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Frederick the Great made a seperate peace with Austria, which gave him Silesia, since he didn't want the destruction of Austria either. After all, such a scenario would leave France supreme on the continent.

To avoid Prussia joining the war later on Austria's side, you would also have to remove Frederick from the equation.
 
Frederick the Great made a seperate peace with Austria, which gave him Silesia, since he didn't want the destruction of Austria either. After all, such a scenario would leave France supreme on the continent.

To avoid Prussia joining the war later on Austria's side, you would also have to remove Frederick from the equation.

That is true IOTL.
The premise of this TL is that Austria is basically crushed before Frederick has any chance at a separate peace. In the crucial moment, he has almost no say at all. Destruction of Austria happens with little regard to anything he wants, indeed.
 
I tried this.

From “Les Deracinés” par Aimé Senghor, Castries, Iles du Sucre, 1939.


“Non! Nous ne sommes pas encore
Françaises non plus.
Merci bien, Sa Majesté chère
l'oppression reste imprimé dans notre chair.
Merci bien d'avoir nous enfranchi de l'esclavage,
dedans nos coeurs nous restons des sauvages.
Non! Aucune grande liberalité royale
n'a pu de nous faire une race égale.


Donnez bien-nous une chaise dorée
dans vos très calme Parlement Français.
Ne voulons pas encors de concession,
la liberté va naître par la Révolution.


Merveilleux! La Cour se réunit,
l'esclave en est enfranchi.
Le patron n'aura pas de damage
La tyrannie condoné en patronage.


Mais en-garde, Race Blanche!
Assez avec votre France.
Ne sommes pas libres depuis ta grâce non plus.
Ce fut Toussaint qui nos chaînes a rompues"
 
Translation (not literal, I tried to keep the rime):
"No! We are no Frenchmen anymore.
Thank you so much, her Majesty, my dear,
the marks of oppression our bodies still bear.
Thank you so much, for having freed us from bondage,
while our hearts still are of the savage.
No! No royal grant, how generous it is,
can make our race equal to his.

Give us a golden chair in you Parliament if you wish
Your very tranquil Parliament of France, for worth it is.
We don't seek any concession more,
It is the Revolution that our freedom bore.

How wonderful! The Court has decreed
the bondsman is freed.
No harm to the ownership done
tyranny condoned, has patronage become.

But be careful, White Race.
We'd enough of this place.
It is not your grace that our freedom brought,
It was Toussaint who our chaines broke."
 
Don't take it the wrong way I enjoy your timeline and the effort you put in it and I don't want to discourage you.

Well, I understood that, I am not absolutely discouraged. It is just discomforting to me to realize how much French I seem to have forgotten recently.
 
Well, I understood that, I am not absolutely discouraged. It is just discomforting to me to realize how much French I seem to have forgotten recently.
Well french is a difficult language to learn. I am sure I must butcher english so I am not well placed to give lessons.:p
 
Well french is a difficult language to learn. I am sure I must butcher english so I am not well placed to give lessons.:p

I'm not English native speaker too.
The dismaying part is that I had learnt French quite well, and I am losing bits now.. :eek:
 
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