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Is it possible to have [with handwavium] a scenario in which the British and the Americans fight back alone against Napoleon?
Based on Calbear's AANW timeline and https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...ortuguese-fleet-instead-of-the-danish.388347/:
1807: The p.o.d. is the Danish Navy readied for war and inflicting significant damage and several losses on British ships before being destroyed at Copenhagen. As a result, Portugal has it fleet confiscated by Britain and joins Napoleon.
1808-1811 is similar to https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...ortuguese-fleet-instead-of-the-danish.388347/, but with Britain not invaded and Spain remaining allied with Napoleon. Austria and Sweden lose all its Polish and Balkan regions and Finland respectively while Britain builds its empire from Napoleonic allies.
1811-1812: Instead of an invasion of Britain, Britain bribes Russia with aid and money to invade Poland while at war with the Ottoman Empire. Russia enters the '6th Coalition' and is defeated with the Russian armies encircled and destroyed. Britain is left fighting alone.
1813-1815: With America at war with Britain and no Napoleonic preparations for an invasion of Britain other than improving the Napoleonic and allied fleets, the decision is made to defeat America and reinforce British defences at home. Same with the Ottoman Empire.
1816: After America's defeat, it is forced to sign a peace treaty that requires it to join the British against Napoleon along with the Ottomans for minor or no territorial losses. At this point, France with its client states, the Iberian Peninsula, all Germanic states, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe are under Napoleon and his allies' control. [Note that most food for the Napoleonic Empire would be produced in Europe.]
1817-1823: Napoleon prepares for renewed land war against Britain. In 1823, the Anglo-American Armies land in the Mediterranean with Ottoman support, but face heavy local and Austrian resistance.
1824: An invasion of the Netherlands is launched with a supporting French uprising to defeat Napoleon's Empire, the new French Emperor being young. The invasion initially succeeds and gets Prussia into the 7th Coalition, but after the French defeat the uprising, the French force a coalition retreat to the Russian border. Sweden enters the war again against Denmark, which makes peace. The defensive is taken by all Coalition armies in the Mediterranean except for the Ottomans.
1825: The Swedes take Norway and the Russians agree to join the war against Napoleon with promises of Austrian territory, Poland and Finland. Although the Ottomans are alienated, their compensation would come at the expense of Austrian support for Napoleon.
1826: A massive Polish uprising has to be defeated by the Russians and Prussians as the Anglo-American armies in the north prepare for an invasion of France. In Spain, Italy and Portugal, guerillas and Napoleonic supporting troops make life miserable for the British as their troops advance slowly but steadily. Ottoman territorial gains are reached, but with further participation halted.
1827: The 7th Coalition gets on its feet and successfully invade France and Austria, but with heavy losses. Meanwhile, Spain, Portugal and Italy are finally secured and invade France, which is defeated by the year's end.
1828: Civil war occurs in France until being put down in 1829. The same occurs throughout Europe against pro-British liberals, Napoleonic supporters, leftist revolutionaries and monarchists.
1830: Treaty of Paris restores French monarchy under the Orleans with the Congress of Vienna ending the Napoleonic Wars. Peace conditions to be decided later.
Note: Plus an improved French Navy which gets defeated until only a few ships remain by 1828.
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