66. The Last invasion of Britain, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
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🗓️ 23 August 2021
⏱️ 30 minutes
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In this episode we join Neil in1796 as a heavily armed French invasion fleet is spotted off Fishguard in south-west Wales.
Seven years earlier revolution had swept across France. Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and a great swath of the French aristocracy found themselves on the sharp end of the guillotine. Europe’s royalty reeled in horror and Britain and others sent forces to try and crush the new French Republic. Now in a well-planned and heavily armed, three-pronged attack France strikes back as soldiers of the Black legion land at Carregwastad Point in what is the last invasion of Britain
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| 1:27.0 | In this podcast we're calling out the guard as Britain is invaded for the very last time. Europe is in turmoil. Louis the 16th |
| 1:37.4 | and the French aristocracy have found themselves on the sharp end of the guillotine. European royalty is the The British monarchy and others sent forces to try and crush the new republic. |
| 1:57.0 | Determined to fight back, the French launched an invasion of the British Isles. |
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