What If There Was No 'Long Peace' After Napoleon?

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In this video I look at how Europe's might have gone into an alternate future if the Congress of Vienna had failed. After the fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, Russia and Prussia tear a rift between the great powers by forcing annexations of Saxony and Poland, leading to a drastically different post war world order. Does this mean instant war again? Probably not, all the nations were exhausted and a Prussian Russian alliance is more militarily powerful than Austria and France are on the continent, meaning the war would be a gamble for Austria which they would not take.

So, going into the rest of history things remain relatively the same. Austria consolidates control over Italy and Germany and from 1815 to around 1848 Europe remains mostly peaceful. In 1848 a Hungarian revolution overthrows Austrian power, leading to the fall of Austria from powers and land and influence grabs by the other continental powers. Only at this point does Britain really realize the post-Napoleonic world order was not good for stability, but it was too late. Britain would have consolidated the rest of the world as they did in our timeline, but in 1848 would again have to stand between any hegemon on the European continent...

For more information about the post-Napoleonic world order I recommend these video's by Historia Civilis about the Congress of Vienna:    • The Congress of Vienna (Part 1) (1814)  

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