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In the 1st point possibly Prussia gets all of Saxony? IIRC it got the combined Rhineland - merging and expanding territories it had there prior to the revolution as compensation for only getting about a third of Saxony. I think it doubtful that it would get new compensation in the east now as...

Unfortunately HL is insisting that Napoleon will continue rolling double 6's time after time and that his opponents will fail at everything they attempt then give up.

Lets see a) Napoleon is gravely restricted as reimposing conscription would cause much unrest. b) Prussia might be running short of men after the warfare in 1813-14 but even if its army in Belgium is destroyed, which is unlikely as Napoleon has to turn to fight Wellington it has gained a lot...

You mean they didn't have hydrofoils in the 1810's? :p Although it doesn't need much of an opportunity if you have favourable wind and tide conditions for a ship to sneak past if the blockaders are drawn off position. Mind you getting out again could be an issue. :)

There are economic benefits for 3rd parties from French imports having to go through their ports and being taxed, as well as that it means employment for their merchant fleet. However there is the political cost of resentment at British ships stopping them to check for war contraband that might...

Atarlost I was replying in response to HL's opening post. See the map he supplied which shows France including all of Belgium, a bit of the Netherlands - enough to allow Antwerp access to the sea - and all of Germany west of the Rhine. I agree that I can't see the other nations accepting...

Actually for most of the 19thC the RN was relatively small in terms of resources. Just a lot bigger than anyone else. There were a few naval 'scares', chiefly concerning France but also Russia at time and later Germany although prior to ~1900 Britain's industrial base and interest in the navy...

It is accessible if either a) There is a serious neglect of the navy, which occurred at times prior to ~1700. b) A single nation/power gains control of the bulk of the continent and then is able to maintain that for any period beyond a few years. The latter is definitely an incentive to...

I didn't say it would be easy but the threat continued to be there. The Walcheren campaign, as well as a belated attempt to aid Austria in its latest attempt to oppose Napoleon was also tasked with trying to destroy the warships under construction there. Ditto with the 2nd operation against...

He can't realistically develop and use ironclad steamers. However, if he secured a renewed military domination of the continent, which I think highly unlikely given the circumstances, he could eventually produce enough 'traditional' warships to overwhelm Britain. Which is something he...

First part agree on. Napoleon, as long as he was insistent that only his desires matters, was an existential threat, both to Britain and to every other state in Europe that wished to be independent. Second part not a chance. The technology wasn't up to it at this point and most of what...

Can Napoleon assemble such forces without introducing conscription again, which he feared doing OTL? He might gamble on a renewed desire for glory making it acceptable but by 1815 most of France was weary of war. Especially since in the last stages it had been fought on their own territory...