In the disastrous year of 1672, the Dutch Republic was invaded by a huge coalition of France, England, Munster and Cologne. It barely survived due to the naval genius of de Ruyter, the reluctance of Louis and d'Estrees to use the French fleet offensively, and the natural riverine defenses of...
It's known that Spain performed in the (almost) worst way possible, with its entrance being arguably more harmful than helpful for the French side. This is not about an earlier Spanish entrance, that's its own topic and would result in a completely different war (assuming they join in 1758 or...
It still astonishes me that there was a second French Empire with yet another Napoleon after yet another overthrown Republic
Curiously enough he was very sick, from urogenital to fiber dysplasia, dying in 1873
So it makes me wonder...
Napoleon III's foreign policy would only become known as a...
franco-prussian war
french africa
frenchwank
mexican culture
napoleon 3
napoleon dies early
napoleon iii
no germany
realistic frenchwank
second french empire
I was about to leave out the word earlier, but then remembered Haiti. More generally, what's the earliest possible date the French could have won the Franco-Spanish war? What's the furthest south of Fort Pentagouet and Acadia the French could have colonized the continental North Atlantic coast...