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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...

Prologue 22 July 1832 Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Duke of Reichstadt, heir to Napoléon I, King of Rome, lay...

Let us say that Tsar Alexander I didn't countermand Kutuzov and allowed him and Francis I to wait until Napoleon ran out of supplies in the Spring to attack Napoleon. The Allies don't attack the right flank as Napoleon expects and the center remains strong.

This is gonna sound stupid, I feel. But suppose that there is no Napoleon Bonaparte. That the many excellent officers and generals of France at this time remain loyal to the ideals of the Revolution (at least to start), and campaign and wage war on behalf of the Consul and Directorate... at...

Lannes was arguably one of Napoleon's best marshals, and the lack of generals as good as Lannes and Davout has been blamed for Napoleon's increasing difficulties during the Invasion of Russia and the War of the Sixth Coalition. However, he was mortally wounded during the Battle of...

"Woohoo"- Louis XV just before realising that New France may be a burden -1763 ___________An Introduction______________ Hiya After finally coming up with a name I have decided to put this timeline which mainly consists of wikiboxes into a thread. Our Point of divergence is the 7 years war...

What if France joined the UK after the Napoleonic wars? I think that French people would be encouraged to speak English and in this timeline their empires combine.

so in case you're confused on what im talking about this in particular is about the bavarian campaign during the war of the fifth coalition, in particular when the austrian emperor launched a surprise campaign against napoleon and his germany allies in the rheinbund. The rapide attack nearly...

So what would be the ramifications of Kutuzov dying during or after the general chaos of the Russian retreat from Austerlitz? I assume most things would go as per OTL, but could have some serious ramifications during the French invasion of Russia. Who would be appointed in his place and...

In 1808 a French fleet was supposed to set out from Toulon (it was also joined by the Rochefort squadron, although the Cadiz and Lorient squadrons could not reach the sea, which brought it up to 10 ships of the line) with the objective of winning control of the Strait of Messina for the short...

So is it at all possible for the most isolated inhabited place in the world to become an American possession? The first permanent settler on the island landed in 1810 and was a man named Jonathan Lambert from Massachusetts. He called the place the Islands of Refreshment basically a micro...

During the negotiations for the Third Coalition in 1805, one of Russia's demands for entering the coalition was that Malta be evacuated by Britain. The British, desperate to have Russia as an ally, ultimately accepted to this, and prepared to seize Minorca from Spain instead as an alternative...

Let's just say Nappy never exists. Ignoring all the later effects of this, would the outcome of the F.R.W been pretty much OTL, or less successful?

Welcome, all. So, after five years and a ton of ideas taken up and discarded in my head, I've finally decided to get off my ass and put something down on paper for the first time. And so, I came up with a Napoleon timeline. That was a long time ago, actually, back before we started getting quite...

How long could the Napoleonic wars be drawn out? As a basic outline, perhaps: (Optional) Napoleon captures Moscow intact, and winters in the city. The French retreat having taken fewer casualties. Napoleon wins a dramatic victory at Leipzig in 1813. IOTL the Russian Czar and the Prussian King...