What if France puppeted Mexico in 1861?

This is not the first time that France had intervened in Mexico, the war is officially called, the Second French intervention in Mexico. The first one happened in 1838 and it’s also called the Pastry War. Let me tell you what happened, as we context is needed, so we can make France win the second time. Basically, the idea is that we make France win even harder this time.

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[JustJ_KK]

Hey rewriting I was glad to help you decide on the day to publish it can’t wait to watch it

[jgr]

As Maximilian had no children, he adopted the sons of the 1st Mexican Emperor. The only way there was for Karl Ludwig to be Emperor of Mexico would be that he was chosen instead of his older brother right from the start.

[ryanlargent]

I’ll give it a 7 on realism. Fairly realistic scenario, no big notes but I would be interested in if France had chosen a different royal family how events would’ve shaken out (like one that could help them quell unrest in Mexico). Also with the stronger Franco-Habsburg ties, I think it’s likely that France and Austria would have a stronger relationship than in our timeline which could affect the Franco-Prussian War and the eventual WW1.

[GamerKarlYT]

You never fail to make interesting alternative history scenarios!

[Horingus-dsht]

Great video, Rewriting! I really like your videos a lot, however, I always had a question in how realistically the Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan) could won WW2? I know there's like a shit ton of videos talking of the subject but their videos never satisfied me or even feel very realistic, and the only ones who could do it "realistic" is just Germany and Italy winning but Japan losing. So could be in a future video be about that? (If of course you intereseted or not)

[Franckia]

Will Maximilian still be in the throne as a puppet or not?

[StuffAboutHistory]

second video i have seen from you, i really like it, im subscribing.

[greeneanimations]

Nice video! This was very different from your other videos (because it’s in the Americas instead of Europe). I think you did very well historically, I would rate it 8/10 on the Mexican stuff, and idk much about French stuff so no rating there! Great job buddy!

[mrsillytacos]

This WWI would be drastically different, especially since the U.S. would see France as an enemy and stars to symphasize with the Central Powers more. This could lead to a massive war in North America with Canada and Mexico vs the USA.

[marcellium]

Nice video, always enjoy scenarios where Latin American nations do well! Anyway, I'd say is Realism 8/10, it all checks out. anyway, scenario idea: what if Portugal and Brazil Remained united, i think that'd be cool or interesting :)

[Commander_Australia]

suggestion what if France never lost Alsace Lorraine in the Franco Prussian war basically in this timeline in return for not seizing Alsace Lorraine the Germans offer France a deal that the Hohenzollern stayed in power in Spain and in French Indochina they seized that colony and how this would either help Germany diplomatically leading to possibly just German diplomatic power increasing or the League of Three Emperors never fully disbands and then a later WW1 but more regional or it never happens and it would explore some things like what happens to French Indochina will Japan go full war mode on Europe if it includes Germany r will they stay democratic or just go after China as a three way proxy war breaks out between the Russian Empire the German Empire and the British Empire in the 2nd Sino Japanese war and also i doubt that America would really ever break its isolation except for in the Americas Ofc.

[lerneanlion]

This leads to the question why France did not come to Austria's aid when it comes to the German Question. After all, the Emperor of Mexico is the member of the House of Habsburg and at the very least, it will looked very suspicious from the diplomatic and political points of views that France did nothing to give Austria's support in the war against Prussia, especially after Russia just pulled out of the League of Three Emperors because the Tsar felt betrayed by Austria for supporting the Allies back in the Crimean War. And if Austria won, this will lead to Austria to be the one to unify Germany, thus having no need to annex Bosnia from the Ottoman Empire because the Austrian government at the time will be preoccupied with consolidating the administration across the newly-gained German lands while also keeping the monarchs of each German state intact. This might resulted in Prussia lost the lands in Brandenburg to Austria, which is most likely the case since this is about the unification of Germany as a whole. This will greatly upset the House of Hohenzollern and might caused the political division within what left of Prussia that located on the Baltic coasts, splintering the government into the pro-British faction due to the marriage between King Wilhelm and Queen Victoria's first daughter who is shared the same name with her, and the pro-Russian faction due to the influence of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck who really wanted to make sure France will not become more influential than it already is. As a result, another front for the Great Game is opened right in the very heart of Europe between Britain and Russia with Prussia and even the Ottoman Empire are at the center of it all. The Ottoman Empire is added here because for the time being, it will most likely be the pro-British country at the moment due to the threat of Russia and the fact that Prussia has no interest in the Balkans whatsoever. This might even led to the scenario of the Prussian Civil War eventually between the pro-British faction and the pro-Russian faction as time passed by. And it's hard to tell which side will win in this conflict. So I will leave that up to interpretation. But what I know is that one of these two factions, most likely the pro-British faction, will most likely resorted to Prussian nationalism by using the Bibles written in Old Prussian language, the Prussian poems and other survived Prussian texts to distinguish themselves from what will be remembered as the Old Kingdom of Brandenburg-Prussia. And why doing this? It's to make it clear to everyone that this new Prussian state is a Baltic country, not the German country. And assuming that it is the pro-British faction that won this war and also the one that relied heavily on the Prussian nationalism, this will led to the direct confrontation with Russia later on with the new goal of unifying the Baltic peoples under one nation by launching wars of liberation for the Baltic peoples who live under the Tsar's rule against Russia. And this will be something Britain will definitely supported because not only it will weakened Russia further but also distract the Tsar and his military from threatening the Ottoman Empire as well.

[rokball]

OMG! This video is better than I thought. Yeah, the French Mexico will be awesome and better than the original Mexico of our timeline. :)

[-helpergamming-]

i would say that the idea of mexico retaking central america is pretty dificult because even attacking "just guatemala" would obiusly be intentions to conquer all of central america and that is bad for britain and usa.
and mexico renaming itself to anything that isnt "empire of mexico" while having a monarch wouldnt happen, because it would imply either letting the empeor aside or downgrading the title.
and also, the whole french propaganda thing is the most unbelivable progapanda i have heard, i dont think it would have worked

[shelv]

Why did I hear "Napoleon the turd" here? 0:05 😂😭

[dr.barrycohn]

If France kept Mexico, might have been the best thing for it.

[JoboGamezzz]

I think it be cool if Napoleon the third got excited to Mexico instead of Britain in this timeLine

[indianajones]

First, I would love to see the French intervention video
Second, my latest alternate alternate history video on if the Iraqi uprisings against Saddam Hussein in 1992 were successful got age restricted. And I was wondering if you have ever encountered a similar problem with your alternate history videos?

[dogITGA]

Suggested: what if the iroquois confederacy survived to the modern day?

[TheRavenLord]

I do find this scenario rather fun and interesting to see if this happened. And I think Maximilian still has descants alive, I don’t know for sure.