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Throughout the war in the 14th century the English had allied beachheads at their disposal, or their own ports. Lacking that advantage, the French had never launched more than punitive raids. In either direction no successful invasion of a hostile beachhead was ever carried out between 1066 and 1944.


A thousand years, you wot m8???