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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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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Okay, during the war of 1812, Canadians (who were British at the time) marched on Washington and burned down the Whitehouse. That probably counts, but it wasn't held territory.