The most often forgotten parts of the Napoleonic Wars were the happenings in Scandinavia (well....outside Scandinavia at least).
In 1808 French alligned Russia invaded Britain friendly Sweden and conquered Finland.
Though we may look at later times and think Sweden never stood any chance in fact at the time it was just circumstances that were against them. The Russian army was rather small and struggled quite a bit in Finland whilst the Swedes had to keep the vast majority of their army in the south keeping an eye on their old enemy Denmark, and of course the devourer of nations; France.
To quote the genocide:
...now....This is interesting....
Anyone know what these disagreements were out of interest? (modern Swedish history isn't my area)
So...what if the British do send a large number of land forces in defence of Sweden in addition to the fleet (which proved very handy)? It doesn't sound like too many men compared to what was going on in Europe at the time but for Scandinavia it was quite significant.
Could Sweden and Britain win?- taking Norway at their leisure, fighting off Russia, perhaps even making advances?
Could Russia be defeated?
Or would it turn against Napoleon as per OTL?
Could this removal of troops from Spain have an effect?
In 1808 French alligned Russia invaded Britain friendly Sweden and conquered Finland.
Though we may look at later times and think Sweden never stood any chance in fact at the time it was just circumstances that were against them. The Russian army was rather small and struggled quite a bit in Finland whilst the Swedes had to keep the vast majority of their army in the south keeping an eye on their old enemy Denmark, and of course the devourer of nations; France.
To quote the genocide:
On May 26, a British fleet manned by 14,000 troops entered the port of Gothenburg but, due to various disagreements with the king, never landed and proceeded to fight the French in Spain after leaving 16 battleships and 20 other ships at Sweden's disposal.
...now....This is interesting....
Anyone know what these disagreements were out of interest? (modern Swedish history isn't my area)
So...what if the British do send a large number of land forces in defence of Sweden in addition to the fleet (which proved very handy)? It doesn't sound like too many men compared to what was going on in Europe at the time but for Scandinavia it was quite significant.
Could Sweden and Britain win?- taking Norway at their leisure, fighting off Russia, perhaps even making advances?
Could Russia be defeated?
Or would it turn against Napoleon as per OTL?
Could this removal of troops from Spain have an effect?