British Corsica

[mrmandias]

Oh, brother, Mike. Don't troll.

[Arachnid]

Frankly that's drivel, there is a legitimate argument that Wellington wasn't the equal of Napoleon as some people claim but the idea that he was some kind of third rate Sepoy General is just silly. If you don't believe me look at Napoleon's genuine assessment of him, not morale boosting quips.

Also remember this, Wellington's abiding flaw was the he was overcautious, Napoleon's that he was a gambler. Wellington never lost army, Napoleon went all in numerous times, sometimes (Austerlitz) it paid off in style, on the hand first he lost his Nile Army, then he lost his Grande Army in Russia and then he gambled at Waterloo ending it all.

[Simon]

Which is kind of understandable as Napoleon had a large population base to raise replacement troops so up until his diastrous invasion of Russia he could get away with losing troops, the UK on the other hand would of had much greater trouble raising them if they lost (what were to them) large numbers of troops.

[TyranicusMaximus]

Let's not derail this with Napoleon/Wellington bickering

[corditeman]

...A British Corsica would presumably have strong cheeser and stronger wine. In one Asterix book, a small ship is blown up after a pirate goes down into its hold and discovers an infernal Corsican cheese...

[Alamo]

Originally Posted by Fabilius

With a british Corsica Napoleon might be pretty pissed. He´d maybe invade out of pride.

Hmmm. According to Wikipedia, Napoleon was actually at first a strong supporter of Paoli. Depending on when the British take Corsica, and how, he might actually wind up serving in the Corsican forces, and thus on the side of the British.