What if Napoleon had won Waterloo?

Question

And what would be the changes on the major events in history if this had happened? How would it have affected the course of future events? On society and culture?

Answer 1

Good question - though "what if" questions are always prone to conjecture.
If the French had won, Napoleon may have remained in control another five years until he died (from stomach cancer some think). The question would then have been the succession - who would have been able to maintain French military strength?
A strong France may not have lost to Prussia in 1870. Perhaps there would have been no World War I. If there
was no WWI, there may not have been a WWII in Europe - though Japan would probably still have made a bid for Asian hegemony.
A better question would be, "What if Napoleon had not attacked Russia in 1812?" Then France would have had a much stronger hold on Europe. At the time of Waterloo in 1815, the French had already been pushed out of Europe to the borders of ~1793.

Answer 2

a good question. Napoleon should have won at Waterloo. He out numbered Wellington , had more cannon , and more cavalry. Waterloo was a case of everything that could go wrong did go wrong for Napoleon. If he had won he would have faced a series of other battles , but British and Prussian forces would have been decimated at Waterloo and would not have defeated the French. In the end though Napoleon only lived another 5 years and France would have been in much the same position it was in 1870 when it went to war and lost to Prussia. So in the end little would have changed in history with a Napoleon win at Waterloo.

Answer 3

depends on what you mean by "won."

if you mean by pulling off a "cannae," Napoleon would have stood to fight another day but in no way would he be in shape to reconquer Europe again. France was stretched thin from over 2 decades of incessant fighting, so I think the French people would had enough contrary to popular belief that they would rally behind him once again.

The allies even if decimated could easily raise another humongous army to defeat Napoleon, through attrition and a Fabian strategy, and then strike a death blow to Napoleon's renegade army.

So in essence nothing would have really changed in history, just the war may have been prolonged a year or two.

Napoleon, even with his brilliance, was outnumbered and even the tactics that won him Austerlitz and so many other victories were studied and adopted by his enemies.

The real downfall in Napoleon's dominance was the invasion of Russia much like Hitler's similar invasion. They both stupidly opened up two fronts.

Answer 4

I'd expect 5-10 more years of war in Europe. Napoleon was an insatiable man. He'd wish to punish his enemies who'd put him on Elba

Answer 5

definite! he very almost did, he did no longer stop the Prussian Von Blücher turning out to be a member of up with the British, different than for that and him having somewhat nap interior the midst of the conflict (the place his artwork tension have been to afraid to disturb him) the French have been on the brink of prevailing.

Answer 6

what would happen if Hitler won the war?

it is a good question either !

Answer 7

Good question...boggles the "speculative" mind...so...I must also ask...

What if Noah had built a "canoe" instead?!?

Makes ya' wonder, don't it?!?

Answer 8

France will be different!!!

everything happen because there is a reason!!

Answer 9

Statues would be alot smaller.