Which countries would Britain LOSE in a war with?

Dr_knowital

As retired American Navy Officer I worked with a lot of Brits. They are tough as nails. defiantly much more professional that the French, or Dutch. I think Brit ton would do a great job holding their own against Almost any country. They proved that during WW2 They are differently the strongest Force in Europe.

Lord Britain

The only country with an armed forces more advanced than the UK is the USA. Probably lose to China as well in a war of attrition. Anyone who says Israel is having a laugh. As for the Falklands war, that was twenty years ago, 8,000 miles from Britain, and we still won.

wensleydale

The question isn't relevant. UK will never go to war without support anymore. We are in a miltary alliance with Nato and therefore won't be going to war with them. We have the fourth largest Navy despite all the cuts. We have good relation with most of our common wealth partners so we won't be going to war with them.

As for the idiot who thinks we nearly lost the Falklands war, which Falklands war was that? The one in his small brain?

Just to recap for the hard of thinking. The only way we would have lost the war is if the Argentinians sunk a carrier. They never came close. We could have lost the war at sea but we didn't.

The UK mobilised a force in very short order and sent it to the Falklands where it was outnumbered, had very little air support and lost all but one its heavy lift choppers when a cargo ship was sunk.

The lack of choppers forced the troops to march 80 miles across boggy terrain where it carried out deliberate attacks against an enemy dug in on hilltops.

600 paras forced 2000 argentine marines to surrender at Goose Green and 3 Commando Brigade took hilltop positions at Two Sisters. During this process there was one civilian casualty (notice I called it civilian casualty not collateral damage).

The Royal Navy Harriers smashed the better equipped Argentinian air force, HMS Conqueror sunk the Argentinian Navy's flagship. The massive defeat that we inflicted on the Argentinians Armed forces caused the collapse of the Junta and returned Argentina to democracy.

Sounds like a close run thing to me. I'm assuming that history boy is a yank and I'd advise him to get himself a book and do some research.

da'zone

we always fight well above our wieght... but it depends... in a high tech war.. we'd do ok against most.... its the low tech wars we struggle with.... like argentina... where we spent more on fuel getting there, than we used to roll them out of thier trenches...
argentina wasnt a war... it was a stroll.... a couple of days out.. on a jolly....

Tim M

i am 100% american and i served with some brits they wont go easy or lay down and i would bet they would beat some countries that you would think they couldnt .any european country except russia def korea most arab nations all african nations all south american ,brazil austrailia,india pakistan,mexico all one on one

whatwasthequestionagain53

If there was actually a proper war, unlike the political wars they are fighting now against coward terrorists who hide amongst civilians or detonate themselves because they don't have the courage to stand up and fight fairly, then few countries would dare to take on and even fewer actually defeat the British. If there was a war worth fighting for (as in there was a threat of invasion to the country as in WW1 and WW2) then the British would never surrender until they could claim victory.

They have proved their worth and bravery many times, in ww1 and they stood almost alone in Europe in ww2. Britain is one of those countries that could never be occupied by a foreign ruler.

However I think Britain could be defeated by America and China due to their huge numbers and technology. China would simply send wave upon wave of troops at the british lines until they were overwelmed and America would simply use its power and nuclear weapons.

Those who say Israel would beat Britain need to rethink. Israel without America are nothing of a military power. They killed 4 of their own soldiers with their own tanks in Gaza in two separate incidents within a week! Whatever idiot said Iran needs to explain how exactly they would do that.

And finally, I think you'll find Britain smashed Argentina, despite being 8000 miles away and having all the odds stacked against them. With 258 dead to 649 Argentinian dead. 10 fighters to 25 lost Argentianian fighters and the sinking of the pride of the Argentinian Navy. That is an example of a fair, modern British war, and that was the outcome.

economist4126

USA obviously, China due to its sheer size

jenningsnetty

We would not loose , as we would all die fighting.

remember that we Brits have a backbone

arbitrary k

They lost to militia back when the U.S was still part of their empire.

Oswald W

I would say that Britain would repel any country that dared to attack her .
Does that count for not losing a war with any country in the world ?

Tony O

There is a factor that has gone unmentioned,if we stopped training everyones elite forces wed have a far better chance. if it were a single battle there would be many countries that could beat us

sunamwal

perhaps The United States of the Aryans !

Andrew

USA, Russia, China, India.

These would beat Britain in a conventional war.

In an unconventional war(aka terrorists hiding with civilians), then it would depend on how supportive the people are. If the britts can't just bomb the cities they will get bogged down(like currently in the middle-east) until popular support says pull the soldiers out. if this is a win or a loose or nothing is really open to interpretation.

jmdit27

NONE.

frankturk50

Depends what kind of war .There are plenty of country's with large forces with could likely beat the UK .If it became an all out fight for survival then apart from their fellow superpowers USA,Russia,France and China there is no other nations which have the capacity to wage nuclear war with the same efficiency as the UK.,USA and France who all have the Trident missile.

John C

Every one looses in war. But the british will just escalate it. so no one will ever win.The words Tactical Nuclear weapons comes to mind

NIZZY!!!!!!

USA, Russia, China and India. If it was a nuclear war we would all lose.

Petar Z

usa, russia, india, iran, china, north korea

RayHere

To hear the brit tell it,they won the war in europe and the war in the pacific all by themselves So if talking a line of B/s wins wars i would say none