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
realisticfrenchwank
second french empire
We all know Napoleon Bonaparte, the revolutionary general who proclaimed himself Emperor and used his military to spread both the Revolution's ideals and his empire.
Let's not talk about him.
Let's talk about the Marquis of Lafayette, a figure I find quite underrated.
The "hero of both worlds"...
alt-napoleonic wars
american revolution
american revolutionary war
french revolution
french revolutionary war
kingdom of france
lafayette
napoleonic era
napoleonic france
realisticfrenchwank
This is an overhaul of my previous alternate history scenario. I feel that alternate Napoleonic Victories suffer the same nostalgic unrealism that often plagues WW2 alternate histories. Much like Nazi Germany, France had no realistic chance of invading the British Isle, fully-subjugating...
bonaparte family
confederation of the rhine
napoleon bonaparte
napoleon dies early
napoleon ii
realisticrealisticfrenchwank
rewrite since the old one was unrealistic
stalemate
status quo ante bellum
Edit:
Amazingly, this image is up on the top of google images for "Napoleonic Victory Map." If you found it this way (as this thread is moved), please click here...
The Sun of Rocroi- A better Grand Condé
"The purple of the Prince or the sword in the service of the Prince... These two ideals of greatness can only be achieved if one or the other is chosen. "
-Louis XIII on his deathbed addressing the Grand Condé before the latter's triumph at Rocroi...