Plausibility Check: Bonaparte restoration in the 20th Century

Specifically, after a French defeat in World War I.


As much as I would have liked that, the revolutionary left was far more powerful and influential in France (still is kind of). Unfortunately, a royal restoration of any kind in that time period looks next to impossible: A far more likely scenario would have been a red revolution similar to OTL's Russia.

If you've heard of the Hearts of Iron II mod "Kaiserreich" where Germany wins the Great War is an example of one scenario such as this.
 
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As much as I would have liked that, the revolutionary left was far more powerful and influential in France (still is kind of). Unfortunately, a royal restoration of any kind in that time period looks next to impossible: A far more likely scenario would have been a red revolution similar to OTL's Russia.

If you've heard of the Hearts of Iron II mod "Kaiserreich" where Germany wins the Great War is an example of one scenario such as this.

A red revolution indeed is possible but any communist or revolutionary socialist regime would be short lived due to Germany, Britain, and others invading or a civil war. The backlash against all things socialist, communist, and left leaning in the aftermath of the red regime being deposed could lead to a royal or imperial restoration if only as facade for a military dictatorship.
 
I would think if Britain doesn't join the war and Germany manages to reach Paris, they would impose a monarchy after a bit.
 
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