What if Napoleon Won the Battle of Waterloo?

#history

[generalgrenade]

If he wins there are still 1million men marching on pairs

[dudimen]

The coalition wouldnt accept french dominance in mainland Europe. Napoleon, after returning from exile, tried to make peace with the coalition but was rejected multiple times. The war of the seventh coalition wasnt declared against France, but declared against Napoleon himself.

[azouitinesaad]

if he had won at waterloo there would have been another waterloo until he was defeated the coalition wasn't exactly interested in peace with him anymore and they had an overwhelming material and manpower advantage.

[justanormalguyfromreallife]

"There is nothing we can do."
-Napoleon Bonaparte

[WeeJockMcPlop]

There was four armies marching against him, if he beat the British and Prussians he still had to contend with the Austrian and Russian forces which were larger than the former. So I don’t think he had a chance really.

[jammin]

Napoleon didn’t just use French manpower for his campaigns, he relied heavily on volunteers and mercenaries from outside of France. I have a Prussian ancestor who died in Napoleon’s campaign against Moscow in 1812.

[jester--]

"My favourite animal is a liger"
Napoleon Dynamite..

[stefanfrank]

Austria would have offered another princess

[drkgmerzmc]

If he won.... There's nothing we can do

[LulaRoberts]

Napoleon did not know when to quit. I am Napoleon.

[swiftmatic]

I assure you, sir, that Col Sharpe would never have allowed this.

[swan]

Napoleon could have won a dozen waterloos and he would have still wound up on Saint Helena

[Hashkovo]

If Napoleon lost Waterloo he would've had another Waterloo a few weeks later.
Mind you Napoleon's return from Elba was always treated as an interruption of Vienna and never a real threat.

[history_facts_w]

No way it would have happened, Tsar Alexander 1 of Russia was unwilling to make a compromise with Napoleon at any cost, the English too wanted Napoleon out at any cost. Even if he had won at water loo, Russian and Austrian armies were on their way and he had to face them. Moreover, English could have sent another army for a diversionary attack. The Coalition was not ready to let Napoleon get away.

[NapoIeoneBuonaparte]

He would’ve had to keep fighting battles in Belgium, as the allies would’ve tried to stall him in the mud, remember it’s muddy, the men would’ve been exhausted, napoleon himself was still sick on the day of Waterloo winning wouldn’t change is personal health, it’s been a year without fighting for a men who lost all morale drank poison and his insides where just being ripped apart as the days go on, then he would’ve had to advance quickly after the remnants of the British and Prussian army, his men likely would’ve just dropped with exhaustion, remember even Marshal Neys cavalry has been destroyed, so they wouldn’t have been able to use them either, napoleon best hope was winning Waterloo, taking Brussels and capturing the French King if he hadn’t already fled, giving his army time to rest, then the allies would be stunned by napoleons victory buying him some time to turn and do his same napoleonic tactic before they can use the plan to attack napoleons marshals and avoid battling the emperor himself, which cost napoleon the throne the last time, fair to say the entire campaign was flawed from the beginning, napoleon still tried his best with what he had, we have to give him that.

[thehistoryenthusiast]

What if Josephine remained loyal to Napoleon? Now that's a great "What if?"

[phillipmaddern]

What would have happened if he didn't lose his grande army in 1812?
Now that's the question to ask.

[williewonka]

No, there were several allied army's converging on Napoleon. He took on the combined English, Dutch and Prussian armies at Waterloo. The Russian, Austro-Hungarian and order armies were converging and would have gone after Napoleon an addition to the defeated allies from Waterloo. His army was doomed.

[gmacka]

Nobody ever asks: "what would have happened to Napoleon had he been 6 feet tall?"

[rezaganjizadeh]

If napoleon won, it most likely be because of blücher being late but he can regroup with the austrian and russian armies still on their way. For him to stay he should have won liepzig