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What if Louis Napoleon tried to occupy Egypt during his regime-

Such an ambitious enterprise would probably have to be a substitute for one of Louis Napoleon's other foreign interventions, so he contrives to create and take the opportunity to invade Egypt instead of:

a) The Crimean War in 1853-56
b) The 2nd Opium War in 1856-58
c) The 1850s-1860s take over of Cambodia and southern Vietnam
d) The war by Piedmont's side against Austria, 1859-1860
e) The Mexican Intervention of 1861-1867, or
f) The Franco-Prussian war

So if he invades Egypt, how does it go, and what knock-on effects does it have?

Does the rest of Europe, and the UK, tolerate a French takeover of Egypt?
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