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    Decisive French Victory At Ligny

    Not possible,becouse at that point there were russian,austrian and part of prussian armies marching on them. Napoleon would be crushed no matter what. You want succesfull Napoleon? then made him take Petersburg in 1812,not Moscov.Or widraw from Moscov on Ukraine when polish gentry would welcome...
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    Decisive French Victory At Ligny

    There is book " The Napoleon options,alternate decisions of napoleonic wars" by Jonathan North with 10 chapters/every made by other author/ how Napoleon could win.Well,one is about world where Napoleon could never shine,becouse wars ended in 1797.In others he would still lost. North himself...
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    Decisive French Victory At Ligny

    Indeed,Ligny was too late to change anything. But,we could save Napoleon,if he listen to poles.In 1812 Poniatowski urged him to wait for next year in captured Smolensk. Later he begged hin on knees to let him send polish corp to Wołyń and Podole/where many polish gentry lived and starting...
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    Decisive French Victory At Ligny

    Indeed.England would finance all of it till Napoleon is gone.And since he would be in weaker position,unless prussian or austrian manage to quick lost again,it would end in 1816.
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    Decisive French Victory At Ligny

    Becouse he was not.Britain from 17th century always made coalitions to cripple any state which could unite Europe.And Napoleon weakened Prussia,with was England tool in Europe/till they conqered rest of Germany - but it is another story/ So,in this scenario - England would still destroy...
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    Decisive French Victory At Ligny

    Highly unlikely - but even if that occure,England would keep forming coalitions to destroy France as long as Napoleon and his line lived.They would eventually die. Unless...Napoleon would built small fleet of steam ironclads,destroy RN and invade and occupy England.Only after that France would...
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