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Newboy
Yep. Always been friends.
To help.
"The Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373 was signed on 16 June 1373[1] between King Edward III of England and King Ferdinand and Queen Eleanor of Portugal. It established a treaty of "perpetual friendships, unions [and] alliances" between the two seafaring nations. It is the oldest active treaty in the world."
No doubt because Britain was usually at war with Spain.
No doubt because Britain was usually at war with Spain.
The Peninsular Wars went on for so long, and cost so much in blood and money, that they destroyed the government and society in Portugal and Spain, resulting in the loss of their American colonies, and greatly weakened France, easing its subsequent defeat.
This may have been in accord with the policy of the British Foreign Office, to weaken our European rivals.
This may have been in accord with the policy of the British Foreign Office, to weaken our European rivals.
We've invaded all but 22 of them according to this: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/history...-of-ten-countries-so-look-out-Luxembourg.html
"Iceland, invaded in 1940 by the British after the neutral nation refused to enter the war on the Allies side. The invasion force, of 745 marines, met with strong protest from the Iceland government, but no resistance."
Yeah but Iceland slapped us in the cod wars
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Bodd
Thailand... Iran...
Doesn't exist any more, been superceded.
