List of invasions of France explained

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 (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

See also

• List of wars involving France