Educate me on the portuguese, what did they do? I just know they

>>3253012
They were a great seafaring empire, especially in Asia.

>>3253012
Other piece of land that the english stole from the spanish just like Gibraltar.

>>3253012
They were the first period of the Papal Empire

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all correct

>>3253012
>pussied out of both world wars
what OP mean by this?

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Find out yourself by reading books.

Dumping the Portugal reading lists.

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>>3253012

>be a great seafaring empire in Asia
>get cucked by the Spanish out of the Philippines

>>3253012
>they pussied out of both world wars.
They joined the entente in ww1

>>3253012
we fought in ww1

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The most important thing to remember is Portugal is NOT a small country
t. Salazar

They discovered the Indian ocean and had the first European colonies in eastern Asia

>>3253012 (OP)
that was from a Brazilian on >>>/pol/
>Be Portugal, 1st global empire, rule the seven seas
>Cucked by the dutch
>cucked by an earthquake, a tsunami and firestorm in a single day
>Cucked by your greatest ally
>here comes napoleon's army
>Your king literally flees the country and leaves you to fight alone
>King raises Brazil to a Kingdom of equal status and rules Portugal from the new capital of the Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, Rio de Janeiro
>Ruled from your colony for 14 years
>Needs to fight the french with guerrilla warfare since your government fled
>Saved by the british
>Demand your royal family comes back
>King does, his first born prince stays, declares Brazil independent
>Try to stop him
>Fail
>King dies
>Prince who cucked you next in the royal line, becomes your king, abdicates in his daughter's favor
>Brother who actually lived in Portugal says "oh hell no", usurps the throne
>prince who cucked you invades the country from Brazil with an army of mercenaries, defeats his brother, forces people do adopt a constitution
>Ruled by your new brazilian-born Queen, daughter of the man who took your largest colony away, granddaughter of the king who left you to die in the hands of Napoleon's army
>Many years later, still has a bunch of colonies
>Winning wars against then, " fuck that independence bullshit"
>Cucked twice by India, no more colonies there
>Commie soldiers overthrow the government, give independence to every colony without a fight, give Macau to Chyna for free
>tfw no more colonies
>tfw wasted all that money trying to keep them and commies just gave them away
>tfw too poor to pay denbts now
>tfw no longer rule the seven seas
>tfw more portuguese go to the former colonies than the other way around
>Portugal makes weak claim for Rhodesia
>Writes piece of paper
>Britain rejects pathetic expansion attempt
>oh shit portugese monarchy collapse and now it's a republic
>tfw even syrian migrants don't want to go to your country

>>3255760
they were ultramarine provinces, not colonies.

>>3256343
>tfw even syrian migrants don't want to go to your country
joke's on them, their country is the one that's fucked up, not ours. they're not even in a situation where they can be picky but whatever. the ones who came here were treated very well and fully accepted.