waterloo

On October 12, 1809, Emperor Napoleon I was stabbed in the chest by a German university student named Friedrich Staps. Before his execution by firing quad, Staps claimed that he killed Napoleon out of German nationalism and his hatred of Bonaparte as a tyrant. What if one of Napoleon's aides...

While it was pretty much a certainty that Napoleon would lose that war and would be deposed again, what could be done so that he could be, atleast partially successful? Best choice is probably winning the first time and not needing to go 100 days. But is there a way for Napoleon to make peace...

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...

We've talked before about how Europe would be different without Napoleon's Hundred Days Campaign in 1815, but one aspect of this that hasn't gotten much attention is how it significantly added to the legend of the victorious commander, Arthur Wellesley, who went on to have a very significant...

This timeline diverges with an indecisive end to the Battle of Waterloo (which was, after all, the 'nearest run thing you ever saw') and ends with Napoleon remaining the ruler of France, and Europe even more fractious and divided than OTL in 1815. Most borders are assumed to end up roughly as...

If Napoleon were exiled not to St. Helena, but to Australia, what might happen afterward?

The Prussian army sent to Belgium in 1815 has been called the worst they fielded during the French Wars; Napoleon laid the heaviest of the 16 June blows on them, but did not destroy them. That day, d'Erlon's corps was pulled back and forth by Ney and Napoleon, and saw no action. Wellington...

What if on june 17 instead of stopping Napoleon went after the Prussian and British army catching up to them defeating them before they even reached Waterloo? What if they did not only win this battle from the already demoralized and retreating coalition that where still suffering each from...