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Most people know that Britain was invaded by the Romans, by the Vikings, and by the Normans. Many will know about the Spanish Armada, launched by Philip II in 1588 to bring Protestant England to distribution. But fewer people know that Philip launched another armada in 1596 or that invasion plans were drawn up by the France in 1692, 1708, 1743, 1756, 1759, 1796, and 1801, and by the France together with the Spanish in 1779. In 1719, Spanish soldiers even landed in Scotland. Charles XII and Peter the Great wanted to invade Britain and Napoleon himself had written that in his creativeness he could start to see the tri-colour fluttering within the Tower of London. New invasion plans were drawn up by the Germans in 1896 and by the France in 1898, and Britain narrowly prevented invasion by Nazi Germany in WW2. Yet despite the almost permanent threat of invasion by the Spanish in the 16th century, by the France from the 17th to the 19th hundreds of years, and by the Germans in the 20th century, Britain is not effectively invaded since 1066. Beginning with the first real invasion look at of the present day era and one of the decisive naval battles in world record, McLynn will take us through the countless invasion plans and makes an attempt and shows us how each one failed anticipated an assortment of incompetent management, clash of egos, unreliable weather, and the effectiveness of British sea power. He concludes with Hitler's failed invasion look at during WW2 showing how despite all the risks, Hitler was lulled into a fake sense of security by the decrease with which Germany possessed managed to beat France in 1940. McLynn discusses the different strategies included for invading Britain by sea and the means where Britain tried to guard itself using diplomacy, economical warfare, espionage, and pre-emptive attacks. Finally, he shows that after having been threatened with invasion for four hundreds of years, England was itself the springboard that the greatest invasion fleet of all time was launched.
