Let us say that Tsar Alexander I didn't countermand Kutuzov and allowed him and Francis I to wait until Napoleon ran out of supplies in the Spring to attack Napoleon. The Allies don't attack the right flank as Napoleon expects and the center remains strong.
 
Napoleon is routed back to France, looking like an overly ambitious fool considering his "crown self as emperor" scheme, the Holy Roman Empire is not dissolved (albeit it evolves into an institution similar to the German Confederation), and the terms of France's defeat would certainy be different from OTL's.
If the Dutch break off from the French embrace, there's a possibility of them keeping South Africa.
With no Peninsular War, the Spanish Americas may evolve into a commonwealth of autonomous states. Similar thing for Brazil.
With less continental distractions, Britain will be able to better deal with the USA if the 1812 War still happens. That is, if it still happens, because the British will surely look a bit scarier.
Austria, rather than Prussia, will become the main patron of German nationalism, if it still develops.
Russia might get more concessions from Qajar Persia in the 1804-1813 War.
The Third Polish Partition borders remain in place.
I'm not sure about Italy, but it is possible that it'll fall under Habsburg influence.
Lots upon lots of butterflies.
 
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Let us say that Tsar Alexander I didn't countermand Kutuzov and allowed him and Francis I to wait until Napoleon ran out of supplies in the Spring to attack Napoleon. The Allies don't attack the right flank as Napoleon expects and the center remains strong.

The same thing as in "WI Napoléon won at Waterloo". Setback, but no game-changer.
 
Two things:
1- Napoleon isn’t going to sit on his butt until spring;
2- Even if he’s defeated in an ATL 1805 campaign, he’s not going to just sit around and do nothing for the next decade or so.

The wars will continue until Napoleon is either driven from power or achieves a peace that he finds acceptable.
 
Biggest change could be that during the time Napoleon needs to regroup his army the coalition can get Prussia to enter the war on their side.
 
The French still likely prevail, the war just lingers longer and Austria gets softer terms.

No. The Austrians were preparing a major build up. If they weren't nipped in the bud, an army three times as large (or 3 armies just as big) would come marching into France, backed up by the Russians. This isn't the war of the 1st Coalition and they aren't going to recapture France for the royalists, but they can neutralize supply depots and other logistical structures requited for another campaign into the HRE. Also, the British were cooking up a way to turn Mediterranean Supremacy into a military asset against Nappy, but they needed allies on the continent (AKA Austria) to hold out for time. And the Prussians would drop all ideas or working with Napoleon once he lost.
 
It would be interesting to see a smited at Austerlitz Napoleon end up better in the long run. No ego out of control. Ego in control Napoleon Empire survives.

A world where Napoleon II irons things out with Queen Charlotte until a Great War comes along a Century later. "The Hundred Years Peace"?
 
It would be interesting to see a smited at Austerlitz Napoleon end up better in the long run. No ego out of control. Ego in control Napoleon Empire survives.

If Napoleon is as good as relieving besieged forts as he is at giving field battles in enemy territory (where they looted their food... one less thing to carry but a tactic that might not be approved in France), then he might very well survive an allied counterattack. 1 to 3 odds isn't horrible. If he does survive off that, then a smited Austerlitz Napoleon would probably end up better in the long run... although he wouldn't go down as one of a man who had Europe quaking in their boots on the mention of his name. You have to admit, even if you exclude Austerlitz, his most masterful and biggest victories came from the War of the Third Coalition and the later Napoleonic wars.
 
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