Most professional army in the world aka the superglue users
On the one hand - lol. On the other…
It does seem that this island isolation has installed in England a sense of invincibility. That they are safe and sound on that little island, free to invade whoever, without getting invaded themselves. Which is also one of the reasons Blitz and V-series bombs were such a horrible shock - suddenly the enemy could well reach the “cloudy Albion”. But of course after the Nazis got tied up in USSR and the threat relented, the furious sense of invincibility returned - as evidenced in the screenshot.
The same sense of invincibility, I would argue, was inherited by the USA. Bigger island, bigger guns, same chest thumping. Pearl Harbor was Yankee version of the blitz - a horrible insult to their self aggrandised worldview, an insult that had to be returned a hundredfold. To be reduced to the level of those dirty continentals, that can and do get invaded?! Unthinkable!
Now I am not sure where to go with this, exactly. But I do think it’s a phenomenon that is worth some examination.
UK is not nearly safe from invasion as they would want to think. Historically, they took note from the Spanish Armada attempt, which was failed because weather and incompetence of spanish commanders* and later build three things needed for island nation to defend from the invasion - strong navy, strong spy network and strong diplomacy. Now they have shit navy, and their spies and diplomats work more for US than UK. They also of course don’t have any candidates for invading them, as single glance on the map would show.
*Fun facts: 1. English navy which is credited for repelling the invasion managed to sunk entire grand amount of TWO ships in the open battle (of which one iirc was also blown up due to accident with handling blackpowder). 2. Spanish army at the time if managed to properly land and be provided support would most likely completely crushed the English.
They also of course don’t have any candidates for invading them, as single glance on the map would show
Yeah, they’ve worked quite hard on this front, haven’t they?
Yeah, but as in case of USA, their only true friend is the geography.
Who needs friends when you have a willing human shield of several countries!
