conquered, or otherwise acquired by the Kingdom of England during the centuries before the Kingdom of Great Britain existed. The many English colonies from then became the foundation of the British Empire. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_overseas_possessions

will catch up soon as France hasn,t really won a war since 1815 LOL.

@@asl7235 They won a lot, even after 1815. EX: Greek Independance-Morea Expedition, Crimean War, Second Opium War, Second Italian Independance, WW1 And even WW2, they are considered as a victor etc...

I see the brits with the dutch like a big brother to a smaller brother, i can give them a dig but if you touch them then we will f you up 😂

Football field ?? Lmao. Grow up mate. Both countries look like a Ghanain team. Smh

Yes we did. We invaded, we conquered, and left prince Willem on the British throne. But the narrator was wrong in calling us archnemeses. We've always been natural allies. It was only during the little ice age, when much of Northern Europe was starving, that we fought a succession of wars over what were basically fishing rights.

That’s because they’re still British, so not invaded, just … occupied, I guess EDIT: except Malta

@@XXXTENTAClON227 You're right about Bermuda and Pitcairn. Yet, these are still places that Britain has invaded, but not "countries". BTW: Bermuda had a referendum about independence in 1995, but it was rejected by 3/4. As it is self-governing in internal affairs, it really doesn't matter.

@@mina_en_suiza ik I’m just saying since they aren’t sovereign states they can’t count, I’m aware they were invaded. But covering non sovereign states would take a really long time lmao

I actually think the video leaves those areas if you watch the video. I can see gaps that aren’t filled in

I depends on if you believe that the 'backwardness' of these people happen because of the british. The Middle east is probably the best example, the middle east was far more free, stable and accepting of other people before it got colonised. Even more, most of the extremism on the middle east was directly of indirectly created by American influence. If you also could say this about china is another question tho.

@@Broken_Mesh That statement needs a whole load of qualification. You'd have to consider the enslavement of East Africans who were brought to the middle east in their millions, the ongoing schism between Sunni & Shia Muslims, the recent (decades after the British left) moves by religious fanatics to subjugate the rights of women and minorities. The Palestinian question. Sure some of the problems might have been caused by British actions, but many times the issues were just under the surface anyway.

@@Broken_Mesh The backwardness is a direct result of the oppressive aspects of their religion and those who use it as a tool to gain power, which existed before British rule and came back strongly after. It definitely was not more free on a human rights level for the average person. More free to choose its own destiny via the oppressive dictatorships that seized power there before and after, sure.

Except we Brits don't have nearly the might to back up any threats we can make to take Hong Kong back.

Yeah, good luck with that

@@switchie9762 well i guess during the anglo-spanish war ? They captured a couple of towns in brazil when it was still a portuguese colony, so technically maybe it should be on the list of "invasions".

..and bring back a few momentos and souvenirs from our holidays like a Stick Of Rock...No Biggie:)

And the Royal Navy to get them there 👍🇬🇧

It’s ironic how people think they’re being “progressive” by blaming everything on England exclusively but in reality they are just unnecessarily excluding millions of people from their own country

Be fair, Rorke's Drift is yours! "Because we're here lad. No-one else!"

It was for the best mate. Imperialism should not be our legacy.

@@salientsolution5436 Few years ago we had people marching in the streets shouting "death to the British" and we reward them by giving them a free house, free money, free healthcare you think that shit would've gone down like that in the past?

@@salientsolution5436 We are in financial ruin yet we send money to Ukraine, mass homelessness yet we house Ukrainians for money show me when the government has offered money to house British homeless people... Ukraine had nine years to prepare after Crimea they did nothing (join NATO, EU, Warsaw pact, invest in better military budget nothing.) And now I'm paying for their stupidity. FUCKING JOKE