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France has been invaded on numerous occasions, by foreign powers or rival French governments; there have also been unimplemented invasion plans.
the 978 German invasion during the Franco-German war of 978–980
the 1230 English invasion of France
the 1337 Hundred Years' War, led by England and supported by Burgundy, Brittany, and more
the Edwardian War
the Caroline War
John of Gaunt's chevauchée of 1373
the Lancastrian War
the 1536 Italian War of 1536–1538, Spanish invasion of France
the 1562 English expedition to France, led by England during the French Wars of Religion
the 1746 War of the Austrian Succession, Austria-Italian forces supported by the British navy attempted to invade southern France
the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars invasion attempts to defeat the French Revolution
the 1794 Flanders Campaign, led by Britain and Austria
the 1795 Battle of Quiberon, led by a British-backed force of French Emigres
the 1813 War of the Sixth Coalition, a British-led coalition invaded Napoleon's France to the south while a multi-national coalition attacked from the north
the 1815 Hundred Days, the Seventh Coalition invaded France following the Battle of Waterloo
the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, Prussian forces invaded France due to tensions regarding Prussia's growing influence in central Europe
the 1914 First Battle of the Marne at the outset of World War I
the World War II invasions
the May 1940 Battle of France, started by Nazi Germany's invasion of the Ardennes and the Low countries
the June 1940 Italian invasion of France
the June 1944 Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy
the August 1944 Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of the south of France
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