The comment thread notes that French invasion projects were not purely hypothetical: a force landed in Wales in 1797 and a larger expedition reached Ireland the following year during the uprising. The Welsh landing is described as a fiasco, while the Irish force achieved some initial success before defeat. The Norman Conquest, carried out by Norse-descended Normans established in France, is distinguished from a straightforward French national invasion. The watch point separates Revolutionary-era expeditions from the much earlier events of 1066.
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French landings in Wales and Ireland were not another 1066
The comment thread separates failed French Revolutionary landings in Wales and Ireland from the Norse-descended Norman conquest of 1066.