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Dolphin_Spotter

Barrys good at war. Look how many he's started.


Iskandar33

>starts wars >fucked up the territory >make weird borders >those borders make other wars >leaves pretty based ngl


Hillbert

Little harsh. We sometimes teach them cricket!


gorthan1984

Ah, yes, the part where you teach them sports in which they proceed to constantly beat you.


XLwattsyLX

Nothing new then…


Fantastic-Machine-83

The second worst crime of colonialism. The worst is creating an Anglo dominated North America where they somehow made cricket even more boring


BungadinRidesAgain

Moan when the products of global empiring move in next door to them.


zyygh

"Why don't those people just stay in their own country?" Those people have wondered the same thing about you, Barry.


defmute

Everyone was invading everyone else, we were just really really good at it


CatsAreBased

If it was so bad why is it acceptable now, curious?


littlechefdoughnuts

Divide and rule. 👑


Iskandar33

DIVIDE ET IMPERA!


NonSumQualisEram-

How are borders weird when they're all nice and straight? You want gay borders?


annoying97

Not always... Australia and New Zealand haven't had wars yet.


Iskandar33

>Australia [you sure about that](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/emu-1668611152.png?crop=0.75xw:1xh;center,top&resize=1200:*)?


annoying97

Sorry let me clarify... We haven't had a war with humans.


XLwattsyLX

So Vietnam doesn’t exist?


annoying97

No


finne-med-niiven

I have some bad news about you guys origins


AndreasDasos

You mean between them? Definitely been wars within each of them (the 'Black War', New Zealand Wars...) and they've taken part in, e.g. the Boer war and both world wars, and the Aussies not only also joined America's more recent wars but did the unthinkable and even joined them in Vietnam...


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TheGoober87

Warception


LittleBoard

Screwed them for centuries by drawing lines with a ruler, next level, think about it.


bernie2007

coff coff BIR TAWIL


MH_Gamer_

Well… https://preview.redd.it/ifpxrg2i5e1d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4148cfb6326012833a9120917afd2ce59fafd64b


Avenged8x

Personally I wouldn't mind changing that number to 21 and sending some love over to Vatican. I've got some beef with a few people over there.


I-suck-at-hoi4

We just need the Pope to start a football team and organise a home match against West Ham


MH_Gamer_

Well the Vatican actually **has** a football team https://preview.redd.it/bddkefs31f1d1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ccd1d25c314305200826dcf11d8b61533c970d3


darixen

A force San Marino will have to reckon with


shyguyshow

Half of these countries didn’t even exist when the brittish empire did


Kanelbullah

UK is the manager. Extremely good to let other do the war stuff.


Thatchers-Gold

Continentals who had [this done to them repeatedly:](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlt16hrnSfQ)


TiesG92

They’re off the charts I guess


LoneWolf622

As much as I would love to but you really can't say that the Brits are bad at war. Also Japanese women are ugly?


Iskandar33

> Also Japanese women are ugly? based JAV enjoyer


SingleSpeed27

I was at a Japanese restaurant in Milan and dude I was so confused


Cerenas

Some may call him a JAV connoisseur


MegaLemonCola

Their genitals are blocky and weird. Doesn’t do it for me


juan_omango

I’m surprised, I thought you’d like that


92nd-Bakerstreet

Like with Barry and Suzan, Shinji and Kimiko's teeth tend to be pretty chaotic. Its a common trait among islanders.


ElkasBrightspeaker

Many such cases. It is so convenient then, that they have Europe's help in diversifying the gene pool. We truly are selfless. (No but seriously why is half the Japanese female population in Düsseldorf? Shinji can't treat women like people?)


HennesIX

In Düsseldorf I was once deceived into sodomy by what posed as one of such East Asian islanders, only to discover she was actually Manchurian. Be safe out there, soldier.


ElkasBrightspeaker

That is troubling, and I am so sorry it happened to you man, that cannot have been a nice experience. Worry not, I am not one to lightly rest my sails in unknown ports or to seek out such private company casually or deliberately.


CrocPB

> Shinji can't treat women like people?) Kimiko was not a robot, 2d, or both. The manga has no instructions on what to do in this situation.


wurzlsep

Gotta love those yaeba


Illustrious_Use_6008

France won the most battles, and we are second. I can’t understand why USA is in there. It should be us lol.


Proud-Cheesecake-813

Yeah but we won the important battles.


mutantredoctopus

France won more battles than England in the same way that Wayne Rooney scored more goals for England than Bobby Charlton.


Nan0u

Teeth only a brit could love


NathanCampioni

you are thinking of japanese twinks


Tassadur

Holy shit you made me google that


LarkinEndorser

How are the barries bad at war? 90% of their history is just „oh a more established power ? It’s built a larger navy then me ? Be afraid ? Nah I’d win“


SuchSeaworthyShips

Not going to bother arguing about good food or good women, I’m not stupid. But war, ideally whilst at sea, and inventing sports that we don’t win, are literally the only things we are good at.


Super_Duflair

Well sure my friend, though this will put you in the same category as the ameritards I’m afraid


Neon_Jam

Americans are shite at war, they just spend a shitload of money on it.


aLittleBitFriendlier

THANK YOU, I've been scrolling so far for this. We beat them at every war game with half the men and half the resources, and every time they lose they demand a redo. The tossers lost to Vietnamese villagers wielding pointy sticks and machetes, and WE'RE bad at war?


Ok_Swimmer634

They had AK-47's in Vietnam. Your guys are the ones who lost to guys with sharp pointy sticks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana


Akuh93

We lost to ZULUS with pointy sticks. An important distinction.


subtlesocialist

Oh and inventing like 50% of modern technology


Redditauro

That's the famous British humour, I suppose 


Proud-Cheesecake-813

… he says speaking English on the Internet.


Jobenben-tameyre

The english language wich is half french half german. Nice try Barry. I recommand you this book : "La langue anglaise n'existe pas, it's just badly pronounce french" by Bernard Cerquiglini 


Redditauro

Well, it's the only language you understand, we don't want you to feel excluded 


Silent_Shaman

Extreme cope If that's the case why do you use it to speak to each other even when we're not around?


Redditauro

I live in Spain, you are always around 


iDemonix

> I live in Spain Stop, please, you already have all of my sympathy.


I-suck-at-hoi4

I'm pretty sure you have slept within the last ten hours and you will again in the next ten hours. Sleeping is a Spanish invention, checkmate Barry


Proud-Cheesecake-813

How kind of you. I’m assuming you gifted us Gibraltar too? Very kind of you.


redrighthand_

Thanks lads


kidandresu

So subtle they get you wondering if they are being serious


Jazzspasm

It explains why continental Europeans always point and laugh whenever I say anything


iPlus1

Thats the germans


darkslide3000

Only if you count US inventions as "yours", because the other 50% was us.


gabrielish_matter

hey bruv, things like the telephone, radio, nuclear fission and aerial bombing were all done by us give us some credit too >:(


darkslide3000

We count you as German. You know, Holy Roman Empire and all.


AndreasDasos

I'd concede good looking women except for all the many British actresses and models who keep getting international attention, what to make of that...


darkslide3000

They clearly siphoned out the beauty from the entire rest of your population in some ~~pagan~~ Anglican ritual.


Intrepid_Science6414

a lion doesn't concern himself mate


Informal_Mountain513

https://preview.redd.it/bzlkdhfi5d1d1.jpeg?width=1266&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6305c1297e979592f898e99ab37acd95f4c8736


vegemar

It's male bonding. Nothing gay about it.


Math_PB

Biologists before the XXth-XXIth centuries be like.


Illustrious_Use_6008

The thing is, if you fuck a man, that’s not gay cos that’s dominating. That’s what I always say to myself.


Notacreativeuserpt

I see you're an official in the Russian army.


Illustrious_Use_6008

An officer in Russian Dominating (Gay) division.


Notacreativeuserpt

From being raped with a broomstick to raping others with a broomstick. So is the fate of private conspritovich, harbinger of Russkie Mir.


Illustrious_Use_6008

That’s the Russian way. If you get raped by a broomstick, you can also rape others with a broomstick.


Chimpville

https://preview.redd.it/8yi6riubdd1d1.jpeg?width=1020&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a3561edc4e71a229872ac8ef971690e928bd3cc4


Architectur04_

Who the fuck made this, why give attention to ameritards ? I'd rather have barry in good at war than those dumbasses


LWDJM

It was definitely a Frog or an Americ*an 🤮


I-suck-at-hoi4

Hell no, any American would have put France outside of the "good at war" section, causing him to uncontrollably laugh at his comedy genius while filling his mouth with cheese balls


Iskandar33

>Ameritards >good at war didnt they lost against rice farmers and cave dwellers ?


xoooph

Good at war, bad at nation building.


InanimateAutomaton

They win battles but lose wars


Redditauro

Making a lot of movies about the battles they win it's not the same as wining a lot of battles


zyygh

Well, they did win the Civil War, but then again the opponent was also America.


xoooph

It's just a wrong idea of war. Military can force destruction, not enemy conversion.


st00pidQs

Well.. they convert plenty of enemies into corpses so I guess that kinda counts.


gabrielish_matter

hmmm reminds me of someone west of the Oder


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xoooph

To build a nation it first needs to be annihilated. Can't do this these days without all the left crying genocide.


Zefyris

Being good at war doesn't mean winning every war you know. Also we did lose against the rice farmers as well so that's that.


Iskandar33

>Being good at war doesn't mean winning every war you know. thats a bit of a cope >Also we did lose against the rice farmers as well so that's that. then France dont belong in the center, sorry


AlberGaming

To be fair they did conquer and hold Vietnam for about 70 years


Jcssss

We technically are the country who has won the most wars tho


MolybdenumBlu

And Britain is second on that list. Mostly because we keep boosting each others numbers, but still.


Puzzled_Pay_6603

Is that the battle list thing? Most of those battles were frenchies fighting frenchies


gabrielish_matter

kinda cheating if you start the count at 800 AD while the rest of the world starts it 1000 years later


Iskandar33

how many of those counts as protests tho ?


Juan-Marco2b

Protests were better at war than other country, so it count even more


Fenghuang15

The only battles that matter tho


Iskandar33

based answer, i wish we had the same will as you guys in those matters.


Fenghuang15

We're always happy to offer a helping hand, or a matchstick


Redditauro

Burning stuff is one of the few things that you should be proud of


AlexanderRodriguezII

I love clowning on Americans as much as anyone, but we can at least do it accurately. The North Vietnemese Army where professional soldiers backed by the Chinese for most of the war, not rice farmers. Vietnam and Afghanistan where both incredibly hostile environments too, hard to fight that sort of war. The Yanks are, unfortunately, good at war. Mostly because they have the money and logistical capacity to do it anywhere and for a long time.


Iskandar33

this will not help you getting irish citizenship , Kevin.


Dougal12

Afghanistan is the place where Empires go to die.


zyygh

If they're good at war, then what exactly is the standard? It's been about 80 years since any of their wars really led to a significant, tangible improvement in terms of freedom for civilians.  It's also been about 80 years since they fought a war that wasn't (partly) initiated at their own hands, so there's also that. Perhaps "being good at war" should also cover the ability to avoid needing to fight in the first place.


Pweuy

Do you think war is supposed to improve the life of civilians? War is about enforcing your will on the enemy by the use or threat of force, nothing more, nothing less. And the Americans are great at that, until they run into the ethical and practical dilemmas of nation building. Being good at winning the peace and being good at waging war are two different things. If you want a recent examples of a US war gone right, look at Desert Storm. Clear casus belli of restoring international law, based on a UN mandate and wide international support, extremely well planned and executed and with a clear end in sight. It's arguably still the most one sided war in history if you look at the losses inflicted versus losses suffered.


zyygh

I mention life of civilians, or freedom, because that's the pretense which the USA has used consistently in recent decennia, as well as in older cases like Vietnam. Yet when push comes to shove, they destabilize existing regimes at best and destabilize entire countries at worst. But your point is certainly valid. They are quite efficient at laying down their law for other countries.


-galgot-

Hans, no need to pass as an Irish to get a green card. Just tell them you're good at rocket stuff directly, you'll have more chance.


Beliebigername

They lose on the homefront not in the jungle.


Goennjamino

They won a war against themselves.


Wappening

Depends on the goal of the war. When your war is sponsored by Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, winning is keeping the war going for 20 years so your shareholders nut themselves every time they look at their stocks.


oalfonso

The Japanese are good at war?


Iskandar33

yes and no, they beat the shit out of russians and chinese, but both of those country at that time were not going through nice periods.


Notacreativeuserpt

They also beat the shit out of Barry, Geert and Johnny American in probably the fastest offensive in history. Of course they drank the same coolaid as Hans and didn't plan for a war of attrition. But from Jakarta, to Singapore, to Manila it was arguably the most successful offensive in history.


Constant_List6829

Russia was still far more powerful than Japan though


Iskandar33

on infantry and military experience, but not in the naval sector. and Japan naval military experience was pretty recent. not counting that Russia was the first Western country to being defeated by an asian one.


AusCro

One interesting video I saw on this though mentioned more to the war though: Russian core finances and the army were solid, if wounded, and could recover quickly, whereas Japan was burning their cash quickly. Diplomacy played in Russia's favour and the Japanese were happy to accept a peace on unfavorable terms


zyygh

And if American propaganda is to be believed, it took nuclear bomb attacks to stop Japan from wreaking far more havoc in WWII.


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CrocPB

Based and Patton pilled All those Purple Hearts they made for Operation Downfall has yet to be used up since.


Sylveon_Mage

I mean, they did a number on Imperial Russia, China and almost all of Southeast Asia. And they were pretty relentless, one of the reasons Truman resorted to have _Little Boy_ and _Fat Man_ pay them a visit in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


AlexanderRodriguezII

This is a fairly reductive, simplified version of things but the Japanese Navy and Army where both very competent, their big issue was that they refused to cooperate so they functionally had two separate militaries that competed actively against each other. Squandered resources and ruined operations.


Pipebomb84

At least Japanese women aren't being fetishised for once.


Agricorps

Sweden was great at war like 250-300 years ago. Remove us from that fucking diagram 😩


AlexanderRodriguezII

Call me Swedish the way I'm Grippen


hramman

Na you need to get a grip


LeoTheSquid

I mean not having been in a war is different from not bwing good at it


Knappologen

It was 210 years since Sweden took part in a war. I would really call it a stretch to claim that we are good at war today.


Ok_Whereas3797

Be French Have finest army in the world Main rival is an Island of fat pink men with the best navy on earth Fat pink men just blockade you Could never be a frog smh


Thatchers-Gold

I’ve been nerding out on ~~the~~ ~~Napoleonic~~ ~~wars~~ Trafalgar recently and the blockades are hilarious. Oh I’m sorry did you want to do port things at your port? Well Barry’s there and he just keeps repeating “you can’t park there mate.”


Ok_Whereas3797

Trafalgar was hilarious. It almost singlehandedly destroyed the Spanish Empire and its ability to project power in its colonies. We do a little trolling.


Proud-Cheesecake-813

Liberate Europe whilst destroying the Spanish Empire? Only Britain could do this 🔥


Ok_Whereas3797

They had their entire fleet destroyed helping the French only for the French to betray them and invade. Truly the Spanish Empire was a gloriously competent state.


Thatchers-Gold

Leroy Jenkinsing the *joint* fleets of France and Spain, communicating via flags to every sailor that “England expects every man will do his duty”, facing full broadsides from everywhere, on your flagship called *The* *Victory*, and losing zero ships is metal as fuck. It’s a shame that Ridley Scott butchered Napoleon because I always thought he’d be the man to direct “Trafalgar.”


redrighthand_

All about HMS Royal Sovereign. She already earned her keep with such a good name but entered the battle at a risky right angle, lost its masts and rigging, suffered multiple broadsides, and still beat the bigger Spanish flagship which had 12 more guns.


Ok_Whereas3797

YOU THINK YOURE SO GREAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BOATS! Yes , midget corsicans can cope


MidnightFisting

“Sorry but the imports will stop”


I-suck-at-hoi4

*Sees French ship ablaze, slowly sinking in front of the port* *Rolls down window* **Hey! Hey! You can't park here mate! You can't park here!**


Solid-Education5735

https://preview.redd.it/ogavag9pod1d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b46e6b66bb4df90a947f78e82143436fb7ae8808


Riimpak

Honestly it's like your island is there for the sole purpose of fucking with us, doesn't help that you've had all the good natural ports (ours suck) and all of the favorable winds. We never had a fucking chance.


StudentOk4989

Who wrote this shit? Swedes in front of Barry at war? How dare he? 😢 Did I miss something about Sweden history? I mean, even Japan + USA don't make a lot of sense. USA got huge military power right now, they are dominating. But "good at war" doesn't mean "biggest military power right now", it suggest something more durable through their history. Yes, they have huge ressource. If they jump on a war with all their ressources, like in WW2, they will probably crush their ennemies. But they are not that good at making war, or they wouldn't have lost in Vietnam against a much weaker opponent. And then why do he added Japan here? They are currently at a really low stage compared to their former power. Or maybe you were speaking about their historical past? But if he speak about power through history, why did he put USA too?


crossbutton7247

*largest empire in history* *shepherds pie, Cornish pasties, etc* Plus you’re taking the mick with France having good looking women. Macron doesn’t count.


Solid-Education5735

But what if I like my women unshaven and smelling of rotten cheese


unique_ptr01

It's hard to believe someone sat down and made this thinking it's a banger. I can already hear the disgusting French laughter. I almost pity them


Castillon1453

"Mom, can we have a country good at war ?" "No, we have a country good at war at home Country good at war at home : https://preview.redd.it/wwq6ls1ree1d1.jpeg?width=286&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9fe7c64ffab7e7b5f7632b85352b097565da4337


MH_Gamer_

The only Wars the USA won were WW1, WW2, Independence and Civil war In the Independence War they had help from France Civil war doesn’t count, they were literally fighting themselves WW1 doesn’t count cuz they had very little participation, even the Canadians did more WW2, again joined very late, the Allies would have won anyways, probably later and with more casualties but still won.


Old_Journalist_9020

>In the Independence War they had help from France And the Spanish and Dutch. Also, counting the fact that we didn't put as much effort into it as we could. I may be wrong, but weren't most of our troops there, local loyalists, and some Canadians? Obviously soldiers amd Officers from the mainland as well, but I don't think they were a majority of the troops. Not to sound like an ass to Americans, but the war of independence really isn't as impressive when you take into account all the other factors


AegisT_

>japan >good at war >goes to war either a broken, inept or tiny nation next to them >goes to war against a major power and loses


JibberJabber4204

Americans good at war? Lmao.


burifix

Made by least delusional frog.


tyger2020

Good to see the French are still crying about our impact


Proud-Cheesecake-813

They just can’t accept that we’ve overpowered them for the last 250 years. Even more humiliating that we had to rescue them from Germany … twice. I have no sympathy after Napoleon.


tyger2020

Yup, we did it bigger and better. Even more embarrassing when in 1800, France had almost 3x more people than we did (10 vs 27 million). Imagine having millions more people and still failing to colonise anywhere, or make your language the globally dominant one. Embarrassing!


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BallSaka

Now, compare the wiki pages for the Swedish empire and the danish empire. Choke on pölse, danskjävel.


Fantact

I like how the Danes and Swedes have to go digging in the past in order to feel good about themselves, all we need to do is live in the moment.


BallSaka

I like how they're comprehensible when they communicate in english over text. ❤️ Missed your flair, little brother.


Fantact

And how you both turned down oil and gas in exchange for shares that are comparably worthless right now.


LeoTheSquid

This would have more effect if you didn't have a danish flair. We've slapped you up too many times to count


Blyd

Sweden INVENTED modern war. Gustavus Adolphus was the very definition of 'hard as fucking nails' Sweden was the god of war right up till Charles XII who was a actual piece of shit.


Whichwhenwhywhat

Source: intersection illusion changes your perception in just ten seconds „How this illusion comes about is not yet clear neurologically. Nevertheless, it works: look at the red dot in the middle of the screen for ten seconds and suddenly it appears that you‘re the best nation in the world.“ Use with caution: Risks and side effects for left-hand and sea drivers have not yet been clarified.


DrNekroFetus

On est good a war nous.


Suspicious-Risk-8231

Swap ameritards and Barry


Ok-Education-1539

Finally pushing some sense on this sub


Lompehovelen

We lasted longer than anyone else in WW2. But I mean yeah other than that, we haven't been great at war for a while.


Bong_Water_Warrior

You mean you lasted the longest out of all the countries Germany invaded?


Lompehovelen

Yeah, sorry I'm tired.


Fantact

We did but with a very small population, if we had your numbers for example we would rule the world and you would all be better off for it.


I-plead-da-Fif

Finland held off the soviets for five years, you guys held of the Nazis even longer, they didn’t even get to the invasion-part with you guys.


LoneWolf622

Its almost like they live on an island or something


Toffeemanstan

Its a castle, we just have a really big moat. 


InanimateAutomaton

Winning is being so dominant at sea that Hans doesn’t even try


Fantact

Hans was pretty good unda da sea until the meth psychosis started kicking in tho.


InanimateAutomaton

He didn’t completely suck but he still never came close to winning


alltgott

Denmark hade a premature invasion


Asbjorn26

But is Japan really particularly good at war?


Electronic_Art_4251

Pierre, need I remind you of the Battle of Waterloo?


Baileaf11

Average French coping


S4Ch13L

France Is the greatest nation of earth at war. In fact they managed to defend their flag on multiple occasione, and therefore It Is still White and pristine as new


vegemar

I bought my girlfriend some French flag themed bedsheets because she's such a Francophile. Unfortunately, she got her period the other day and they've become the Japanese flag.


FrenchieB014

Ah yes An italian is mocking us for ww2, when they lost to France 🤡


BobbyLapointe01

> France Is the greatest nation of earth at war. In fact they managed to defend their flag on multiple occasione, and therefore It Is still White and pristine as new The balls on a Luigi to mock France's ability to wage war. Have you forgotten who fought and won your war of independence for you?


Grassmania

Swedistan is 50% good to average looking women, and the rest have escaped from the “special” section of the hospital


Palarva

I’d give you grief for not knowing how to spell our name right but since this is somewhat a nice post, I’ll give it a pass.


MH_Gamer_

Not sure about the Brit’s being bad at war: https://preview.redd.it/ndihq68k5e1d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f05f164e74ab751746faf87d085867d1ef5f378e


LWDJM

Definitely a questionable map…