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France traditionally expended its resouces on its army having I believe the largest best trained army in Europe from the time of Louis XIV onwards, perhaps even earlier in the 1500s rivalry with the Hapsburgs.
What would have to happen for French kings to pay more serious attention to the French navy atleast with half as much care they took in financing and training its army so that the French navy presents a more formidable threat to the British in the 18th and 19th centuries?