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Can you name every country ever occupied by Britain?
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Explanation/Dates
Answer
New Albion (1579), Oregon Country (1818-1846), Thirteen Colonies (gradually 1585-1732), Rupert's Land (1670-1870), Florida (1763-1783), East Louisiana (1763-1783)
United States/USA
Newfoundland (1497-1931), New Brunswick (1784-1931), British Columbia (1871-1931), Hudson's Bay (1670-1931), Rupert's Land (1670-1850)
Canada
Villahermosa (1599), Campeche (1663)
Mexico
British Honduras (1783-1971)
Belize
Mosquito Coast (1638-1787, 1800-1810, 1844-1860), Bay Islands (1830-1852)
Honduras
Mosquito Coast (1638-1787, 1800-1810, 1844-1860), Corinto (1895-1896)
Nicaragua
Matina (1747), Mosquito Coast (1638-1860)
Costa Rica
New Caledonia (Darien, 1689-1702), Porto Bello (1668, 1739)
Panama
Providence Island (1630-1641), Cartagena (1586)
Colombia
Maracaibo (1668)
Venezuela
Santo Domingo (1586)
Dominican Republic/DR
Tortuga (1625-1629, 1630-1635, 1636-1638, 1640-1654, 1655-1664)
Haiti
Jamaica (1655-1962)
Jamaica
Camaguey (1667)
Cuba
Bahamas (1648-1973)
The Bahamas/Bahamas
British Guiana (Pirara Dispute, 1831-1926), Martim Vaz (1700-1782)
Brazil
Essquibo, Berbice and Demerara (1796-1802, 1803-1814), British Guiana (1814-1966)
Guyana
Surinam (1650-1667), Dutch Suriname (1804-1814)
Suriname
Rio de Plata (1806)
Uruguay
Rio de Plata (1806)
Argentina
Elizabeth Island (1578)
Chile
Iceland (1940-1941)
Iceland
Svalbard (claimed, 1614-1931), Jan Mayen (1940-1945), Norway (1945)
Norway
England (495-1707), Scotland (c.439-1707), Wales (gradually 1067-1415), Northern Ireland (gradually 1167-1549)
United Kingdom/UK
Ireland (gradually from 1167-1549), Kingdom of Ireland (1549-1922), Treaty Ports (1922-1938)
Ireland
Normandy (1066-1204), Angevin Empire (1154-1204), Calais (1347-1558), Dunkirk (1658-1662), Corsica (1794-1796, 1814), Northern France (1346-1453), France (de facto, 1422-1429), Brittany (1169-1206, 1212-1221, 1429-1453), Liberation (1917-1918, 1944-1945), Le Havre (1562-1563), Occupation Zone (1815-1818)
France
Menorca (1708-1802)
Spain
Madeira (1801-1802, 1807-1814)
Portugal
Liberation (1917-1918), Spanish Netherlands (1706-1713)
Luxembourg
Tournai (1513-1519), Spanish Netherlands (1706-1713), Liberation (1917-1918, 1944-1945)
Belgium
Flushing (1585-1616), Brill (1585-1616), Liberation (1944-1945)
Netherlands
Hanover (Personal Union 1714-1837), Heligoland (1807-1890), British Zone (1945-1947), Bizone (1947-1948), Trizone (1948-1949), British Zone in Berlin (1945-1949)
Germany
Faroe Islands (1940-1945), Anholt (1809-1811)
Denmark
Hano (1810-1812)
Sweden
Liberation (1943-1945), Sicily (1806-1815), Trieste Zone A (1947-1954), Sicily (1190-1191)
Italy
Liberation (1944-1945), British Zone in Austria (1945-1955), British Zone in Vienna (1945-1955)
Austria
Sezana (1945-1947)
Slovenia
British Zone in the Adriatic (1918-1921), Vis (1811-1815), Dubrovnik (1814), Zadar (1813), Pula (1947-1954), Korcula (1813-1814)
Croatia
Kotor (1814)
Montenegro
Sazan Island (1815-1864)
Albania
Occupation of Bulgaria (1918-1919)
North Macedonia
Epirus (1854-1856), Ionian Islands (1809-1864), Parga (1814-1819), Rhodes (1945-1947)
Greece
Occupation (1918-1919)
Bulgaria
Occupation of Bulgaria (1918-1919)
Romania
Cyprus (1191-1192, 1878-1964)
Cyprus
Constantinople (1918-1923),
Turkey
Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1920)
Georgia
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920)
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920), First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920)
Armenia
Bushehr (1838, 1856, 1915), Occupation (1941-1946)
Iran
Emirate of Kuwait (1899-1961)
Kuwait
Mandatory Iraq (1921-1932)
Iraq
French Syria (1941-1945)
Syria
French Syria (1941-1945)
Lebanon
Transjordan (1921-1946)
Jordan
Palestine (1920-1948)
Israel
Dual Control (1879-1882), Egypt (1882-1922), Occupation (1922-1952), Suez Canal (1954-1956)
Egypt
Transjordan (1921-1925), Hejaz Protectorate (1915-1927), Emirate of Kuwait (1899-1922), Mandatory Iraq (1921-1922)
Saudi Arabia
Protectorate (1916-1971)
Qatar
Trucial States (1820-1971)
United Arab Emirates/UAE
Muscat and Oman (1891-1970), Khuriya Muriya Islands (1854-1967)
Oman
Aden (1839-1963), South Arabia (1962-1967), Federation of the Emirates of South Arabia (1959-1962), Protectorate (1872-1959)
Yemen
Transcaspian Occupation (1918-1919)
Kazakhstan
Transcaspian Occupation (1918-1919)
Uzbekistan
Transcaspian Occupation (1918-1919)
Turkmenistan
Protectorate (1879-1919)
Afghanistan
Entire country except Gwadar (1816-1947)
Pakistan
Macau (1808), Hong Kong (1842-1997), Weiheiwai (1898-1930), Liugong (1930-1940), Tianjin (1860-1945), Hankou (1861-1927), Jiujiang (1861-1929), Zhenjiang (1861-1929), Shamian (1861-1945), Amoy (1852-1930), Dalian (1858-1860), Shanghai (1846-1863), Kulangsu (1903-1945), Beijing (1861-1945), Shanghai (1863-1945), Treaty Ports (1842-1945)
China
Protectorate (1816-1923)
Nepal
Protectorate (1910-1947)
Bhutan
Company Rule (1611-1757), Pondicherry (1761-1763, 1793-1814), Company colony (1757-1860), British Raj (1860-1947), Goa, Daman and Diu (1797-1798, 1799-1813), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1858-1947)
India
Bengal (1699-1947)
Bangladesh
Ceylon (1796-1948)
Sri Lanka
Geomundo (1885-1887)
South Korea
Bonin Islands (1827-1875)
Japan
Treaty Ports (1858-1945)
Taiwan
Manila (1762-1763), Cavite (1762-1763)
Philippines
French Indochina (1945-1946), Con Son Island (1702-1705)
Vietnam
Explanation/Dates
Answer
French Indochina (1945-1946)
Laos
Occupation (1945-1946)
Thailand
French Indochina (1945-1946)
Cambodia
Burma (1885-1948)
Myanmar
Protectorate (1888-1941, 1945-1984)
Brunei
Labuan (1846-1941, 1945-1963), Balambangan Island (1763-1941, 1945-1957), Sarawak (1888-1941, 1945-1957), North Borneo (1881-1941, 1945-1957), British Malaya (1824-1942, 1945-1957)
Malaysia
Occupation (1945-1946), Ai Island (1608-1615), Bantam (1603-1682), Bencoolen (1685-1824), Dutch East Indies (1811-1816), Moluccas (1796-1801, 1810-1817)
Indonesia
British New Guinea (1884-1975), German New Guinea (1914-1975)
Papua New Guinea/PNG
Protectorate (1893-1978)
Solomon Islands
New Hebrides (1906-1980)
Vanuatu
Australia Colony (graudally from 1788-1854, colony from 1788-1901),
Australia
New Zealand (1841-1907)
New Zealand/NZ
Fiji Protectorate (1874-1970)
Fiji
Kufra District (1882-1919), Military Administration (1942-1951), Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1882-1934)
Libya
Operation Torch (1942-1943)
Tunisia
Operation Torch (1942-1943)
Algeria
Tangier (1661-1684), International Zone in Tangier (1925-1940, 1945-1956)
Morocco
Arguin (1665)
Mauritania
Varying border with Nigeria colony (1900-1910)
Niger
Military Occupation of Libya (Aouzou Strip, 1943-1951)
Chad
Goree (1693, 1758), Senegal (1809-1816)
Senegal
Fort James (1588-1965), The Gambia (1816-1965)
The Gambia/Gambia
Bolama (1792-1870)
Guinea Bissau
Iles de Los (1755-1904)
Guinea
Colony (1787-1961)
Sierra Leone
Mano River (1808-1911)
Liberia
Bondoukou (1887-1888, 1897)
Cote D'Ivoire/Ivory Coast
Danish Gold Coast (1850-1957), Dutch Gold Coast (1872-1957), British Togoland (1914-1957), Ashanti Empire (1901-1957), British Gold Coast (1821-1957)
Ghana
French Togoland (1914-1916)
Togo
Fort William (1684-1812)
Benin
British Cameroons (1914-1960), Nigeria (gradually from 1827-1910, independence 1960)
Nigeria
British Cameroons (1916-1961)
Cameroon
Bight of Bonny Colony (1807-1867)
Gabon
Port Clarence (1827-1843)
Equatorial Guinea
Anglo Egyptian Sudan (1882-1956)
Sudan
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1882-1956)
South Sudan
Military Administration (1941-1950)
Eritrea
French Somaliland (1942-1945)
Djibouti
Ogaden (1941-1955)
Ethiopia
Oltre Guiba (1888-1925), Bajuni Islands (1888-1926), Military Occupation (1941-1950)
Somalia
Wituland (1890-1923), Kenya (1888-1963)
Kenya
Uganda (1888-1962)
Uganda
Barotziland-North Western Rhodesia (1899-1905)
Democratic Republic of the Congo/DRC
Zanzibar (1896-1964), Tangamyika (1916-1961)
Tanzania
Nyasaland (1893-1964)
Malawi
Chinde Concession (1891-1923)
Mozambique
Northern Rhodesia (1888-1964)
Zambia
Barotziland-North Western Rhodesia Protectorate (1899-1905)
Angola
Southern Rhodesia (1888-1980)
Zimbabwe
Bechuanaland (1885-1966)
Botswana
Walvis Bay (1884-1966), South-West Africa (1915-1966)
Namibia
Protectorate (1894-1899, 1903-1968)
Eswatini/Swaziland
Basutoland (1884-1966)
Lesotho
Cape Colony (1796-1961), Natal (1843-1961), Boer Republics (1902-1961)
South Africa
French Madagascar (1943-1945)
Madagascar
French Comoros (1942-1946)
Comoros
Maldives (1796-1966)
Maldives
Mauritius (1810-1968)
Mauritius
Seychelles (1810-1976)
Seychelles
Colony (1819-1941, 1945-1957)
Singapore
Palau (Claimed, 1784-1885)
Palau
Nauru (1945-1968)
Nauru
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1892-1942,1945-1976), Banaba (1900-1942, 1945-1976), Phoenix Islands (1937-1976), Canton and Enderbury Islands (1939-1976), Line Islands (1916-1976)
Kiribati
Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1892-1976)
Tuvalu
Protectorate (1900-1970)
Tonga
Samoa (1914-1947)
Samoa
Cape Verde (1578)
Cape Verde
Antigua (1632-1981), Barbuda (1625-1981), Redonda (1869-1981)
Antigua and Barbuda/Antigua
Dominica (1761-1978)
Dominica
St Lucia (1762-1763, 1778-1783, 1794-1795, 1814-1979)
St Lucia
St Vincent and the Grenadines (1762-1779, 1783-1979)
St Vincent and the Grenadines/St Vincent
Barbados (1627-1966)
Barbados
Grenada (1762-1974)
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago (1797-1962)
Trindad and Tobago/Trinidad
St Kitts (1623-1629, 1630-1983), Nevis (1620-1983)
St Kitts and Nevis/St Kitts
Malta (1800-1964)
Malta
San Marino (1944-1945)
San Marino
Protectorate (1820-1971)
Bahrain
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