Anti Napoleonic coalition doesnt invade france until mid spring of 1814

I know this is the 1 millionth napoleon thread but i dont believe this particular question has been answered so please bear with me. In the OTL the coalition invaded at the end of January but lets say that for whatever reason(alliance disagreements, logistical problems etc) they arent able to invade until mid april. This would give Napoleon far more time to recruit troops and build defenses and assuming he was just as effective as in real life how do you think his defense of France would fare? Would he defeat his enemies like in times of old, or he would he end up in a bloody stalemate/defeat.
I will count a victory as anything that allows France to maintain her 1814 borders and Napoleon gets to keep his throne.
 
He still loses; he's just facing too many enemies with not enough troops.

It might have knock-on effects on the War of 1812, however.
 
There's nothing about this POD that prevents the Duke of Wellington from invading southern France in November/December 1813. By April 1814 he'd pretty much cleared all of south-eastern France on a line from Bordeaux to Toulouse - if Napoleon is allowed a breather in the north then it's possible he at least tries to do something to stop this happening (IIRC Bordeaux was either the second or third most important city in France at the time, having it in Royalist hands - it had fallen to a British backed coup - would be intolerable). Whether that means he goes south himself or just diverts more resources that way is anyone's guess.

I would say though that if he does go south himself then any battle fought in the foothills of the Pyrenees with Wellington on the defensive and commanding the peninsular army is likely to go badly for Napoleon.
 
Britain would have fewer troops for North America.

Possibly no Washington, Baltimore or New Orleans battles and a potentially early peace. Or the US makes one last shot at invading Quebec.
 
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