What if instead of WW1 and WW2, there was somehow an attempt by France to dominate Europe militarily? What course of events could lead to French invasions of other countries in Europe escalating into a continental war?
You would need POD before 1900. Perhaps if France would win Franco-Prussian War and no united Germany and surviving Napoleonic France. This is latest how this could happen. This just would make Europe quiet different. Probably there would be Anglo-Prussian-Russian alliance against Franco-Austrian alliance.
What if instead of WW1 and WW2, there was somehow an attempt by France to dominate Europe militarily? What course of events could lead to French invasions of other countries in Europe escalating into a continental war?
France would get absolutely destroyed by a German-English alliance, you need a pre 1900 (pre 1850) POD to keep germany disunited and improve France’s industries and population to give France a chance.