France has been invaded on numerous occasions, by foreign powers or rival French governments; there have also been unimplemented invasion plans. the 1746 War of the Austrian Succession, Austria-Italian forces supported by the British navy attempted to invade southern France the French Revolutionary 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 1905 Schlieffen Plan, the German Empire's strategic plan for victory in a two-front war against France and Russia the 1914 Battle of the Marne, the actual implementation of the previous plan 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 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 :Category:Invasions by France France, invasions Invasions