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Originally posted by fastpat
Name, and support with facts, one country on earth that could have, at any time in the past; have successfully invaded and conquered even a sliver of America.
Again, your answer must be accompanied by proof.
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...well there was that little problem with the Canadians (well, Brits technically) burning down the Whitehouse in 1812. IIRC it was a good thing it rained that day, or the whole of Washington woulda looked like Moscow later that same year (thanks to those (to hear it on this bored (pun intended)) peace-loving, un-warlike Frenchmen (under Napoleon)). But like Napoleon, the Canucks marched back home after a brief fete. Hey - maybe Napoleon got the idea from the Canadians!
But, I guess to your point - the Canucks didn't "hold any territory", but that was due to orders from the home office, not due to US military capability at the time. You see the French were otherwise too occupied to come help and the Brits needed to get their act together to debate Bonaparte in Europe.
I always find it interesting that few Americans seem to know anything about the wars of 1812 given the national obsession with their own history.