All the Countries: And the Few We Never Got Round To

Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, we’ve invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171. That’s not far off a massive, jaw-dropping 90 per cent. Not too many Britons know that we invaded Iran in the Second World War with the Soviets. You can be fairly sure a lot more Iranians do.Or what about the time we arrived with elephants to invade Ethiopia?Every summer, hordes of British tourists now occupy Corfu and the other Ionian islands. Find out how we first invaded t...