Why did not Britain conquer Europe?

Why did not Britain conquer Europe?

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Because they only love to bully weak coutries

Because it's our job

They were only capable of colonising undeveloped places with no proper armies

Because Europe was torn in a war between the eternal French and the eternal Hasburgs for centuries, and Brits had no power over the continent whatsoever, so they had to seek weak countries elsewhere.

>they would be filled with white people now

we almost conquered france once but the king died of dysentery before he could be crowned

same reason spain and portugal didn't

only france and germany tried to conquer Europe

this, we dindu nuffin

It's funny how everyone shits on Britain for only fighting "weak" enemies, but while continental Europeans were busy being all "tough" by fighting each other Britain was building from absolutely nothing what are today some of the best countries in the world.

and rome
and i guess one could argue russia has been trying on and off

>we dindu nuffin

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whatever you say Wang Xiu Ying

we preferred to keep Europe weak and fractured, stop the eternal Frank from conquering it all

good lads

Too weak to fight on land vs normal countries.

We fought in quite a few European conflicts, thankfully our once-wise policy planners realised the Continent was a squabbling sea of irrelevance and petty revanchism and made it firm convention not to waste our efforts. Would that they were still with us now.

weaklings

>we

French kings using their anglo-saxons/celtic slaves.

they did conquer a rock in europe

retart

Henry V was english senpaitachi

and French kings were German so we all lose

We're not the French, why would you want to shit in your own backyard and make life difficult for yourself and have the entire continent hate you for centuries to come. Britain has spent years defeating European dictators, we didn't want to become one.

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They tried their hardest and failed during their many wars to take the French crown, after which they focused their efforts on keeping Europe as fractured as possible because outright conquering it would never be feasible for them.

Wasn't he French from his father's side?

More like Franks, senpai

Franks were Germans larping as Romans

His great grandfather was half french

Henry V was from the house of Lancaster and by his time the English nobility was pretty Anglicised

>germans

Dutchies.

>only half french

Sure.

The french blood doesn't lie, m8

Loooooooooooooooooool

yet french is only 'lingua franca' in africa

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the plantagenets had blond/red hair, not very French desu

So?

Europe is Africa?

(well, nowadays, kind of...)

actually most of our history is bullying countries who had a fairly big numerical and economical advantage over us with subterfuge

Not very frankish, but very gaulish, m8

gauls are dark as fuck, the franks had a lighter complexion

is this a bad thing

what's that kind of get called?

maybe not for you Rajid

Britain goes to war
>Omg Anglo britshit
Britain tries to keep the peace
>Lel pussy
Sup Forums logic

>people
We iz untakeable fortress n shiet

>Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, fair and ruddy complexion: terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and of great pride and insolence. A whole troop of foreigners would not be able to withstand a single Gaul if he called his wife to his assistance who is usually very strong and with blue eyes...[9]

dark af, indeed

that quote is from an italian (non-white) so who cares what he considered dark probably an african lel

look at those savages

our opinion is better than the others

lel, k m8

So much for the tolerant jew

>that super saiyan haircut

(Yea, I wanted to greentext it)

gauls are better than super saiyans tb h

not an argument

not an argument

they just attacked people with sharp sticks

>Caring about the opinions of foreigners

Yeah I know it's just bizarre, you can see why they're so backward

It's true. He's a good boy, he dindu nuffin.

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anglos tried, but only european man can conquer Europe. they are not

hello

That's a big hat.

You even started a fight with Finland. Twice. We did nothing to you. I bet you just love it being a damn bully.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bomarsund
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Kirkenes_and_Petsamo

Repeating

>Britain had a large navy but a small army
>didnt have a large enough army to occupy mainland europe ,withought going into alliances
>and france had massive army relative to britains,so they would of easily defeated us in a ground war
>so we just blockaded france and concentrated on taking over the rest of the world