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How many wars has the UK fought?
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I was in a debate several months ago about war in history and we started discussing the UK.
That got me thinking, how many wars for the last 1000 years has it fought?  RE: How many wars has the UK fought?
September 4, 2016 at 5:05 pm
(This post was last modified: September 4, 2016 at 5:05 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(August 26, 2008 at 6:28 pm)Brick-top Wrote: I was in a debate several months ago about war in history and we started discussing the UK. I have no idea person from over 8 years ago. Is this a necromancer record? Please say yes. I just had to win it. ![[Image: a3158109158_10.jpg]](https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3158109158_10.jpg)
(August 26, 2008 at 6:28 pm)Brick-top Wrote: I was in a debate several months ago about war in history and we started discussing the UK. All of the ones we've been involved in.
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Shit. That predates me.
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(September 4, 2016 at 5:05 pm)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Is this a necromancer record? Please say yes. I just had to win it. Can it truly be deemed a thread necro when there was only one post in it?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
RE: How many wars has the UK fought?
September 4, 2016 at 5:36 pm
(This post was last modified: September 4, 2016 at 7:07 pm by Regina.)
I have no idea, but The UK has only existed as "The UK" for 309 years, and 1000 years ago the islands were split into many little petty kingdoms, so anything before 1707 would have just been regional squabbles or "civil wars", or wars with France.
The UK has only become a world power on the main stage since it became "The UK" and started colonising other countries. Before that, it was a relatively isolated backwater-region, but it always had some kind of rivalry with France and sometimes Spain.
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157 as the United Kingdom. Anything else I can Google for you?
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