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What if during the Revolutionary War, right after France had begun to aid the Revolutionaries, Britain had appealed to Prussia to declare war on France in Europe?
Could Prussia have defeated France after they had sent large bodies of troops overseas and what concessions would have been given to the prussians by the British? Would Britain and Prussia enter into a close Alliance that would affect European history in the 19th and 20th centuries if Prussia still succeeds in unification?

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Well an "appeal" wouldn't work, only what usually did - the Golden Cavalry of Saint George !

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Grey Wolf
 
Could Prussia have defeated France after they had sent large bodies of troops overseas ...


Several ... umm ... problems ... here are just a few. Prussia isn't much larger than the several German states she would have to march through to even get to France. Prussia probably isn't able to even field a force large enough to make France bat an eye. Prussia recently had only gained Silesia so she's probably not going to think of giving Austria a chance to snatch it back. There isn't anything Prussia could really gain from the venture. ect ect ... just my opinion of course.
 
If this happened - and I find it very hard to believe it would, for the reasons listed above and others - then the "concessions" Germany received would be payment for the upkeep of their troops. Britain wasn't in the habit of carving slices of their Empire to give away as prizes. Even moreso, it wouldn't give away parts of what was then its most glorious possession, but it wouldn't give away colonial territories full stop.
 
Would Britain and Prussia enter into a close Alliance that would affect European history in the 19th and 20th centuries if Prussia still succeeds in unification?

Also it's worth pointing out that Prussia was allied to Britain during the Nap. Wars and closely tied with blood after Waterloo and things still went their course. I see not reason why things would be effected differently ITTL.

But say something of a real bond developed (unlikely in either victory or defeat) and such a relationship created a scenario two decades later where the British were allowed or encouraged to land real contingents of troops/units along the Baltic (ie Prussia) and stage defensive measures there. Instead of Wellesley in Spain, perhaps Blucher and the future Duke can create some magic here? Just offering a different dimension to the topic ;)
 
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