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What wars has England been in?

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England has been involved in numerous wars in its history It would be hard to name them all but if you start at the Anglo saxon Invasion the most famous would be-

Defending against the vikings

Losing To The Normans

The Crusades

100 Year War with France

War of the Roses

30 years war

English Civil War

Jacobite rebellion

Napoleonic Wars

Crimean war

Zulu war

Boer War

Irish war of Independence/Anglo Irish war

WW1

WW2

Falklands

Iraq

Afghanistan

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The answer to this question depends a lot on your definition of a 'war' and also the strict interpretation of what constitutes 'England'. For the sake of this question, England is the kingdom of England from the late Anglo-Saxon period up to the Union of 1707 with the Kingdom of Scotland. A war is less easy to define, but let's say that a war is 'a reciprocated, armed conflict, between two or more non-congruous entities, aimed at reorganising a subjectively designed, geo-politically desired result' (described as such in wikipedia). Therefore wars England has lost - the defeat of Aethelred of England and the Viking conquest of England by Svein Forkbeard and his son Canute 1014 the defeat of Harold of England and the Norman conquest of England by William of Normandy 1066 the 'War of Bouvines' between King John of England and King Philip II of France 1214 First Scottish War of Independence 1296-1328 The 100 Years War (at least the last phase 1429-1453) Anglo-Spanish War 1585 -1604 The First and Second Bishop's Wars (with Scotland) 1639 & 1640 The 2nd Anglo Dutch War 1665-1667 The 3rd Anglo Dutch War 1672-1674 Although it is arguable as to the extent of the defeats and the actual short, medium and long term effects of each defeat, there doesn't seem to be much doubt that England did lose these wars.

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A couple I know is the one where they defeat the Spanish Armada in 1588?

Another is the French-Indian war of 1754 (or close to that)

WWI

WWII

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England has been part of dozens of wars, certainly too many for me to list.

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