> > History - oh yes, they were also the last people
> to
> > successfully invade England. Sailed up the Thames
> and attacked London.
>
> No dear, they did *not* invade, they attacked
> shipping on the Thames and
> Medway. No-one got off the ships to attack land
> installations (though there was fear that they
would).
Still sounds like an invasion to me - that's a long way inland! And pretty impressive, I'd say. Wasn't that the lot who tied a broom to the mast and claimed to have swept the seas free of English ships? Style. That counts for a lot.
> The Luftwaffe in *The* War ('40-'45)
I don't know of a war that went from '40 to '45. There was one from '39 to '45, though.
> were the
> last successful formal military attacks on England.
"Formal"??? Complete with signed documentation giving permission?? Good grief, you'll be talking about "official" Glorantha next....
> (The terrorist group of
> the week (are they still Irish? or Arab? of
> something else?) are the latest
> *in*formal attackers.)
I believe the Irish ones claimed to be formal: as if any one cared. The last bomb threat I'm aware of was some sort of Arab, but I may be a bit out of date. Or, depending on your definition of "terrorist", the last act of that type may have been American.
> Sheesh, you need an *American* to tell you your own
> history?
Well, you don't have much of your own to learn, so presumably have memory free for other stuff.
> And I'm voting for Patagonia, Outer Mongolia, or
> Antartica.
Patagonia could be interesting. It's effectively Welsh. They haven't admitted having lost their own country to the English yet, they're still fighting that war.
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