How did Britain Conquered 24% of the World? #shorts #england #map

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[CanadianBallGeo]

Fun fact:
Moon land area: 38m sq. km
British Empire land area: 35m sq. km

[tyrel]

The British Empire actually triumphed after the Napoleonic Wars, with its two main competitors out of the game: Spain and France. And with all of Europe weakened by the Napoleonic wars.

[MrPancakes]

In the MCU they also conquered most of the galaxy, since all the aliens seem to be able to speak English

[paulchen]

Fun fact: most of their African territory came under their control due to defensive wars. Basically, most of them went Something like this: set up a trading post, Ally with local warlord/kingdom, the ally gets attacked, Britain then defends and subjugated the attacker, who then gets attack by someone else, then the cycle repeats.

[kzazazazk]

It also helps that they were spared from the brutality of the Napoleonic wars, leaving them in a similar position as the USA found itself after the world wars.

[AggressiveSkunk]

*How did Monaco conquer .0024% of the world?*

[TetsuShima]

Napoleon III: "I will create an empire so great that not even the British would dare to rival me!" 😎
Napoleon III some years later: "Oh, hey, Vicky. I just had a little incovenience with Prussia. Can I stay at your house for a couple of days?"😅

[djh]

How did they colonise everything? Britskrieg.

[medamg]

British food and women made the British man the best sailor in the world

[paradox]

Unlike many other empires, Britain often ruled with benign neglect.
Why spend time, money, and manpower governing lands when you can get others to do it for you.

[joetheperformer]

Unmatched naval superiority with an organized army that can rival other great powers. You might have an average army, but if you can keep them supplied via a powerful navy, you’re golden. That’s how.

Edit: everyone seems to interpret what I said as British military being “lesser” than any army around the 1800’s era…guys, I said AVERAGE army for its time. Not that it’s lesser.
Edit 2: Napoleon’s army was undoubtedly unmatched late 1700’s/early 1800’s. I’ve heard many historians argue that the world had to adjust to match his strategy for army organization.

[ScroogeySkinflint]

The British Empire was built on cups of tea! 🫖🍵

[UberZackson]

It is true that being an island nation kinda made potential invaders think twice before attempting anything, but let's not forget that the British Isles were invaded at least four notable times in ancient history: 1. the Romans (c. 55 BC), 2. the Saxons (c. 5th and 6th centuries AD), 3. the Vikings (8th century AD), and 4. the Normans (1066 AD). Granted, I understand that they are meaning that Britain has been difficult to invade in modern or semi-modern times, but it's still important to remember that Britain has, indeed been invaded many times and that those invasions have shaped modern Britain.

[cloric]

The key was focusing on trade and diplomatic ties initially.
An island with over 2000 year’s experience in war, migration and religious differences by the time it came to colonise.

[John-tqh]

I see loads of comments pro Britain, France, Spain, Portugal fighting each other. Your food is shit, your weather is that, your women are this.... Guys, it's 2024. None of us conquered nothing other than our homes and families. It's ok to feel pride for what your nation has achieved in the past (all of them with gloomy episodes too), bit just be happy to travel the world and know wonderful people from all over.

Some of my best friends are French, English and Portuguese ironically, me being Spanish. We always have a blast when we gather together. And we respect each other's countries achievements.

[GD-mwkd]

_"... as an island nation Britain wasn't threatened by many invasions..."_ Viking souls laughing from Valhalla "...what did we just hear?"

[overworlder]

The Napoleonic wars gave Britain naval dominance. European navies were blockaded in Europe or wiped out or captured by the RN which gave it almost 100% control of the oceans. The period 1792-1815, spent mostly at war with France, was the period in which Britain consolidated its hold on the Cape Colony, India, Malaya and Australasia. India alone was a much larger and wealthier economy than the UK, the UK only overtaking it in the early 1900s. The high point of British power was the period 1815-1850, after that Britain’s relative economic and naval preponderance declined as France, the US and later Germany caught up economically. Although the RN was largest fleet until WW2.

[archery]

124 views in 5 minutes, bro fell faster than zanzibar against the british.

[fallenhero]

The reason why the British were so successful was sheer determination, for you see our Island lacked spices and warm weather so we went everywhere else looking for it.

[benetadroer]

GB and Spain were empires where the sun had never set