Rule Britania – More than 80 percent of Planet Invaded by Brits Throughout History, Book Reveals


Military History Now

What do Burundi, Guatemala, Luxembourg and Uzbekistan all have in common? Simple: They are four of the small handful of countries in the world that have never directly experienced British military involvement.

According to a new book, entitled All the Countries We’ve Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To by British author Stuart Laycock, Great Britain has used its military to coerce, dominate, assist or subjugate more than 82 percent of the countries in the world – no small feat for a tiny island nation that’s roughly half the size of the state of California.

Laycock told the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph last weekend that the idea for the book came to him when his son asked how many locations on the planet the United Kingdom had fought in.

“I was absolutely staggered when I reached the total. I like to think I have a relatively…

View original post 306 more words

By heathenramblings Posted in Personal

Leave a comment