No Napoleon

Napeleon Bonaparte had an older brother, also named Napoleon, who died in infancy. What if the original Napoleon survives while our Napoleon either dies in infancy or is never born? Can the French Republic survive without his military genius? And what will it become without Bonaparte at the helm?
 

Anaxagoras

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I think some ambitious general will eventually establish a military dictatorship, but I highly doubt it would have been a man as brilliant and visionary as Napoleon. He was a singular historical figure who had enormous impact.

The simple fact that there would be no Napoleonic Code would, by itself, alter history in such a way as to make the world unrecognizable. And that's only one of a huge number of changes that would happen.
 
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