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There are a few steps to this concept, but in broad strokes, this is closer Napoleonic-American cooperation against the British.

Let's say Napoleon doesn't impose the largely self-destructive Continental System on Europe, and as a result, there's no Peninsular War or invasion of Russia, and there's a lull on the Continent. For Napoleon, there's still the problem of Britain. He has little hope of being able to attack them or their colonies directly without a navy on the same level.

Would supporting Britain's enemies in colonial theaters with expert advisory staffs of French officers be an efficient way of stretching British resources?

Without the Continental System, would the U.S. still attempt an invasion of Canada in retaliation for impressment or British support of Indian raids, and if they had French experts to supervise training and tactics, would the U.S. forces be more effective?
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