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bees   How many different countries has Britain been at war with
over the years?    • THE ANSWER is complicated by the fact that
many of Britain's former opponents do not coincide with present-
day nations. For instance, Britain fought both Boers and Zulus,
but does this count as a war with the Republic of South Africa?
In many colonies there were wars against insurrectionists
(Cyprus, Kenya, etc), but as these countries were not yet
independent it may be debatable whether they count. Restricting
myself to nations still recognisable today, my list reads as
follows: France, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Denmark,
Italy, Austria, Bulgaria (?), Russia, Turkey, Persia,
Afghanistan, Nepal, China, Japan, Burma, Indonesia, Ethiopia,
Egypt, Argentina, United States (and North Kor