I have noticed that alot of brits and americans think the Americans lost or barely won the war of 1812. The worst we did in that war was draw. We got everything we wanted, destroyed a british ally, won more of the naval fights, and humiliated them at New Orleans. Not to mention that their army that burned washington met with some punishment of divine nature.
I think if Napoleon escapes to America he does not try to seize power, is welcomed as a hero, and lives out his days in comfort with celebrity and well wishes. The coalition may not like it, the brits may not like it but there isn't anything they can do. There would be no massive invasion force of prussians, brits, russians, austrians, dutch, swedes, spaniards, portuguese... The costs, organization, negotiations for this would be on a scale that would just not be possible. I don't really think the coalition members would even be of one mind to do this.
The brits would be the most likely to try something but they had just tied or lost a war with the americans where all of the advantages were on their side. Too much is made of them being tied down in europe. They barely even fought in those wars. they had some men in spain making a nuisance and hiding behind guerillas, and they had 30,000 men at waterloo. There were no brits in russia, at austerlitz, wagram, leipzig, eylau...
I think if Napoleon escapes to America he does not try to seize power, is welcomed as a hero, and lives out his days in comfort with celebrity and well wishes. The coalition may not like it, the brits may not like it but there isn't anything they can do. There would be no massive invasion force of prussians, brits, russians, austrians, dutch, swedes, spaniards, portuguese... The costs, organization, negotiations for this would be on a scale that would just not be possible. I don't really think the coalition members would even be of one mind to do this.
The brits would be the most likely to try something but they had just tied or lost a war with the americans where all of the advantages were on their side. Too much is made of them being tied down in europe. They barely even fought in those wars. they had some men in spain making a nuisance and hiding behind guerillas, and they had 30,000 men at waterloo. There were no brits in russia, at austerlitz, wagram, leipzig, eylau...