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Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain (lemmy.ml)
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source: https://www.statista.com/chart/3441/countries-never-invaded-by-britain/

source's source: https://archive.org/details/allcountriesweve0000layc/mode/2up

cover of the book "All the countries we've ever invaded, and the few we never got round to" by Stuart Laycock

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[โ€“] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (15 children)

This is incorrect, England has never invaded Portugal. They have in fact formed one of the oldest alliances in the world.

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