Why did France try to conquer Europe but Britain did not try to conquer Europe when they were more powerful?
>>79157827
britain had no napoleon
it also barely could defend turkey from russia while being in a union with france
>>79157827
>more powefull
kek. brithis were powerfull like naval power, but their infantry always was a shit.
they only can conquer a bunch of free land and nigger and abo claim
>>79157863\
>says the country to wipe out entire populations with diseases during a siesta
>>79157827
Britain's interest in the Continent has always been tepid, probably in part a legacy of the costly wars to hold our earliest Continental possessions. It's also worth bearing in mind that Britain has always been one of the smallest of the major European powers, making decisive actions much more risky and sudden reversals of fortune more dangerous.
The government also has a long history of being its own most vehement opponent, for instance Britain could've forced a deeply punishing armsitice on France and Spain in the War of the Spanish Succession but Tory elements split the government for various political reasons and the will to drive forward fizzled out.