When Was Each European Country Last Occupied?

Who did your country famously invade? Or get invaded by?

At the airport: -Nationality? -Russian! -Occupation? -No, no just visiting!

“When was each European country occupied” “England: Never” angry Norman noises

England was so effectively occupied that the Normans never left.

Well, that introduction hasn't aged well

'Most of it has been at peace since the 2nd half of the 20th century' Balkan: Yes, most.

Ah yes, the famous balkan country of Monte, known for being a single mountain

That intro is just depressing now.

Fascinating video and I learned a lot. Also liked your adventurous pronunciation of Weserübung (actually stressed on the first syllable with a secondary stress on the ü).

“First up Portugal because it’s my country and I’m biased” Best line I’ve ever heard today

Technically, Russia was occupied by Poland for a very short while in the 1610s. They intervened in the dynastic crisis and put Wladyslaw as the Czar. He got deposed almost immediately, but that techncially still counts as an occupation.

About Iceland: They became de facto independent in 1918 with a home government, however, they formally remained in a personal union with Denmark until 1944, with the Danish king as the official head of state (like f.e. the Irish Free State, or present day Commonwealth states like Canada and Australia). In 1944 the Republic of Iceland was declared. Moreover, Iceland was under Allied occupation during World War II.

wouldn't Iceland's freedom be earned not from Denmark but from the British occupation? the UK went and occupied Iceland in order to increase the air cover range for the convoys and reduce the mid-Atlantic gap in the anti-sub efforts. The occupation shifted hands between the British, the Canadians, and the Americans and ended in 1944/45. The occupation was a bit strange though. Iceland's government remained for the most part untouched, but the island was turned into an allied base of operation for the duration of the war...

As a Polish person I can confirm: We consider ourselves being under foreign occupation until '89 / '91

I like how your pfp is napolean who is french , you speak english in your video and also you are Portuguese which makes you a complete western European lol

To be honest, the UK has indeed been occupied/invaded a few times. Vikings invaded from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Although they never fully gained administrative control, they did control most of the English and Scottish lands at one point, having executed King Ælla via use of the "Blood Eagle" in retaliation for Ælla having allegedly thrown Ragnar Lodbrok into a snake pit. Subsequently, the King of England at the time, Alfred the Great, ceded north and east England the Danes, and even formed an England/Scotland-Nordic treaty under Danish king Cnut the Great. The vikings (Harald Hardrada, king of Norway) invaded England in 1066 when Edward the Confessor died. The vikings lost to William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. William invaded from the south, taking the throne, while Hardrada was busy up north The Normans invaded from Normandy, France. Took full control over England in 1066 when William the Conqueror won at the Battle of Hastings. Saxons invaded from Netherlands, Germany and Denmark All of this, is why English as a language cannot be simply traced back to one single language group. It has been so heavily influenced by everyone which has invaded at the various points. The majority of English comes from Old German, but there is still a lot of Romance and others mixed in thanks to the French and other occupations.

Well this intro didn't age well...

Turkey and Russia: "I fear no man..." * looks at the Mongols * Turkey and Russia: "But that thing... It scares me."

6:00 “The invasions of Napoleon and Germany” Sad polish Moscow occupying in 1610 noises

Well, the intro didn't age well.