It’s not what they did, it’s what they could have done.
Also revenge for all that viking business.
Neoliberal_Nightmare on
They might have possibly maybe perhaps allied with the French, and the only way to prevent that was to attack them, so as to not anger them into joining your enemy, you see?
ZeroCoinsBruh on
The UK does have a particular liking of sinking neutral anchored fleets apparently
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Context: [first battle of Copenhagen (1801)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Copenhagen_(1801))
[second battle of Copenhagen (1807)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Copenhagen_(1807))
It’s not what they did, it’s what they could have done.
Also revenge for all that viking business.
They might have possibly maybe perhaps allied with the French, and the only way to prevent that was to attack them, so as to not anger them into joining your enemy, you see?
The UK does have a particular liking of sinking neutral anchored fleets apparently
[Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (1940)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir)
Being Norwegian, I do agree. Does one really need a good reason to blow up Copenhagen?
Did Copenhagen have some art or statues the British wanted to add to their collection or did they say the king smells like week old mackerel. /S
Not like they need to have much reason for attacking other countries. Kinda was their thing for a few hundred years.