It goes without saying that this applies to historical Flanders and not the current Flemish region (unlike the map he shows). The connections between Flanders and England/Scotland go really far back, Flemish mercenaries already fought during the battle of Hastings. Because Flanders was a French fief for a large part of its existence, it was often wedged between France and England
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It goes without saying that this applies to historical Flanders and not the current Flemish region (unlike the map he shows). The connections between Flanders and England/Scotland go really far back, Flemish mercenaries already fought during the battle of Hastings. Because Flanders was a French fief for a large part of its existence, it was often wedged between France and England