It seems this is the full list of countries that England hasn't invaded at some time or another: Andorra Belarus Bolivia Burundi Central African Republic Chad Congo, Republic of Guatemala Ivory Coast Kyrgyzstan Liechtenstein Luxembourg Mali Marshall Islands Monaco Mongolia Paraguay Sao Tome and Principe Sweden Tajikistan Uzbekistan Vatican City
That's 22 in total. Meaning we've invaded some 88% of the World's countries at some time or another. Either a very impressive or very depressing statistic, I'm not sure which! The last fiasco means that we've now invaded Afghanistan 4 times!
I'm guessing there's a couple on that list that we have probably had some troops in as part of a UN peacekeeping mission. Not the same thing I grant you.
A peacekeeping mission to places such as the CAR is possibly the sort of thing British troops should be getting involved with, but no money in it, sadly
A peacekeeping mission to places such as the CAR is possibly the sort of thing British troops should be getting involved with, but no money in it, sadly
Alas, I couldn't agree more. I just read the memoir of the guy leading the UN mission to Rwanda. The lives that could have been saved...
great stuff so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming. The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that. The English King was a Frenchman Football wasnt invented in England but China The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
great stuff so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming. The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that. The English King was a Frenchman Football wasnt invented in England but China The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
I admit to getting the Guardian on a Saturday. The English language absorbs words from everywhere, hence it is successful.
great stuff so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming. The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that. The English King was a Frenchman Football wasnt invented in England but China The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
Sorry to confuse things with these awkward things called 'facts'. I think someone who goes purple in the face and starts shaking with rage because other people don't want to join him in pretending that England is the greatest country of all time is the one with the issues.
598 actually - and I thought The Portugese were our oldest ally.
Was also the anniversary of the Charge of The Light Brigade.
My earliest memories were from when I was about seven or eight years old - if I were "only" 598, I would have no recall of the events of 1415 - so I built that into my calculation. I don't just throw these things together you know... :-)
great stuff so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming. The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that. The English King was a Frenchman Football wasnt invented in England but China The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
Sorry to confuse things with these awkward things called 'facts'. I think someone who goes purple in the face and starts shaking with rage because other people don't want to join him in pretending that England is the greatest country of all time is the one with the issues.
It's all part of a conspiracy to discredit and undermine the English you see.
great stuff so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming. The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that. The English King was a Frenchman Football wasnt invented in England but China The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
Sorry to confuse things with these awkward things called 'facts'. I think someone who goes purple in the face and starts shaking with rage because other people don't want to join him in pretending that England is the greatest country of all time is the one with the issues.
Who is - but this was one of the greatest victories in the history of warfare, led by an English King with mostly English Men at Arms (the majority of the Welsh were left at Harfleur) defeating a French Army on home soil who outnumbered the English by at least 6 to 1 (some sources suggest it was double that) and who chose the ground to fight on.
The French lost over 8,000 men (granted some prisoners massacred by Henry after they surrendered) for the loss of under 300 English.
Yes there were Welsh present - the most famous of whom was David Gambe (later knighted by Henry whilst he lay dying on the field). When asked by Henry how many French there were, he replied, "There are enough to kill, enough to capture and enough to run away".
That's not ironic. The fact that Henry V was a French speaker is ironic.
What's actually ironic is that Henry V was the first King to use English as his first language. In many ways he started the movement towards a standardised English language by insisting on the use of Chancery English in law. For the first time there was a standard form of English instead of dozens of regional dialects.
great stuff so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming. The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that. The English King was a Frenchman Football wasnt invented in England but China The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
Sorry to confuse things with these awkward things called 'facts'. I think someone who goes purple in the face and starts shaking with rage because other people don't want to join him in pretending that England is the greatest country of all time is the one with the issues.
Who is - but this was one of the greatest victories in the history of warfare, led by an English King with mostly English Men at Arms (the majority of the Welsh were left at Harfleur) defeating a French Army on home soil who outnumbered the English by at least 6 to 1 (some sources suggest it was double that) and who chose the ground to fight on.
The French lost over 8,000 men (granted some prisoners massacred by Henry after they surrendered) for the loss of under 300 English.
Yes there were Welsh present - the most famous of whom was David Gambe (later knighted by Henry whilst he lay dying on the field). When asked by Henry how many French there were, he replied, "There are enough to kill, enough to capture and enough to run away".
King of England he may have been, an English king he most certainly was not.
great stuff so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming. The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that. The English King was a Frenchman Football wasnt invented in England but China The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
LOL. As a Guardianista of some years standing I salute you sir, in the traditional manner of an English bowman! ;0)
(PS you forgot to mention the royal family are German too).
great stuff so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming. The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that. The English King was a Frenchman Football wasnt invented in England but China The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
LOL. As a Guardianista of some years standing I salute you sir, in the traditional manner of an English bowman! ;0)
(PS you forgot to mention the royal family are German too).
The name Saxe-coburg-Gotha (AKA Windsor) is indeed a Saxon name from the Saxon House of Wettin, Saxony being in Germany. There are however other areas of Saxon settlement; West Saxe, East Saxe and South Saxe.....There are some Kent's about.
great stuff so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming. The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that. The English King was a Frenchman Football wasnt invented in England but China The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
LOL. As a Guardianista of some years standing I salute you sir, in the traditional manner of an English bowman! ;0)
(PS you forgot to mention the royal family are German too).
There are however other areas of Saxon settlement; West Saxe, East Saxe and South Saxe
great stuff so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming. The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that. The English King was a Frenchman Football wasnt invented in England but China The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
LOL. As a Guardianista of some years standing I salute you sir, in the traditional manner of an English bowman! ;0)
(PS you forgot to mention the royal family are German too).
There are however other areas of Saxon settlement; West Saxe, East Saxe and South Saxe
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Andorra
Belarus
Bolivia
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo, Republic of
Guatemala
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Mali
Marshall Islands
Monaco
Mongolia
Paraguay
Sao Tome and Principe
Sweden
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Vatican City
That's 22 in total. Meaning we've invaded some 88% of the World's countries at some time or another. Either a very impressive or very depressing statistic, I'm not sure which! The last fiasco means that we've now invaded Afghanistan 4 times!
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so 87% of the troups at Agincourt were Welsh 12% were scots just there to take the Kings shilling the 1% English ran away when they saw the mighty frech coming.
The English language is actually German , Ja we knew that.
The English King was a Frenchman
Football wasnt invented in England but China
The English have never won a war but invaded everyone.
f--k me you gaurdianistas have some real issues dont you ?
I am absolutely certain, for example, that we have never invaded Brazil.
Our invasion of South Sudan )created a couple of years ago) doesn't seem to have hit the news.
The English language absorbs words from everywhere, hence it is successful.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_English_words_by_country_or_language_of_origin
Was also the anniversary of the Charge of The Light Brigade.
I think someone who goes purple in the face and starts shaking with rage because other people don't want to join him in pretending that England is the greatest country of all time is the one with the issues.
The French lost over 8,000 men (granted some prisoners massacred by Henry after they surrendered) for the loss of under 300 English.
Yes there were Welsh present - the most famous of whom was David Gambe (later knighted by Henry whilst he lay dying on the field). When asked by Henry how many French there were, he replied, "There are enough to kill, enough to capture and enough to run away".
The list includes privateers who were sacking Portuguese settlements in Brazil
(PS you forgot to mention the royal family are German too).