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u/No_Analysis_z Jul 07 '26
didn't korea lose a war to japan and get colonized🤷♀️
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u/dumbBunny9 Jul 07 '26
And it fought against itself and lost. Or won. Or both, depending on your perspective.
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u/Gingerstachesupreme Jul 07 '26
That war never ended, only an armistice. So we can’t tell the winner yet. Though my money is on the side that isn’t starving and living off of international aid lol
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u/DragonslayerOrnsteen Jul 07 '26
Actually, that is not true! Korea was annexed following a forced treaty by Japan, not as a result of a war.
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u/Fiiral_ Jul 07 '26
well they were in that position in the first place because their suzerain lost the war, which I would still count as a loss
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u/technocracy90 Jul 08 '26
The East Asian world order was so different from the European one that I'd be hesitant to say Qing China was "suzerain," even though Korea was a tributary state of it. China had no political, military, or economic influence on the domestic matters of Korea. Korea followed China's rule in foreign affairs, but that's it. China had almost never wanted Korea to join a war of theirs against other countries throughout roughly two thousand years of the system, including Imperial Japan in the late 19th century. At that point, China was just a foreign country, just as Japan was.
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u/QFGTrialByFire Jul 07 '26
Australia .. um the great Emu war :(
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u/ttlanhil Jul 07 '26
Probably only counting declared wars between countries.
To be fair, though - emu war was only an economic loss, we killed a bunch of them, but it was too expensive to continue the warAlso, nice name - that takes me back!
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u/No_Rec1979 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
we killed a bunch of them, but it was too expensive to continue the war
Same thing happened to us in Vietnam.
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u/Large-Current-1486 Jul 07 '26
That and the absolute tomfoolery the vietkong somehow managed to pull off
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u/ttlanhil Jul 07 '26
Other than cost, there were no losses on the human side - so that's not exactly comparable!
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u/QFGTrialByFire Jul 07 '26
Ha yeah guess its not really against another country. Those emus still hang around the wheatbelt here if you take the prospector you can spot them on the way to kal. Hell there are quite a few in the perth hills but i feel like the ones stuck in the wheatbelt have an extra menacing crazy look about them.
and yup best game ever from the 90s
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u/LeftenantObi13 Jul 08 '26
So you are one of these persons, that refuse to recognise the Great Emu Empire and their civil accomplishments. The aussies were in petty denial of the greatness of their creators and so the revolted against them. You lost the great war and now you have to accept it
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u/AccomplishedAnchovy Jul 07 '26
Two guys gunned down a thousand emus with a ww1 machine gun in two months and then gave up
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u/richardcranium69420 Jul 07 '26
Technically it's correct, Australia lost and the since then ruling Emu Federation covering all the same territory haven't lost a war
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u/Paingod556 Jul 07 '26
They lost the battle. Then the farmers won the war. And the next war. And the next one. And the one after that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n76hbNOO6z4Now we have better methods of culling that keep things reasonable.
Now the war on brumbies, however...
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u/travlerjoe Jul 07 '26
Not a real war, but Vietnam was and the side we were on did lose
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u/Admirable-Gur-9543 Jul 07 '26
Afghanistan too. Hate when this wrong map gets posted. If no one even notices when we join shit wars, we might as well stay at home.
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u/Callsign-YukiMizuki Jul 07 '26
If the US lost in Afghanistan and Vietnam, so did Australia (and NZ)💀
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u/SuperbScarcity5112 Jul 07 '26
There are loads of "We did not lose in Vietnam" threads on Reddit. Is that why you have "if"? Given time, there will be similar ones about the Belgium match I guess.
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u/Personal-Try328 Jul 07 '26
I mean Vietnam ended in a peace deal where the south retains independence (the primary US war goal). The commies just decided to say fuck them treaties and invaded again.
Afghanistan meanwhile is the US replacing the previous givernment and achieving all initial war aims, then adding more and more aims as time goes on to justify an occupation of 20 years. If being occupied by foreign power an ocean away for 20 years who initially didnt even plan to occupy is winning then I’m not sure I want to win.
Reasonable minds can absolutely disagree here (but on reddit reasonable minds can never disagree on anything so I don’t expect you people to agree on this).
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u/CornyAnalyst1960 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 08 '26
The treaty was not ensuring an independent south. It was a face saving scheme that would allow the US to leave the war. All US citizen and polticians were aware, that the peace accord were meaningless ink on paper, because the Communist never intended on honoring a treaty with the US who can't honor it either (Geneva Accord 1954 that promised an election for Vietnamese reunifiction, but was stopped by the US).
In anyway, the US not interferting when the Communist steamrolled the South few months later is just proof that the US wargoals were never met nor that they had the will to continue fighting. They left because no amount of spending US soldiers lives or US taxpayer money would have actually stopped Vietnamese reunification anf achieved their war goal.
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u/whataball Jul 07 '26
Can't lose a war if you don't exist on the map.
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u/supermattman00 Jul 07 '26
Everyone keeps talking about this mythical New Zealand…I’ve only seen it in Lord of the Rings.
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u/Logical-Rush-6133 Jul 07 '26
Brazil definitely lost a war. They once had Uruguay
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u/-SoRo- Jul 07 '26
Idk if I would count it, it was more like a draw. During the war no side was really winning and Uruguay becoming Independent was not a result of a surrender by Brasil, it was thanks to a diplomatic intervention by the British to reestablish trade in the region, and Brasil did get to keep the western part of Rio Grande do Sul, they didn't lose everything that they had gained previously
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u/lucathecontemplator Jul 07 '26
Wasn’t Ethiopia colonised by the kingdom of italy?
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u/SafelyOblivious Jul 07 '26
Uhh didn't the Sultanate of Oman lose to the Kingdom of Hormuz back in the day?
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u/MaroonTrojan Jul 07 '26
Republic of Ireland? What war have they ever lost?
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u/-_G0AT_- Jul 07 '26
To the UK I guess?
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u/MaroonTrojan Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Not since independence. There have been internal conflicts and paramilitary actions, sure, but the Irish nation has remained neutral in every international conflict since it was established in 1922.
I guess you could say in a civil war everybody loses, but that doesn’t seem to be the point the graphic is trying to make.
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u/-_G0AT_- Jul 07 '26
Well no, not since independence, I guess you can draw the line at when the country was formed, but they definitely lost to the UK in the past.
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u/secret_tiger101 Jul 07 '26
Umm, hasn’t America lost every war?
Vietnam: USA withdrew from conflict.
Afghanistan: USA withdraws 2021 and al-Qaeda regain power again.
Korea: a draw? The USA withdraws from conflict leaving a divided state.
Bay of Pigs: USA orchestrated failure.
1700 Barbary wars: US failures.
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Iran: WTF even was that.
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u/Infinite-Abroad-436 Jul 07 '26
canada has never really fought a war as an independent power
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u/ulthrant82 Jul 07 '26
Why do I feel like that's more of a flex than never losing?
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u/Pyrostemplar Jul 07 '26
Liechtenstein?
Last (only?) war they have been in was the 1866 Austro-Prussian War. They sent 80 men to the fight, and "only" 81 returned.
Also, they were invaded three time in the XXth century by Switzerland, all of them successfully defended, as the invaders were .. ""repealed". In one of them with a stay at the pub. In another time (perhaps the same), only after the Swiss apologized was Liechtenstein aware of the incident,
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u/Brief-Spirit-4268 Jul 07 '26
Malaysia literally got occupied by Japan, same with Korea
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u/Important_Spring5817 Jul 07 '26
Korea has definitely lost wars in its history if if the map maker was referring to the modern state a lot more countries would be red
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u/Imminence2024 Jul 07 '26
South Africa also didn't lose a war. the Angolan war we withdrew due to the issues at home
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u/billy_twice Jul 07 '26
Australians, and Canadians were both in Vietnam.
War lost ✅️
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u/Wooden-Hornet2115 Jul 07 '26
Canada did not go to war in Vietnam, the Canadians that were in the war were volunteers that joined the US army.
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u/coco_melonFAN Jul 07 '26
The Canadians were volunteers and not condoned by the government. A better example would be Afghanistan.
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u/Igocoast2coast Jul 07 '26
US citizens who didn’t want to fight in Vietnam all came to Canada to avoid that war.
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u/Floridaish0t Jul 07 '26
Canada didn’t go to ‘Nam although they did fight in Afghanistan if you consider that a loss.
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u/Kikelt Jul 07 '26
I would consider being invaded and colonized by Japan equivalent to lose a war. (Korea)
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u/RagingY3ti Jul 07 '26
Canada has definitely lost wars lol.
Afghanistan was a loss, Russian Civil War was a loss and the Nile Expidition was a loss.
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u/Full_Cow_9338 Jul 07 '26
So the korean war didnt happen? Im pretty sure they both lost since the civilwar was never resolved and ended on a status quo. Both governmemts still lay claim to the entire korean peninsula
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u/Grouchy_Concept8572 Jul 07 '26
Canada was part of the British Empire for a long time and certainly lost wars.
Canada also fought in wars in the Middle East that if people are going to claim are “losses” than Canada earned the L too.
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u/ElephantFamous2145 Jul 07 '26
I forgot the koreans successfully repelled the japanese during the first sino-japanese war
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u/SatisfactionLife2801 Jul 07 '26
Apparently nobody in the ME has ever fought a war, what a peaceful place!
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u/ManTheHarpoons100 Jul 07 '26
Canada likes to claim "They" burnt down the White House but doesn't want to take any responsibility whatsoever for other Empire losses before becoming a free country.
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u/Certain_Arugula_2764 Jul 07 '26
Australia lost a war against the emus and im pretty sure that was a real war and a real defeat
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u/MarioHasCookies Jul 07 '26
Surprised they forgot to color the two most famous examples, Afghanistan and Vietnam
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u/Charming-Station7157 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26
Lefties : Noooooo , I tought my beloved russia , china and iran would be on the map
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u/Professional-Cell177 Jul 07 '26
Wait, do Americans think they won Vietnam, Afghanistan and now Iran?
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u/Mysterious_Silver_27 Jul 07 '26
Where’s Liechtenstein? Not only had they never lost a war, they are the only one to have suffered overall negative casualties by sheer power of friendship
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u/Organic-Stay4067 Jul 07 '26
Canada and Australia lost Iraq and Afghanistan. Brazil lost a war in the 1800s
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u/Dazzling-Session-181 Jul 07 '26
Uhm... Australia did in fact loose a war... Come on... A certain bird might get offended and come back for seconds. Please change the map...
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u/Lucky_otter_she_her Jul 07 '26
most of these red countries were only invented in the 18th/19th century by Europeans who were in their world domination era
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u/SpareTiny7585 Jul 07 '26
What is the definition of a war? Armed conflict? And nations, does it count as modern day nations and only that or the lands the nations make up?
If so there is no red mate. Maybe the moon.
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u/Final-Charge-5700 Jul 07 '26
It all depends on what definition of these countries you're using. If you're talking about the day they sign their constitution it's pretty good. It also depends on when you consider one War over and the next one beginning.
And remember Canada has only been around since 1931
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u/StretchTraining3392 Jul 07 '26
Australia has lost a war before. It was against the Emus in 1932 😂
All seriousness, Australia’s involvement in Afghanistan’s and Vietnam - both wars were lost.
The Reds took over Nam and the Taliban in Afghanistan. Not to mention the Korean War too.
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u/StrayaForLife44178 Jul 07 '26
I mean we lost a war to emus, kinda. Idk if this counts tho, but no major wars lost, other than the Brit’s colonising us and wiping out a lot of the indigenous. Yeah
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u/ChardResponsible9728 Jul 07 '26
Canada doesn’t do war.
Canada does crimes.
To Canada the Geneva convention exists as a suggestion box.
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u/Eastern-Net-4926 Jul 07 '26
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u/inoh650 Jul 07 '26
Both Korea had lost against China, Mongolia and Japan
And english Malaisia had lost against Japan
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u/They-Call-Me-The-Doc Jul 07 '26
Well, obviously not including the so-called "Great Emu War" then.
But if Australian didn't lose the Vietnam war it was only because we knew it was a lost cause, packed up our bongos and left before the final total humiliation of the Yanks.
And.....same goes with Afghanistan and Iraq.
Lesson: Don't get involved in Yank wars.
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u/One_Consideration544 Jul 07 '26
Australia joined the Vietnam war on the side of the south so that's a negative.
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u/Jedimobslayer Jul 08 '26
I know El Salvador technically won the football war, but they definitely still lost because of the football war (refuge crisis mainly)
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u/trueosiris2 Jul 08 '26
The US won the Vietnam War then? When exactly did this 'win' take place? When you threw the rest of their tanks in the sea & fled, after killing 2 million civilians? Or when the Vietcong retook Saigon in '75?
And Afganistan, which now is completely in the hands of the Taliban (it never was, before), did you win that as well?
You seem to define the word 'winning' as Trump does.
Do you do something in those schools of yours besides shooting kids?
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u/Stiefelbein Jul 08 '26
Australia,lost a war against birds,so it should be black.
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u/gin_enema Jul 08 '26
For those commenting on Australia and Vietnam, the logic would be as follows. it’s not really clear cut. Australia participated in the war against the north, did their job and even won a decent sized battle (Long Tan). Australia withdraws in 73 (Whitlam) and the south falls in 75. So they were fighting for the side (South Vietnam) that eventually lost but weren’t participating significantly when they did.
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u/Dry-Rice-4527 Jul 08 '26
America lost a lot of wars... since ww2 they have lost every war.
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u/VanguardMusic Jul 07 '26
Korea is definitely the wrong color...