french colonial empire

Like it says on the tin. Before its subjugation at the hands of France, Vietnam was an empire that was in the process of expanding its borders southward, in the Mekong Delta and Cambodia. So, was there any way it could've kept its independence? Is it a matter of not providing the French with a...

The Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon included the Alawite and Jabal Druze states. However, in 1936, French colonial authorities allowed these states to be incorporated into the Syrian Republic as a concession to its ruling party at the time, the Nationalist Bloc. While there were many among...

Like it says on the tin. Say that one of the colonies France tried to set up in the 16th century IOTL (France Antarctique, Fort Caroline and Charlesfort) not only survives but becomes a safe haven for Huguenots fleeing the French Wars of Religion. How would the monarchy/government react? Would...

After Ranavalona III of Madagascar was deposed by the French when they conquered her kingdom, the last official heir to the Malagasy throne was her grandniece and adoptive daughter, Princess Marie-Louise[1], who lived until 1948 and died childless at the age of 50 in France (during WWII she...

to say that louis xvi was a weak king and a poor ruler would be a giant understatement, considering how quite literally everything collapsed under his watch. But, ultimately, France was one of the most powerful states in Europe and arguably the world, especially under the right leadership (case...

Assume the blitzkrieg fails in France, and Germany is defeated in about 3 or 4 years, and japan doesn't seize Indochina since they lack the clean opportunity to do so. The 3rd Republic survives, and France isn't entirely destroyed as a result and still holds the empire. So, how powerful would...

The twentieth century was... rough for france. Docked to second place in continental europe as Germany rose and third on the world stage with America. The world wars decimated their population and led to the fall of the empire. While France is still a word power, the republic is more around #7...

Say that after ww1, the communists come to power in france. Great, down with the bourgeois, i'll polish up the guillotine, all that fun stuff. Except... had a bit more than just france at the time. So what were the leading communist solutions to the issue? Decolonization/puppets? Integrate the...

Otl, the downfall of New France was its minuscule population compared to the 13 colonies and what would be canada. So what if France took a page out of the British book and lets those who want to, head off to the new world? I imagine a good POD would be a proof of concept for the Hugonot...

So i kinda wanna do a tl about a pax francia/a francophonic new world at least, but I'm unsure how to do it pod wise. How do we get it so that the French colonial empire is the strongest in the americas, and what sort of effects could this have? I know I want to give France either mexico or...

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is thus-Create a TL where britain survives as a major power, only losing a maximum of two major colonies, and the surviving colonies have a more equal governance. I imagine that the soviets would have to be more aggressive in southern Europe and the...