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Only 22 countries have never been invaded by Britain (lemmy.ml)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26015783

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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I was about to check it myself but due to the bad reviews and general laziness went with just what the reviews said.

It did seem like it was somewhat tongue in cheek and not supposed to be taken quite as seriously as some of the reviewers or those citing it for their infographics did.