Fate of Britain after a successful Napoleonic invasion?

Napoleon had large ambitious for the Far East, and Near East. Napoleon wanted to annex Egypt to get closer to India. If Britan is knocked out with a Napoleonic sea lion, France will attempt to take all British assets in India. If Britan is knocked out of the war by the Napoleonic sea lion, the Ottoman Empire is an important consideration to take place. Napoleon after knocking out England will want after to build his empire in the Far East, and taking English land in Inida is a must.

He will probobly say something along the lines of "Egypt paths the way to India, India paths the Way to China, China Paths the way to the world"

You are right!!!! However Napoleon would have to balance the interests of Russia in the Black Sea and Ottoman Empire and avoid Russia becoming a menace east of the Elbe. I guess Poland is lost. Also the Ottoman Empire can be a useful buffer against Russia and Austria so keeping it might be major policies in the Balkans. For Egypt, ¿built a canal? or have some sort of economical and political hegemony. Perhaps becoming the start of modern French Imperialism??
 
While they had a considerable advantage in overall experience, unquestionable superiority wasn't yet assured. One example of a mistake committed by the Royal Navy was letting the French Revolutionary Navy slip right through their sights and almost land in Ireland in 1796. An unsure example, but, nonetheless, one to substantiate that the French Navy still had windows of opportunity.

The French fleet didn't land, and you can't "sneak" an army of a hundred thousand men in Ireland. Meanwhile you have the Battle of the Nile, the Battle of Cape Saint Vincent, the Battle of Camperdown... and the French invasion of 1796 lost two thousand men to drowning. So this doesn't seem a great example.
 
Napoleon had large ambitious for the Far East, and Near East. Napoleon wanted to annex Egypt to get closer to India. If Britan is knocked out with a Napoleonic sea lion, France will attempt to take all British assets in India. If Britan is knocked out of the war by the Napoleonic sea lion, the Ottoman Empire is an important consideration to take place. Napoleon after knocking out England will want after to build his empire in the Far East, and taking English land in Inida is a must.

He will probobly say something along the lines of "Egypt paths the way to India, India paths the Way to China, China Paths the way to the world"
Yeah, but here lies the problem: France has no military presence in India, the British made sure to detooth the French there, so Napoleon is starting on square one (or two, he at least has a couple bases) against the resurgent Indian polities, now much stronger after (probably) eating away the EIC remnants and France here has zero experience in Indian politics and ideologies (unlike the British) so you can't expect them to play divide-and-conquer as effectively as the EIC did.

So Napoleon can indeed destroy the British empire in India, to build his own "French Raj" there is something else entirely, maybe even impossible (though we exploring a borderline impossible scenario here), the British conquest of the subcontinent wasn't a trivial EU4-style conquest as many picture it.
While they had a considerable advantage in overall experience, unquestionable superiority wasn't yet assured. One example of a mistake committed by the Royal Navy was letting the French Revolutionary Navy slip right through their sights and almost land in Ireland in 1796. An unsure example, but, nonetheless, one to substantiate that the French Navy still had windows of opportunity.
The combines might of the Franco-Spanish navies were 41 ships, the Royal Navy had over 100 sitting on the channel, different best.
 
Yeah, but here lies the problem: France has no military presence in India, the British made sure to detooth the French there, so Napoleon is starting on square one (or two, he at least has a couple bases) against the resurgent Indian polities, now much stronger after (probably) eating away the EIC remnants and France here has zero experience in Indian politics and ideologies (unlike the British) so you can't expect them to play divide-and-conquer as effectively as the EIC did.

So Napoleon can indeed destroy the British empire in India, to build his own "French Raj" there is something else entirely, maybe even impossible (though we exploring a borderline impossible scenario here), the British conquest of the subcontinent wasn't a trivial EU4-style conquest as many picture it.

Napoleon doesn't necessarily have to control all of India now. The French did have a few ports, and companies in India, but that was a few decades ago. But Napoleon could have a better restart up, if, after a post-Napoleonic invasion of Britan, Napoleon wins the war, Napoleon either annexing Egypt or allying with the Ottomans, by renewing the Franco-ottoman alliance, that could get the French exclusive access to an earlier built Suez Canal, Napoleon could set up more in India than Britan ever did.

And if they can't do that, the French can always just give the land to the Marathas, and get exclusive trade deals.
 
You are right!!!! However Napoleon would have to balance the interests of Russia in the Black Sea and Ottoman Empire and avoid Russia becoming a menace east of the Elbe. I guess Poland is lost. Also the Ottoman Empire can be a useful buffer against Russia and Austria so keeping it might be major policies in the Balkans. For Egypt, ¿built a canal? or have some sort of economical and political hegemony. Perhaps becoming the start of modern French Imperialism??

I always thought after a Napoleonic victory, Napoleon would renew the Franco-Ottoman alliance, and be big friends with the Ottomans. The Ottomans always had potential to restore their great power, and if Napoleon could restore the Military of the Ottomans, they could potentially get a serious ally against both Russia AND Austria. Especially since the Ottomans control the Balkans.

There might be bad blood between the two with the whole Egypt Campaign, but I bet you Napoleon has the ability to mend ties, and even improve them with the Ottomans. if Napoleon can get rid of the Janisary problem, and implement good laws, the Ottomans will be very thankful. The Ottomans can also offer a lot to Napoleon. They can do a co-building of an early Suez Canal, that would allow Napoleon access to India, and the far east even easier. The Ottomans also are a chain of Russian power growth, and Austrian power growth, and a powerful ally in any war.
 
I always thought after a Napoleonic victory, Napoleon would renew the Franco-Ottoman alliance, and be big friends with the Ottomans. The Ottomans always had potential to restore their great power, and if Napoleon could restore the Military of the Ottomans, they could potentially get a serious ally against both Russia AND Austria. Especially since the Ottomans control the Balkans.

There might be bad blood between the two with the whole Egypt Campaign, but I bet you Napoleon has the ability to mend ties, and even improve them with the Ottomans. if Napoleon can get rid of the Janisary problem, and implement good laws, the Ottomans will be very thankful. The Ottomans can also offer a lot to Napoleon. They can do a co-building of an early Suez Canal, that would allow Napoleon access to India, and the far east even easier. The Ottomans also are a chain of Russian power growth, and Austrian power growth, and a powerful ally in any war.

That would be an awesome butterfly!!! The tanzimat several decades before OTL.
 
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