AHC: Napoleon loses Austerlitz

Anaxagoras

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If the fog had lifted a bit early and the Russians and Austrians see the assembled force of Soult in the center of the French line, they might be able to reinforce the Prazten Heights before the attack is launched. If Soult's attack fails, the entire French plan falls apart.
 
Well, Napoleon knew and wrote that he always was at the mercy of a defeat that would cause the formation of a big coalition that could lead to his downfall identical to what happened in 1813/1814.

You would probably have Prussia enter the coalition if it could obtain guarantees to keep Hanover that Napoleon had just given to Prussia.

But in fact, if your starting point is just Austerlitz, Napoleon would probably survive a defeat at Austerlitz. He had already annihilantes the main austrian army at Ulm.
 
i think that even if napoleon had lost the russian and austrian forces would most likely end up defeated in the battles of the campaign
austerlitz was napoleon's best battle in my opinion he was able to use alexander i and Francis II eagerness to defeat the french against them
the ideia of asking for peace before the battle and foul the coalition into thinking the french were demoralise was brilliant
so in the end i think that the russian austrian emperors would end fucking up but in a diferent battle
 
So after the victory Alexander and Francis' eagerness would continue. I'm guessing Kutuzov would get retired for continuing his advice of caution and saying Austerlitz was luck. Plus Alexander probably would say that Kutuzov had nothing to do with the victory considering Kutuzov pretended to sleep through the war council.

alexander never liked kutuzov
so yes most likely a victory at auterlitz would be worst than better for the coalition because even if alexander would be probably become an arrogant general he would probably be like this

Alexander after presenting a shitty battle plan,and ignoring kutuzov's sugestions.
"general kutuzov is too defencive if i had followed what he whanted in austerlitz we would had never defeated napoleon"
Affter losing the battle and leaving half the russian army dead in the field
"its kutuzov's fault that we lost my plan was perfect"

in the end a defeat helped the coalition in the long run i can't image alexander allowing napoleon to come to moscow without first killing is own army in an attempet to stop the french
 
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