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Points of Divergence : The Napoleonic Wars
Points of divergence concerning the conquests of Napoleonic France and the counter-wars of its adversaries during the 1800s and 1810s.
Napoleonic Wars developments
Could Napoleon's Continental System have worked ?
Challenge: Napoleonic-British alliance
Napoleon adopts Robert Fulton's steamship ?
Challenge: Napoleonic version of Operation Sealion
Napoleon gets his 6 hours window and attempts landfall with 200 000 troops in Britain
WI Napoleon doesn't invade Spain ?
Longbows in the Peninsular Campaign
Why did Napoleon attack Moscow ?
How could the French win at Trafalgar and what would the long-term consequences be ?
WI: Horatio Nelson is not killed at the Battle of Trafalgar
British Military Strategy in the Napoleonic Wars
WI: Napoleon captures Alexander at Leipzig
Wellington replaced by different commander at Waterloo
Blücher totally smashed at Ligny. Does Wellington give battle ?
How could Napoleon win at Waterloo ?
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Effects of Napoleonic Wars on specific countries/regions
The evolution of a Napoleonic Britain
Napoleonic Victory and German Nationalism
No Peninsular War, what does Napoleon do instead ?
Effects of no Peninsular War on Latin American Wars for Independence ?
WI Napoleon didn't send troops to Haiti
Plausibility check: Napoleon creating a united Italy ?
Napoleonic partition of the Ottoman Empire
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Napoleonic Wars outcomes
Is a Napoleonic victory plausible ?
What are the chances of a global Napoleonic empire ?
Post 1812 Napoleonic Victory? Only if the British lose in Spain and Napoleon wins at Leipzig
Ramifications of a Napoleonic victory
Challenge: Most likely map after Napoleonic victory
Ruminations of a more succesful Napoleon - Don't take it at face value, but it's an interesting discussion.
Plausibility check: Alternate Congress of Vienna
Territorial consolidation at the Congress of Vienna
WI: Polish-Saxon Crisis escalates
Who would get France's island territories after the Napoleonic Wars ?
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See Also
Points of Divergence : Napoleon Bonaparte - PODs about the (in)famous Corsican himself.
Points of Divergence : Napoleonic dynasties - PODs about royal families or viceroys that originated under the Napoleonic regimes/empire.
French Points of Divergence - General French points of divergence.
Points of Divergence : House of Bourbon - PODs about France's House of Bourbon, including their ATL fates during and after the Napoleonic era.
Points of Divergence : War of 1812 - PODs on the War of 1812, taking place in North America during the latter half of the Napoleonic Wars.