Charles Markov`s History of modern France .

what happened to Prussia? I can see a statu quo ante peace with UK and Austria, but Prussia has already surrendered. WHile UK and Austria would definitely stop too big a rise of French power as a condition of the peace, Prussia will likely loose some territory it gained in Vienna, if only fo symbolical reasons. Maybe terrotiroes which were supposed to be french after 1814 but awarded to Prussia after 1815? maybe part of Saar (or all, it makes rivers the border between France and germanies to the North as well as to the east)? Maybe Landau area (used to be part of Alsace decapole)?
 
Napoleon II

The new Emperor was far from the fire eating conqeror his father had been .This was made abundantly clear when he made the peace with Prussia by returning to the status quo .The only territory to be annexed by France was the Saar region of Germany .The new Emperor said this was in an attempt to create a lasting peace with Prussia .In fact during his entire reign and most of his sons the two nations would be at peace .The Emperor also made peaces with England and Austria that would last well into the next century .
However the Assembly did not share his farsighted policies .They were outraged that all France would gain from the wars was the small region of Saar .This would not be the last time the two branches of Government would disagree with eachother .
One of the few things they did agree on however was Frances need for colonies to compete with the British and resurgent Dutch .Each also agreed that the territory gained from the Ottoman Empire in the early 1820`s could easily be expanded eastwards and southwards .
Thus in 18035 France declared war on the Ottoman Empire for crimes against the Greeks .This made France allies with their longtime enemy England . France would be allowed to annex all of Algeria and Tunisia in exchange for naval and land forces to fight in Greece .
In five years France had wiped out the last vestiges of Turkish resistance and ended the war with the treaty of Athens .France would keep all captured territory and the ne Kingdom of Greece was granted independence .France then realised that the Turks had been in the war far to long and were greatly weakened .Thus there was nothing to stop Russia from gaining access to the mediteranean ,if that happened France knew that Russia could easily dominate the region .
Thus in early 1838 France declared war ,Alongside England .Against Russia to defend their past enemy the Ottoman Empire .

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The original version was alot better written but I recently updated my computer to windows ten and it made the post in size six letters :mad: So to make it better I deleted the post and rewrote it and it came out like it is now .
Anyway enough winning ,Napoleon II is coming along well as Emperor .He is more peace focused than his father .Still expansionist though ,He just doesn`t want to expand France into Europe where strong powers can oppose him .So naturally he expanded into the Ottoman Empire .
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Here is another map .This one is about 1840 .Again if there are any major problems with this map let em know .

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Here is some info on the other nations in this TL
Republic of Alaska :Currently owner of modest navy and army used to fight the Spanish during their attempts of invasion .Employ many ex Royal Navy officers in their service .Actively seeks colonists from the UK ,Netherlands and Sweden .Also many people of mixed European/Indian descent Immigrate aboard Alaskan Indies Company ships .
Austria :Somewhat disunited multi ethnic empire .Hungarians causing trouble for ruling Hapsburgs .Still most powerful nation in middle Europe .
Italian states : Disunited and at war same as German states .
France :powerhouse in western Europe .Large army and navy .recently gained colonial empire from the collapsing Turks .
United kingdom : only superpower in world today .Empire stretches from north America Africa ,India and New Holland .as well as numerous islands around the globe .Massive navy and army .
Spain :Owner of a rapidly collapsing empire in the new world .It was due to tyrannical methods of ruling that their once mighty empire is smashed from within .Tried three times to conquer the Gold rich nation of Alaska to rebuild their shattered economy .
Portugal :Same boat as Spain .Lost great colonial empire .At war with Spain currently over north western Iberia .
Sweden :From the first war they lost Finland and gained Norway .Once Russia was distracted by the Turks they saw a chance and took back Finland .Russia was to distracted to do much ,but with the war in the Balkans winding down they will have more troops to fight the resurgent power .
Netherlands : Destroyed by the war with Napoleon .Due to their neutrality however they trade with all parties .Rapidly on the rise with a bustling merchant marine and growing navy .Sent colonists to New Holland much to the chagrin of the British .
Ottoman Empire :AT war on all fronts the crumbling Turkish power saw the loss of Algeria and Tunisia to France and Greece gaining independence .Facing oblivion with fresh allies in France and Britain .Still at war with Russia ,Though they made peace with the Austrians once they saw realized they where not going to just give up and made peace while they could .

That about sums it up .Not all countries included but the major ones .If you have questions please ask and I will try to answer them .
As a side note I am working on another time line in the same series .This one about Alaska .I hadn`t planned on doing this one for awhile but there has been a lot of people wanting me to explain the whole thing so .I will continue with this TL but at a slightly less breakneck pace and also do the one on Alaska .Hope this will clearify some things .
 
The Crimea and the end of the napoloeonic wars period .

The fighting in the Crimea was long bloody and slow .But it did serve it`s purpose .By 1846 Russian expansion in the Balkans had been checked by the combined armies of France ,Britain and the Ottoman Turks .And Russian dreams of a pan Slavic state in eastern Europe had been checked .At least for the time being .
France was finally at peace with the treaty of Antwerp that ended the fighting in the Crimea .But the rest of Europe was still very much at war .Sweden had managed to wrestle Finland from Russia`s grip and was now firmly entrenched in the region .Denmark was still attempting to take back Norway from the Swedes who where valiantly holding them back .In Iberia Spain and Portugal had both realized their dreams of new lands to rule were dashed and had set about peace negotiations in the spring of 48 .The German and Italian states were still wrapped up in war and would be for some time .
Over the next five few years peace was eventually reached by these parties as they exhausted their abilities to wage war .Under the treaty of Copenhagen Sweden bought Finland from Russia ,Norway was granted independence under Leopold I House Thatcher .As compensation for their losses Denmark also under the leadership of that illustrious house annexed the duchy of Schleswig and Holstein .
The Iberian nations would make peace under the treaty of Paris and they would return to 1820 borders .Spain would also make peace with Alaska and would no longer attempt to invade the region in the future .
The German And Italian states would also make their individual peaces in the period and by 1851 the last of the fighting had died down .
Anglo-French relations .
While their was still tensions and competition between France and Britain .The war in the Crimea had shown that the two could work together effectively .While the two nations would engage in a vicious arms race that would be a factor of the first world war .They would never forget the lessons of the Crimea ,and that they could work together successfully .
 
Fighting is over and peace has settled .Again .Basically the Crimean war was fought a few years early in this post and the fighting elsewhere is winding down .What do you think ?
 
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Hey all who where interested in the thread .Sorry for the lack of updates .My internet went down and it took forever to get it back .
Since it has been a while since my last post I am wondering if this thread is still worth updating ,or if anyone who followed it thought I had just given up .So what I want to know is if I should start the Alaskan thread I mentioned earlier and forget this thread and redo it later ?Any feedback is usefull .Many thanks !
 
Is there any interest in this TL idea at all ?Alaska becoming a great power .A continuing French Empire under the Bonaparte`s ?I have not even begun with my ideas for WWII yet .
Regardless I will do the Alaska TL but it would be nice to know I will already have some interest for it when I do .
 
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