# What are some of the failed invasions of England?

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**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [February 11, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-failed-invasions-of-england/289670 "2005-02-11T23:47:34Z")
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### Author: ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-failed-invasions-of-england/289670/21 "2005-02-14T11:22:27Z")

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> [@Roches](#):
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> Hitler’s planned invasion ([Operation Sealion](http://www.alternatehistory.com/gateway/essays/Sealion.html); see the link for an essay on why it wouldn’t work) was little more than a plan, a plan that would have been difficult if not impossible to pull off. …Suffice it to say that it was a planned invasion that was never attempted, so I don’t think it counts as a failed invasion.

The OP may on the other hand be talking about the urban myth of the failed Shingle Street landing. Which also doesn’t count as a failed invasion, because it never happened.

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