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This would come as a shock to everyone involved, since conscription was being used and was how Napoleon had a nearly 150,000 field force by June in action. Except he doesn't have to because if Blutcher is destroyed, Wellington made it clear he had no intention of fighting and would fall back...

The UK can only form coalitions if it has the willing/capable partners to do such. If the Prussian and Russian Armies are destroyed, it will take years to rebuild them and that leaves only Austria alone on the continent which has already shown it would not fight in such a circumstance and also...

It definitely depends on the staying power of the War Ministry to continue the levies. For what it's worth Clausewitz was of the opinion that Napoleonic success in the initial phases would've ensured he (Napoleon) met his troop goals, given his extant progress but also the return of the Emperor...

Off the top of my head, I do not recall; they certainly had not yet crossed into France at the time of Waterloo historically. If the Prussians, Russians and perhaps Austrians are destroyed, it will be at least or two to rebuild their armies. As it were, however, they historically were willing...

Already being done; Napoleon invaded Belgium with about 130,000 troops and had 80,000 or so in France itself doing garrison duty in June, so it's not unreasonable to assume they would complete their planned mobilization totals by August. Certainly Clausewitz, writing after the fact a history of...

Given a generation to consolidate their conquests, and the stability afforded by a Constitutional Monarchy under Napoleon II, I'd imagine France will surpass the UK quite handily as the power of the 19th Century and possibly beyond. Control of the iron ore and coal deposits of OTL Belgium and...

Napoleon was actually pretty close to victory in the Hundred Days, with the decisive point probably being the "misfire" at Ligny. After having pinned the Prussians frontally, Napoleon had set the seeds of a devastating flanking attack upon the Blucher's exposed right flank with the I Corps of...