napoleon

France adopting and codifying the metric system obviously had a profound impact on the continental powers when it came to scientific research. Before adopting the system, France had regional weights and measures, often times with the same names, but differing somewhat in application. What would...

What were napoleon's chances of invading england between 1803 and 1805 ?

The title says all. Let's say that on this timeline Napoleon III takes a different strategy during the battle of Sedan, preventing being encircled and pushing the prussians back, resulting on a prolonged war that ends in status quo. What are the ramifications? One thing we know is that Napoleon...

The Golden Eagle 27th of August of 1813, Dresden, Saxony, the night after the battle. The Emperor of the French was sleeping in his campaign tent, he won a crushing victory that morning, defeating an Austrian Army with the double of the size. But the rain of the previous day gave him a strong...

Suppose that suddenly Napoleon had an epiphany and realized he could not keep winning wars and would certainly lose against another coalition. What would happen if he accepted Metternich's proposal to keep the Throne of a French Empire under his "Natural Borders" ? Would the Napoleonic Wars end...

So, i was watching the most recent vid by Kings and Generals, and something crossed my mind... What if Napoleon's forces had been more successful in the earliest stages of the Peninsular War (perhaps through victory at Vimeiro, or later victories at Bailén and Zaragossa), thus dissuading the...

Who will receive the command of the 8th corps for the Russian Campaign if Junot died in Spain in 1811 ?

Like the tin says, if Napoleon has a successful Waterloo campaign where he defeats the British and Prussian armies how long can he survive before the coalition wears him down through sheer force of numbers? How does a longer, bloodier conflict impact the post-war settlement of Europe and...

O Leão do Norte Prologue In the history of Brazil, no state can claim a history like Pernambuco. In 1530, the King of Portugal D. João III, decided to split his colony in Americas in 13 "Capitânias Hereditárias", large land areas given to Portuguese Nobles. But due to native raids, economical...

So, disregarding the plausibility of it, assume that Britain's naval supremacy in the Napoleonic Wars is mitigated (especially early on), and that Napoleon, after that, greenlights an invasion of England through the Channel, with eventual success in occupying all of Britain south of Hadrian's...

How would napoleon's victory in the napoleonic wars effect the US? How does this effect the US's relationship with France? Would the US go to war with France or not? Who would win if this war were to happen? The aftermath? Could the US beat Napoleon's army?

As on the tin, what if Empress Joséphine is able to have an heir and so ensuring she is able to remain married to her beloved Napoleon?

Let’s handwave plausibility for a while.Suppose that the Nelson’s entire fleet was annihilated at the battle of the Nile,and Napoleon won every battle on land,how does he actually plan to get to India from Egypt?Does he plan to spend several years and construct a fleet in the Red Sea or...

Since Napoleon did have some contact with the Tipu Sultan, I was wondering what would happen to the Mysore Sultanate, and Tipu Sultan in a Napoleonic victory.

What if, after escaping his exile in Elba, Napoleon Bonaparte finds himself not back in France, but in the Americas? Perhaps his plans change and, not wanting to risk recapture by gambling his freedom on the continent, he decides to escape to the Americas. Or, he gets on the wrong ship, and by...

So, suppose that the Prussians and Russians somehow manage to beat back the French at the Battle of Friedland in June 1807, southwest of Königsberg. What happens after that? Would Prussia acquire more lenient peace terms with Napoleon? They had already been defeated disastrously at...

In 1807, Napoleon I concluded peace with Russia in the Tilsit Treaty, carving up Prussia and achieving peace in E Europe. Napoleon hoped to secure the French hold over Italy and defeat Britain, but U-turned in his invasion of Portugal by deposing the Spanish Bourbons, bogging his armies down in...

Let's say Napoleon dies before he starts pushing the Egyptian expedition but after his 1797 victories in Italy. With no destruction inflicted on the French Med fleet, no war with the OE, and extra troops available in Italy, how does the War of the Second Coalition change? Off the top of my head...

Find a way too get Napoleon to go to China Extra Points if you can get him a position in the Qing military

Napoleon IV was in exile during the Franco-Prussian war in England, and after the failed war for France, Napoleon IV was eager to seek service in the English army. Though the British were anxious of sending a Napoleon to war, they eventually did, and he was sent to military service in the...