Poll: Can England be invaded
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Pff. England? Invulnerable? If you didn't have such good pilots you'd be posing that question in German. Answer to your question being, no.
I'll probably get a lot of hate for this but,
If America can be invaded, then England can be invaded.
If America can be invaded, then England can be invaded.
They would still be posing that question in german, if hitler hadn't gotten bored with bombing britian into a shell, wandering off to russia.ElephantGuts said:
As has already been stated any country can be invaded, whether or not said invasion will be successful however is another question. The powerblock formed by the EU and it's allies mean that no conventional invasion will occur. On the off chance that the UK really did hack people off to the extent that everyone wanted to invade, they would only do so once the nuclear capability we have is completely neutralized and even then there would be hesitation. Can England/the UK be invaded? Yes. Will it happen any time soon? Nope.
We have the greatest army in the world except on numbers (America and China beat us there). I'm sorry, USA, but it's true, we do have a better army, you simply beat us on numbers, but our technology is actually just as good as or better than yours on pretty much all fronts. The only problem is that cost cutting Labour don't like spending so hardly any sees the front line. If we did have that stuff out there instead of lying around in equipment stores back at Sandhurst, Cosford, Plymouth, Cranwell and everywhere else, then it's a widely held fact we would easily be able to beat the Americans in battle. As it happens, simply because of that we would be able to resist most attacks on our country (not counting nuclear warfare, but since we also apparently have nukes [I'm still slightly unsure there though] then everyone would lose there).
That said, no country, even America, is completely invulnerable. I know quite a bit about military tactics, warfare in general, the UK Armed Forces and have first hand experience of UK military training. But I can safely say that with a well trained and large enough force, we could still be invaded successfully. By the same token we could probably invade America (thank you, 'special relationship', take what you want, why don't you?). Love Actually reference in the brackets, by the way. No country is invulnerable, and the UK is no exception.
That said, no country, even America, is completely invulnerable. I know quite a bit about military tactics, warfare in general, the UK Armed Forces and have first hand experience of UK military training. But I can safely say that with a well trained and large enough force, we could still be invaded successfully. By the same token we could probably invade America (thank you, 'special relationship', take what you want, why don't you?). Love Actually reference in the brackets, by the way. No country is invulnerable, and the UK is no exception.
By the way, England hasn't been successfully invaded since 1066. Since then, the English have beaten the Scottish in several wars and it was only the rise of the Stuart monarchy that finally united the two countries. Hence your comment is historically BS. Sorry, but any history textbook will support my statement over yours.Schmee said:
True, true. He probably would have had an easier time of invading England than Russia too. Too bad he apparently had ADD. Or atleast, ADD when it comes to conquering the world.Bulletinmybrain said:
The U.S has 298 ships. U.K has 105. You don't even want to know the aircraft carrier ration.. 11:2Trivun said:
Invaded. Not conquered. Two very different statements.
I think he was compensating for something, trying to win first place in a, "Who can invade the most countries" contest. I mean seriously. He marched across all of europe dropping Frenchmen's pants.ElephantGuts said:
You might want to brush up on your history, since the Hurricane got more kills during the Battle of Britain than the Spitfire. And the Royal Navy wasn't a particularly big obstacle for Hitler in invading Britain; they didn't have enough of a presence in the English Channel to prevent an invasion. And morale doesn't stop a Panzer III from gunning you down.Mazty said:
I'd like to point out the fact that England and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are not one and the same.
And yes, it would be entirely possible for the UK to be successfully invaded. Whilst we're one of the most advanced countries in the world, we don't exactly have a huge navy, air force or army any more, and there are nations that are militarily more advanced and more powerful than us (primarily the USA, hence why our foreign policy is based around maintaining good relations with America).
And yes, it would be entirely possible for the UK to be successfully invaded. Whilst we're one of the most advanced countries in the world, we don't exactly have a huge navy, air force or army any more, and there are nations that are militarily more advanced and more powerful than us (primarily the USA, hence why our foreign policy is based around maintaining good relations with America).
Um. All right. England is pretty awesome--pretty good at the Empire business when it was on about that--but taking on every other developed military in the world? No.
England is not an empire anymore and while I do--very, very much--admire their moral, history and overall toughness as a national identity (They told Hitler to suck it when Hitler razed London in WWII)--and would never want to invade them anyway--realistically. Realistically. If every nation with a developed military force went after England. They'd be overwhelmed, if nothing else, by sheer numbers.
Now, one at a time? That's a bit different. For example, taking on the Russian military, the American military and, say, the Chinese military--one after the other? Eventually it would wear them down. (Depending on the spacing of the attacks and how well/badly England had done against the opponent.)
All the stubborn, awesome resolve in the world---can't fight against numbers. And if the other nations truly went at it with the intent to take England--it could be done.
Not that I would want them too. I like England.
England is not an empire anymore and while I do--very, very much--admire their moral, history and overall toughness as a national identity (They told Hitler to suck it when Hitler razed London in WWII)--and would never want to invade them anyway--realistically. Realistically. If every nation with a developed military force went after England. They'd be overwhelmed, if nothing else, by sheer numbers.
Now, one at a time? That's a bit different. For example, taking on the Russian military, the American military and, say, the Chinese military--one after the other? Eventually it would wear them down. (Depending on the spacing of the attacks and how well/badly England had done against the opponent.)
All the stubborn, awesome resolve in the world---can't fight against numbers. And if the other nations truly went at it with the intent to take England--it could be done.
Not that I would want them too. I like England.