Did you know there are only 22 countries which have never been invaded by Britain. In 1920, the empire covered roughly 13,700,000 square miles or 24 percent of the total land area of the Earth.
Even though the British Empire only managed to establish its first colony in Ireland in 1556, several decades after Portugal and Spain claimed land on the African continent and the Americas, it still became synonymous with global conflict due to its network of dominions and colonies spanning the whole globe.
According to the InFact chart by Statista (see below), although certainly not all of them became its subjects, Britain's warfaring efforts only spared precious few countries in the world.
According to the book "All the Countries We’ve Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To", there are only 22 countries Britain never invaded throughout history.
There aren't many gaps on the map, but some of the more notable include Sweden, Belarus and Vatican City.
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