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    • 6 months ago

    In my opinion, Napoleon was the only and closest person to invade Britain in the Modern Era.

    • 6 months ago

    UK: had their navy
    US and Canada: Had their Army

    • 6 months ago

    I look at this way if the failed Austrian painter thought invading Britain was never going to End well
    I highly doubt Napoleon can

    • 6 months ago

    Jefferson’s America > Trump’s America

    • 6 months ago

    On Hati he should add it as a sweetener for Jefferson to increase better terms for another major US port and add sugar to the rice in New Orleans.

    • 6 months ago

    The British vacation place is Bournemouth! 😉

    • 6 months ago

    Haitian Revolution was fully over by this point

    • 6 months ago

    There was a major pro Napoleon movement in the UK all through the Napoleonic Wars so there would be some who would welcome him.

    • 6 months ago

    This, I think, is one of Cody’s best (probably because he got a ton of input from the Napoleon hyper focus gang)

    • 6 months ago

    You accidentally linked the Angry Cop video about Trump memes again instead of the original video for this reaction.

    • 6 months ago

    It is very probable that the French would use the Irish in their fight against the British. The very idea of the French using Ireland as a backdoor to invade Great Britain is what led to the Act of Union in 1800 and the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

    I'm also not entirely convinced that the British would have surrendered so quickly after losing London. Like the Romans in the Second Punic War, the British would have continued to resist the French. Also, where is Wellington?

    • 6 months ago

    A lot would depend on when he chose to launch an invasion of England. (Having the ships to do so in place and weather would be key) Remember Drake and the Spanish. Also being able to get a foothold would be key, a reverse Normandy would be unlikely due to available English troops, forts and local fleets. The French best hope would be an Ireland or Scottland first with less concentration of English. Also with either region could develop a local support factor to swell ranks with Irish (who rebelled often) or a faction of Scotts not happy with England. When Napoleon came back France had yet to rebuild and lacked time. Earlier would have worked but he was over extended in Europe. If he avoided war with Russia and took a pause, even giving back farther areas to concentrate power with a period of peace to rebuild.

    • 6 months ago

    What do YOU think of this possibility?

    • 6 months ago

    Mr. Terry has nice Hats.

    • 6 months ago

    I think it gives too much credit to Napoleon. Cody's theory seems to imply that if the Royal Navy lost at Trafalgar then Britain would not have naval supremacy, despite the number of ships at their disposal and the quality training of the crews. This makes it unlikely that so many French landings would happen in such a short amount of time, and that those armies could be supplied after they disembarked. To add to that, it is highly unlikely the French fleet would remain undetected for so long, as not only would Britain be on high alert, you can see France from Dover. The only way Napoleon could land troops with such secrecy is due to bad weather, but amphibious landings take so much planning and preparation that there is no way Napoleon could have relied on it. Furthermore, London would abandon Ireland as soon as England was threatened, making the comparison to Spain misleading; Napoleon committed so many troops to Iberia because he thought he could win and because it was part of his war goals, yet Westminster would see a French army on English soil so existentially terrifying that everything else becomes unimportant.

    Ultimately, I think the scenario takes Napoleon's military genius for granted and assumes that so long as he could land on Britain, then he would win. In reality, invading England, even with a win at Trafalgar, would still be as difficult as invading Russia, simply because the defenders have such a massive advantage.

    • 6 months ago

    the first French epedition to Ireland was something like 20k troops under Lazare Hoche. If only they landed.

    • 6 months ago

    I like Oliver Cromwell

    • 6 months ago

    Sealion

    • 6 months ago

    I would argue that Napoléon would give the British Colonies in the Caribbean to the US

    • 6 months ago

    How any kind of scenario is plausible is an easy answer: Civil War. Make up a scenario where two factions of not too dissimilar strength descend into infighting, have the navy involved and Napoleon has the opportunity to invade and win.

    • 6 months ago

    Napoleon DID invade Britain in February 1797.
    the invasion force of 1400 men was up against a hastily thrown together British force of 300 reservists, 250 local militiamen and 150 sailors

    the whole operation lasted two days until the French forces surrendered unconditionally with 33 killed or wounded, 1,360 captured, 1 frigate captured and 1 corvette captured.

    • 6 months ago

    Three days late so you might not notice this but……. When looking at the British forces Alternative history fails to mention the call for volunteers issued in 1803. By 1804 there were 480,000 volunteers enlisted, uniformed and issued with muskets. Their not the veterans of the Grande Armée but they have by 1806 had two years of weekend training. The figures given at 14:43 completely omit this massive number of men in red, who were seperate from the militia. which had 51,000 men conscripted by ballot.

    So I put it to you that even if these are militia like person's Napoleon does not bring over enough troops, recall Spain, yes he might win battles in the open field but he might also have to take the towns on the south coast house by house, with heavy casualties. If the population of London declared 'war to the knife,' would 80,000 men be enough to take that city or would he be bled white. I will add that with every mans hand against him I don't give much for Murat's chances of getting anywhere near as near to London as they show him with just 15,000 men however veteran. I think he would have wound up so worn down in numbers that he would have wound up encircled in some small town after being bled white as well and be forced to surrender.

    • 6 months ago

    3 day gang just subbed

    • 6 months ago

    I think the reason for Russia and Austria for not helping Britain here is that they were just defeated at Austerlitz. Britain stand alone in this scenario, and fun fact, Denmark-Norway maybe the largest fleet before Nelson blew it up, after nations like England, Spain and maybe the Dutch.

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