second french empire

  1. Russia removed from Europe in Crimean war

    What if Russia was removed from Europe in crimean war ? POD is Napoleon III and Palmerston convince Austria to join the Crimean war and that a panslavic Russia is more dangerous for them than independent Poland and Ukraine. They create rebellions in Finland, Belarus, Poland and Ukraine while...
  2. The legacy of Orsini. A different 1858 and a different world.
    Threadmarks: The Orsini Affair

    Excerpt from The unexpected heir: the life of Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte by Leonardo Ferrari By early 1858, Napoleon III had become the absolute ruler of France. Through numerous purges and various draconian laws, he had eliminated or forced his most radical domestic opponents to flee...
  3. SunZi

    WI: No Franco-Prussian War ?

    The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 had many consequences in the history of Europe and the world at the end of the 19th century. This war poorly prepared by the French Empire cost him many men, the loss of Alsace and Lorraine, a military occupation and the collapse of the imperial regime then in...
  4. Nothing For Which to Apologize: Ambition and Loathing in the New South
    Threadmarks: Preface

    Preface Years ago, I started work on a novel, The Devil and Harvey Hill, that told the story of a Confederate victory from the eyes of four historical characters: Robert Smalls, Confederate General D.H. Hill, OTL spy and probable Lincoln conspirator Sara Slater, and an obscure carpenter and...
  5. Sequel de Mayo (Cinco de Mayo, Vol. II)

    Sequel de Mayo (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Table of Contents Previous Thread: Cinco de Mayo (2022 Turtledove Winner - Colonialism and Revolutions) Prologue Part X - The Eye of the Hurricane (May 1915-1916) Part XI - Coming Soon!
  6. Napoleon III is killed by Orsini

    In 1858 Italian Felice Orsini attempted to kill Napoleon III,according to him a republican revolution would break out that would expand to other countries including Italy.What would happen if he succeeds in killing emperor?I think republican revolution would not happen,in fact this would lead to...
  7. Aluma

    WI: Napoleon III dies between 1860-1861

    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...
  8. TheDetailer

    AHC: French and British Empires switch sizes

    By the 1910s-1920s have France have the biggest colonial empire of all time, with the British in a close, strong, and still pretty influential second place, instead of the other way around. OTL for comparison;
  9. How Democratic could the Second French Empire Become?

    Supposing that Napoleon III wins the Franco-Prussian war thus not needing to make political concessions, was there any chance of France eventually becoming a constitutional monarchy later down the line? Could the Bonapartes have returned to the reformism from Napoleon III's earlier years or was...
  10. AHC/WI: Alliance between the French and German Empires

    This is probably on the far end on the probability scale, but what would it take for both a Bonapartiste French empire and a Hohenzollern German empire to not only exist at the same time, but become close allies as opposed to otl's fight for dominance over Alsace-Lorraine, and how would this...
  11. The Fallen Eagle
    Threadmarks: The Orsini Affair

    The Orsini Affair Excerpt from The unexpected heir: the life of Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte by Leonardo Ferrari By 1858 the emperor Napoleon III had completely consolidated his power. In his ten years in charge of France he had managed to eliminate most of the internal opposition through...
  12. WI: The Deputies Do Their Diligence?

    Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew and step grandson of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, served as the first President of France, and was the only president elected in the second republic, because he would goon to abolish it in favor of a second empire. Suppose though that either the 1849...
  13. SunKing105

    WI: Napoleon III assassinated in 1858?

    In 1858, an Italian nationalist by the name of Felice Orsini attempted to assassinate French emperor Napoleon III, while he and his wife were on the way to the theatre in the Rue Le Peletier, and failed to kill them. What if he had succeeded, and the bomb breaks through the glass and lands on...
  14. Fate of New Caledonia if not annexed to France in 1853?

    What alternatives were there had Napoleon III not annexed the island(s), and what might it mean for the New Hebrides, modern Vanuatu too?
  15. Napoleon III becomes emperor in 1836?

    The future emperor Napoleon II attempted to depose king Louis-Philippe through a coup in 1836, but the ordeal was a fiasco and he had to return to Switzerland. Here's a snippet from Wikipedia that talks about it: "Wikipedia: He planned for his uprising to begin in Strasbourg. The colonel of a...
  16. Basileus_Komnenos

    Imperator Francorum: A Napoleon II Timeline
    Threadmarks: Prologue

    Imperator Francorum: A Napoleon II Timeline “I envy that boy. Glory is waiting there for him: I had to run after her. I will have been Phillip: he will be Alexander. He has only to extend an arm, and the world is his.”...
  17. AltoRegnant

    DBWI: France Loses The Franco-Prussian War?

    OTL, despite some early successes, the Prussian military was ultimately repulsed by the Second French Empire and Bismarck's web of central european friends and clients dissolved as France marched for Berlin once more in the 19th century, as the French had modernized much more successfully than...
  18. AHC: the Franco-Prussian war Escalates

    Okay, so how would one go about escalating the Franco-Prussian war into some sort of premature World War 1, or at least a conflict that spans across almost all of Europe? Assuming this is possible, what would such a conflict look like? How would it go? Who would be allied with the French, and...
  19. Disraeli2004

    What if France won the Franco-Prussian War? (1870-1925)

    This is an expanded version of my earlier post, please feel free to comment! In this alternate scenario, Bismarck must retire during 1870 due to ill health. This isn’t that far fetched- his quasi-depression at seeing what he thought was a Prussian humiliation caused significant ill health...
  20. Disraeli2004

    My Version of: What if France Won the Franco-Prussian war?

    Please comment on this, that would be most welcome! :) In this alternate scenario, Bismarck must retire during 1870 due to ill health. This isn’t that far fetched- his quasi-depression at seeing what he thought was a Prussian humilliation caused significant ill health. Thus, the Austro-Prussian...
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