WI Netherlands-Belgium war

WI Netherlands-Belgium war

What if during the Ten days campaign , when the Netherlands invaded Belgium on , August 2, 1831, the Netherlands was backed by allies , in that there was no Polish revolution allowing Russia and Prussia who wanted to assist the Netherlands to back them up.

Would this result in a much larger war whit the Netherlands , Russia and Prussia on one side versus the Belgium’s who had support of the French.
 
that is funny, it actually happened to once when i played
Netherlands in Victoria, the Prussians and Russians backed
me up and the British backed up Belgium. luckily for me
the Brits did not have many landtroops at that point.
 
Would this result in a much larger war whit the Netherlands , Russia and Prussia on one side versus the Belgium’s who had support of the French.
Yes probably and count on the British to be pro-Netherlands too or at least anti-France. I suspect that the result will be a Dutch Belgium.
 
Yes the British will be among them who will support the Netherlands , remember the Napoleonic Wars are still fresh in the memories of Europeans, if the French, under the recently installed July Monarchy, beginning supported the Belgian independence, the other powers will begin supporting the Provinces of the Netherlands, as the fear that the French will annex an independent Belgium.
 
Yes the British will be among them who will support the Netherlands , remember the Napoleonic Wars are still fresh in the memories of Europeans, if the French, under the recently installed July Monarchy, beginning supported the Belgian independence, the other powers will begin supporting the Provinces of the Netherlands, as the fear that the French will annex an independent Belgium.

But would the French go as far as going to war over Belgium? Weren't they very close to Britain by then?
 
But would the French go as far as going to war over Belgium? Weren't they very close to Britain by then?

They would go to war against just the Netherlands and did, but if the Prussians and Russians clearly support the Dutch, they might indeed back of and not risk war. The Dutch can pretty easily beat the Beglian rebels (as seen during the 10 day campaign), so the end result would probably be a Dutch Belgium.

Also the British and French may have a pretty good relation, but probably not as good that the British support the French in a war where the French might end up with the Flemish coast (I think that would be the only reason for the French to go to war and they won't accept less) Also I really doubt that the British cared one bit about the Belgians, they just wanted to prevent that the Flemish coast would end up French. Weather independ or Dutch doesn't matter.
 
King William was not satisfied with the settlement drawn up in London and did not accept Belgium's claim of independence as it divided the kingdom and drastically affected the Netherlands treasury , and therefore decided to invaded Belgium.

So invaded is the correct world , ore should it call something else.
 
King William was not satisfied with the settlement drawn up in London and did not accept Belgium's claim of independence as it divided the kingdom and drastically affected the Netherlands treasury , and therefore decided to invaded Belgium.

So invaded is the correct world , ore should it call something else.

You're silly, mister.
 
You're silly, mister.
I don't get it. Country A is big, region A1 secedes and becomes country B, country A invades country B to turn it back into a region again.
Or is this a de jure vs de facto thing made difficult by the at the time inexistance of proper international law?
 
I don't get it. Country A is big, region A1 secedes and becomes country B, country A invades country B to turn it back into a region again.
Or is this a de jure vs de facto thing made difficult by the at the time inexistance of proper international law?

It depends on when you would call a seceded region a new country. Did the USA invade the CSA for example? Also would Belgium be recognised by other countries if Prussia and Russia had supported the Dutch?
 
Come, come, this won't do - as the duke said.

The important question is, could a British government fail to back (a) the King of the Belgians who was (b) the widower of George 4th's daughter and (c) whom they had helped install? I think not, France or no France. If Grey failed to act, Derby would probably rat, Lord John Russell might compromise, and in any case Wellington or Peel becomes PM. Moreover, the duke is still Commander in Chief, and would regard supporting Belgium as his duty in any case.

What this would do the Reform Act and abolition is an interesting question. Then again, it might actually have helped with Catholic Emancipation in the UK.
 
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