It wouldn't be possible for a Napoleon analog to take control of the HRE, right? I feel like that would almost be unstoppable for a good while...
It wouldn't be possible for a Napoleon analog to take control of the HRE, right? I feel like that would almost be unstoppable for a good while...
Have you read the latest LTTW?![]()
I have been delaying delving into LTTW out of my perceived massiveness of it. I'm guessing you're hinting that I should put it off no further?
To the OP: Does this mean no Napoleon, Napoleon born somewhere else, or... two Napoleons as contemporaries?![]()
You also need a well developed country with an existing powerfull millitary tradition and a large enought popullation to do as mutch damage as the OTL Napoleon.Hm, well to get a true Napoleon analogue their are a few factors that need to be in place;
Firstly you need it to be a continental power, so Britain and Japan are out.
Secondly their needs to be the right environment for it, so after a civil war or revolution, during a time of great unrest or following a defeat (but not a massive defeat) in war, which means you need to change the localized history depending on the time period.
Thirdly you need a region that's simply not prepared for it.
I suppose you could get maybe a Spanish Napoleon during the beginning or mid-point of Spains decline or maybe an Italian one who rises during the 1600s-1700s and united Italy and then stary expanding outward.
I suppose I could see maybe one in South-East Asia if the right events occur to.
You also need a well developed country with an existing powerfull millitary tradition and a large enought popullation to do as mutch damage as the OTL Napoleon.
Anyway, we could also see that Napoléon, despite all the french propaganda (by himself) and european (only he could kick our collective arses), his military talent wass matched by many French generals of the era, like Massena (the dear child of victory) or Hoche, and all the administration and logistics of Carnot (the organizer of victory).
Honestly there was only one state in the late 18th century where I could imagine it, and that was in the Habsburgs domains. There simply lacked other states as massive as France. A French-style revolution anywhere else simply lack the population to defend themselves against their neighbours, and alt-Napoleon would never gain power without a revolution.
The problem, IMO, is that the Habsburg states response to revolutionary ideas was to start falling apart; the United States of Belgium, the Hungarian mutterings of revolt, etc.