What if the Trent affair happened on a French ship?
I'm sure this has been discussed before but the search engine won't work for me.
This is not an area I have any real knowledge of, so Ill be fascinated to see what comes of the question.
Is there any way France would go to war by itself, against Britain's wishes?
Could we get a destruction of the Union blockade but no troops committed?
Could you get a quasi-war scenario, where France is nominally at war, forcing the union to divert it's attention?
David
I'm sure this has been discussed before but the search engine won't work for me.
This is not an area I have any real knowledge of, so Ill be fascinated to see what comes of the question.
Is there any way France would go to war by itself, against Britain's wishes?
Could we get a destruction of the Union blockade but no troops committed?
Could you get a quasi-war scenario, where France is nominally at war, forcing the union to divert it's attention?
David