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This one seems somewhat simple to me. No Napoleonic invasion of Russia, means: 1. Russia drifts away from ties with France, but does nothing to attack the French Empire (as they would easily be crushed in an offensive war) , 2. No massive bleeding away of French and Empire manpower, no...

If Napoleon Bonaparte had not gotten the chance that came along with the revolution, he most likely would have either ended up a no-name Artillery officer with the French Royal Army, or he would have gone to Turkey and been the artillery engineer for the Sultan as he planned.

Wow, its a good thing that someone has come along that will finally tell the masses that slavery is wrong! That is a message so rarely heard these days. ;)

I dunno...that period isn't my best historical period...but as I understand it they would certainly be in trouble. And didn't Napoleon get a bayonet wound in the leg during the Battle at Toulon, or was that another time?

Lets say Napoleon gets hit in the head by some stray projectile at the siege of Toulon and dies. What happens to France and Europe? Peace? War? Does democracy spread quicker or slower? Does France remain a superpower until today?

Yes, if you make an argument, PPOR.

Oh really? I was under the impression that they were farther away from France. My mistake.

Very interesting Redbeard. I wish I could write AH like that... "How long it lasts? Mmm. Probably not too much longer. Britain's still advancing into southern spain by this point, actually." Yes, but Wellington's army was rather tiny, and had Napoleon won a smashing victory at Leipzig, he...

Thats the problem. However, if Napoleon had won a smashing uber-victory at Waterloo, many of his dissenters would have been silenced. Its possible he would have time to recruit more soldiers, and maybe press some of the former Bonaparte supporters from Wellington's army. Napoleon at least has a...

After his return from Russia, Napoleon's days were numbered. Obviously, he made a mistake and went back into the blender during the 1813 campaign which culminated in the Super-Battle at Leipzig. Lets say however, that Napoleon showed a dash of his old brilliance and pulled off an awesome...

Success is anything, that leads to either the Germans winning the war, or avoiding an Unconditional Peace, maybe something closer to a white peace.

What would it have taken? Most accounts I have read said that it was extremely unlikely to have been successful. However, going by a contingency view of history ( i.e. Nothing is impossible ), what, strategically, tactically, ect. could Germany have done to win this battle and the war? Would...

Its a great game. Once I get into it a little more, I see it being my favorite of the EUII/HOI/Victoria trilogy.

What if gunpowder and more modern explosives had never developed? What if wars today were still fought with spears, swords, and shields, armor, horses, etc... How would the world be different, if every other development that was not related to gunpowder came about, its just weapons were still...

I was just curious, because I have never been fully satisfied with an answer on this. Why were faster, lighter tanks favored before and in the beginning of WWII instead of more powerful, heavily armored tanks? What could have changed history to make the Great Powers have much more powerful...