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A recent news item made me wonder: How, exactly, Corsica could have become Italian?

One decent possibility might be in 1814-1815, at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Perhaps France might trade Corsica for other territories--Nice or Savoy, perhaps? Or, perhaps after Waterloo, France might be punished for the final upsurge of Napoleonic war by being forced to cede Napoleon's homeland? When I raised the question elsewhere, some suggested an Italian alliance with Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War, one that would see Italy receive its irredentist claims, too.

Another possibility might occur in the 20th century. If Italy could be convinced to join the Central Powers in the First World War, and if the Central Powers won, Corsica might be an obvious target for an Italy seeking to expand.

Thoughts?
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