What is the hardest country to invade?

[Raddra]

Hmm, Britain.

Is Britain that hard to invade? We are an island but our almost 1000 years without a successful invasion has depended almost entirely on our Navy. Japan you could see as a Mirror image of the British Isles, and it was demonstrated how vulnerable an island can be to a larger aggressor with established continental ports.

Japan got cut off and bombed into oblivion and with no room to move, even ruling out Atomic Bombs the invasion of Japan by most simulations would have been a success. In fact the mining and anti-shipping campaign was so effective Japan would have descended into abject famine by the end of 1945 and by 1946 couldn't have resisted any invasion.

As great as it is to be a small island surrounded by sea, it also leaves you extremely vulnerable to blockade and aerial bombardment.

While the aerial bombardment is a true figure, Britain has proven itself to be extremely adaptable and enduring under the face of bombings.

Japan and Britain are also two different beasts when it comes to self reliance and agriculture. Japan does not have a great amount of fertile land in comparison to the UK. The UK has a HUGE amount of farmland and has been self reliant ever since the tough lessons of WW2 as far as food production goes.

 

[RoBi3.0]

Longest: Antartica because theres nobody there

...Don't you mean shortest? Because, y'know, there's nobody there?

Also because the short period of time between Antarctica's kill you where you stand is a few seconds winter and it's comparatively more mild kill you where you stand in a few minutes winter.

 

[interspark]

none fictional, curse you, you stole my answer, i don't know in that case, geography and military potential aren't exactly my strongest subjects

 

[emissary666]

Do you know what the Swiss military does? It guards Switzerland, that is the only thing it does. They have mountain bunkers overlooking the border, they have a mandatory military service, they are surrounded by mountains. Even though no one owes them anything, historical neutrality means that attacking them makes you the bad guy. Also, a lot of powerful people are going to be upset about a threat to their money.

 

[Carbonyl]

Russia.


Never get into a land war in Asia.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

There's some battle during World War 2 between invading German forces and Russian troops where, in one battle, Russia threw about a million soldiers in there all at once, not counting the vast amount of tanks and other support. They won based on both sheer numbers, and because you do not fuck with a pissed off Russian!

I think you are talking about the battle of Kursk.

Yeah, that's the name. Just looked up the rough numbers of what the Russians pelted the Germans with and... holy shit, it's more than I remembered reading.

Nearly 2,000,000 men.
More than 5,000 tanks.
More than 25,000 big guns.
Nearly 3,000 aircraft.

So yeah, that is why you don't fuck with Russia under any circumstances. Because they can throw all that at you, all at once.

Do you know what the Swiss military does? It guards Switzerland, that is the only thing it does. They have mountain bunkers overlooking the border, they have a mandatory military service, they are surrounded by mountains. Even though no one owes them anything, historical neutrality means that attacking them makes you the bad guy. Also, a lot of powerful people are going to be upset about a threat to their money.

Plus there's that time that heavily armoured Austrians invaded it only to be wiped out almost all in one ambush by Swiss peasants throwing rocks off a cliff.

Yes, that actually happened.

 

[Duskwaith]

Just to spoil the party.

Aghanistan. "But we already have conquered it!" I hear you cry.

For a start I dont know any country that has SUCCESSFULLY occupied that country. The British couldnt fully annex it during The Great Game, the Russians couldnt hold on to it for long and currently NATO is in a tussel over the entire thing with a good few areas either being totally controlled by the Taliban or the NATO influnce only extends beyond their F.O.B's.

You can argue that it was largely Operation Cyclone that cause Russian capitulation during the 80's and one can argue that the current NATO operation is working but its fast turning into a Phyrric victory.

Aghanistan taking the title for hardest to hold.

I dont see the massive coastline of America being a bonus since you could land multiple invasion forces left,right and centre though its overall size and capacity to wage war makes it a strong contender for hardest to invade.

Though I would give the title of hardest to invade to Russia. The refused to falter in 1812 and against Nazi Germnay in the 1940's

 

[Broady Brio]

Costliest: USA. There's a lot of land to go through.
Bloodiest: China. Quantity, the big word here.
Longest: USA. Lots of land and people to go through.
Hardest: USA. Other countries would come to their aid.

 

[Pierce Graham]

Russia. Many great leaders have tried and failed.

 

[Jake0fTrades]

It sounds like everyone already beat me to my answer, Russia, definitely. Not much you can do against the Russian winter.

As for the most casualties, it'd probably be China. Strength in numbers.

 

[masher]

If history's gonna teach us anything, probably Russia.

 

[AssassinFisH]

Sorry to say this American patriots, but China could come and take your country with relative ease. World War 3 is almost guaranteed to involve China as an aggressor. China has over 600million people, ready to take on the fight compared to USA's 140million. They could also choke the USA military's spending capailities by stopping to lend them ridiulous amounts of money.

 

[Carbonyl]

Poland, obviously.

I am Polish and I take offense... oh hell, I cannot say it with a straight face. Your implication is completely true.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Hardest: USA. Other countries would come to their aid.

I'm not too sure about that. America don't really seem to be in the "making friends" business on the global scale. I doubt any country would rush to their aid unless they were 100% obligated... which brings up the unfortunate business of me living in the UK, probably the only country that has some kind of contractual obligation to always help America out in whatever shit it gets itself into.

But if someone's launching a full-scale assault on America, taking out its lap-dog ***** nation shouldn't be too much of a problem for them given they must already have bollocks the size of boulders to even be taking on America in the first place. A small island would be no problem.

 

[Flig]

If you've ever played a certain flash game you know this to be Madagascar...

Though in reality, I'd have to say Russia for most of the categories, since I don't think there's ever been a truly "successful" invasion, despite the constant attempts.

 

[sgtslacker]

Canada Obviously anyone stupid enough to attack one of the most liked Countries in the world that has a army that technologically at least is near on par with the USA, and Canada has the best allies of all time. That's right I'm talking to you.

 

[Lord Doomhammer]

Gonna have to say United States. Not because of any reason anyone here's listed like Geography or Costliness or gun toting idiots or even the number of lives it would take to land successfully on our shores... no the problem is a very unique one. Our Navy.

The US Navy is larger than the combined navies of the next 16 nations of consequence. This means that anyone trying to come across the oceans is going to have to get passed a terrifying amount of naval fire power.

So frankly I don't think anyone can really get close enough to invade.

 

[vxicepickxv]

Costliest: Any OPEC nation* - If you are actually an occupying force, fuel prices will spike so high that you can't afford to move your military and their supplies, plus most of them are stupid hot, which means you need fuel for generators, which is expensive.

Bloodiest: USA - If prompted, we will nuke the whole damn world so we don't go down alone.

Longest: China** or India - There's a lot of bodies to cut through in order to win.

Hardest: Afghanistan - Unless you're going to commit genocide, the people will fight you.

Silliest: Easter Island - I felt like adding a category.

*If you have backing from other OPEC nations, this probably won't actually happen.

**If you tear down the great firewall of China, pacification is a lot easier.

 

[RoBi3.0]

Hardest: USA. Other countries would come to their aid.

I'm not too sure about that. America don't really seem to be in the "making friends" business on the global scale. I doubt any country would rush to their aid unless they were 100% obligated... which brings up the unfortunate business of me living in the UK, probably the only country that has some kind of contractual obligation to always help America out in whatever shit it gets itself into.

But if someone's launching a full-scale assault on America, taking out its lap-dog ***** nation shouldn't be too much of a problem for them given they must already have bollocks the size of boulders to even be taking on America in the first place. A small island would be no problem.

There are 28 countries in NATO. NATO is as close to a 100% obligation a country could have.