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I recently read that Napoleon was secretly contemplating an invasion of Spain to overthrow Ferdinand VII and install either one of his marshalls or brothers as King of Spain in F VII's stead.

How would this have affected the rest of the war in Europe, I can't imagine Spain rolling over for Napoleon especially since they saw themselves as equal partners in an alliance, and had just been stabbed in the back. I imagine that would strain France extensively and force Napoleon to divert troops from other parts of the world. There is also no way to take over the colonies, after all, Napoleon could not even reconquer Haiti when he sent General LeClerc and 30,000 men how is he going to subdue all of South America and Neuvo Espana? I imagine this could totally change the course of the war and of course history as we know it, what do y'all think?
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