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57.5 Degrees of Pain 8 Jan 8:27pm, 8 Jan 2025 26,317 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain ChrisHB wrote:@GlennR GlennR Perhaps cultural invasion is counted as well as military. The US would have racked up more than 68 then. Ronald McDonald himself can top that total.
Jason1969 8 Jan 8:45pm, 8 Jan 2025 13,384 posts	0 Jason1969 Is that all that's left? We can finish the list by the end of 2025 with a bit of effort, can't we? Paraguay and Bolivia are very close, so I think we could knock those out in a weekend.
ChrisHB 8 Jan 8:59pm, 8 Jan 2025 23,355 posts	0 ChrisHB Here's a second-hand source: statista.com
GordonG 8 Jan 10:19pm, 8 Jan 2025 10,754 posts	0 GordonG When did we invade Greenland? Or does invading denmark cover that?
NordRunner 9:41am 9:41am, 9 Jan 2025 4,899 posts	0 NordRunner Note that «invasion» is not synonymous with «rule». After all, Britain was invaded by the French in 1797.
Cerrertonia 9:55am 9:55am, 9 Jan 2025 22,592 posts	0 Cerrertonia And by the Americans in 1778.
57.5 Degrees of Pain 12:47pm 12:47pm, 9 Jan 2025 26,333 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain ChrisHB wrote:Here's a second-hand source: statista.com The first sentence alone is historically questionable in a couple of ways.
Ocelot Spleens 1:21pm 1:21pm, 9 Jan 2025 40,249 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens On a lighter note, . How to make your own Buttermilk. Back in the day, I like to think the Upper Classes decided to invade other countries and they made the rest of us actually do it, and if asked, we would have said no thank you.