Educate me on the portuguese, what did they do? I just know they discovered Brazil obviously...

Educate me on the portuguese, what did they do? I just know they discovered Brazil obviously, they were big slave traders and they pussied out of both world wars. Also fought Spain a bunch of times and won, right? What else? Is there anything worth noting or are they just Europe's underachieving son?

They were a great seafaring empire, especially in Asia.

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

They were the first period of the Papal Empire

all correct

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

Find out yourself by reading books.

Dumping the Portugal reading lists.

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

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

we fought in ww1

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

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that was from a Brazilian on >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

they were ultramarine provinces, not colonies.

>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.