List of invasions of France
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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 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 (Campaign in north-east France)
- 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