I'm trying to put together my first Altenate History story, but there are a lot of what ifs that I would like you guys's opinion on. Thanks in advace!!
-What if after seeing the rise back to power of Napoleon after his escape from Elba, the Great Powers were stricter towards France (seeing it as a Major antigonist for European peace and stability). I'm thinking of a Congress of Vienna with added features such as ceding Savoie, Nice and Corsica to Piedmont-Sardinia; ceding the Franche-Comte region to Switzerland; ceding the Nord département to the Netherlands; ceding Pyrénées Orientales and Haute and Basse Pyrénées to Spain and ceding Calvados, Manche as well as the city of Calais to Great Britain. Would France remain one of the strongest Militairy and Industrial Power of Europe!?
-What if the Louisiana Puchase exclude the city of New Orleans!? Does it get occupied during the Civil War by the Confederated States and sees French involvement or does it get ignored!? would it also remain French!?
-How would a Piedmont-Sardinian attack on Neutral Switzerland to conquer Geneve and the Italian Speaking parts of Switzerland as an earlier part of Italian Unification be handled by the other European Powers. Would there be a coalition war against Piedmont-Sardinia!? And if so would there even be a (limited) Italian Unification possible!?
-What if the Belgian Revolution resulted in the creation of the Kingdom of Liége (including Liége, Belgian and Dutch Limburg, Namur, Luxemburg, part of Brabant east of the Dijle River and the region around Charleroi); The British Protectorate of Flanders (West- and East Flanders, Hainault, Nord Département and Zeelandic Flanders) and the rest remaining Dutch!? How would the Western Front of World War I look like!? Would it include the Dutch and Flanders!?
-What if the 1904 Dogger Bank incident where during the Russo-Japanese war a British fishing fleet was attacked by the Russian Navy who misidentified them as a Japanese Naval force led to a war in which Great Britain joined in with Japan against Russia and France joined in on Russia's side. What would the German Empire and Austria-hungary do!? And what who would be the victor and what would be the aftermath of that war!?
-What if after World War I the German Empire would be partitioned just like Austria-Hungary to eliminate the German lust for war. Something along the line of Nothern Rhineland and Eastern Friesland to the Netherlands; Central Rhineland to Liége(/Belgium); Southern Rhineland and Alsace-Lorraine to France, Southern Baden to Switzerland; an Independent Bavaria (including Wurtemberg), Saxony, Prussia (Posen, East- and West-Prussia) and Brandenburg (Mecklenburg, Brandeburg, Pommerania and Silesia) and the rest becoming the Frankfurt Confederation. Would World War II just be Hitlers (or anyone else) restoration of the German Empire or would it eventually grown into OTL-ish World war II!?
-What if after seeing the rise back to power of Napoleon after his escape from Elba, the Great Powers were stricter towards France (seeing it as a Major antigonist for European peace and stability). I'm thinking of a Congress of Vienna with added features such as ceding Savoie, Nice and Corsica to Piedmont-Sardinia; ceding the Franche-Comte region to Switzerland; ceding the Nord département to the Netherlands; ceding Pyrénées Orientales and Haute and Basse Pyrénées to Spain and ceding Calvados, Manche as well as the city of Calais to Great Britain. Would France remain one of the strongest Militairy and Industrial Power of Europe!?
-What if the Louisiana Puchase exclude the city of New Orleans!? Does it get occupied during the Civil War by the Confederated States and sees French involvement or does it get ignored!? would it also remain French!?
-How would a Piedmont-Sardinian attack on Neutral Switzerland to conquer Geneve and the Italian Speaking parts of Switzerland as an earlier part of Italian Unification be handled by the other European Powers. Would there be a coalition war against Piedmont-Sardinia!? And if so would there even be a (limited) Italian Unification possible!?
-What if the Belgian Revolution resulted in the creation of the Kingdom of Liége (including Liége, Belgian and Dutch Limburg, Namur, Luxemburg, part of Brabant east of the Dijle River and the region around Charleroi); The British Protectorate of Flanders (West- and East Flanders, Hainault, Nord Département and Zeelandic Flanders) and the rest remaining Dutch!? How would the Western Front of World War I look like!? Would it include the Dutch and Flanders!?
-What if the 1904 Dogger Bank incident where during the Russo-Japanese war a British fishing fleet was attacked by the Russian Navy who misidentified them as a Japanese Naval force led to a war in which Great Britain joined in with Japan against Russia and France joined in on Russia's side. What would the German Empire and Austria-hungary do!? And what who would be the victor and what would be the aftermath of that war!?
-What if after World War I the German Empire would be partitioned just like Austria-Hungary to eliminate the German lust for war. Something along the line of Nothern Rhineland and Eastern Friesland to the Netherlands; Central Rhineland to Liége(/Belgium); Southern Rhineland and Alsace-Lorraine to France, Southern Baden to Switzerland; an Independent Bavaria (including Wurtemberg), Saxony, Prussia (Posen, East- and West-Prussia) and Brandenburg (Mecklenburg, Brandeburg, Pommerania and Silesia) and the rest becoming the Frankfurt Confederation. Would World War II just be Hitlers (or anyone else) restoration of the German Empire or would it eventually grown into OTL-ish World war II!?