What if, in 1770, France had offered its support to Spain against Britain, and Spain had gone to war with Britain over the Falklands?
well, considering it had only been aboout 4 years since britain went to war with both countries and won, I doubt they would want to try it again because during the last (7 years) war britain got all of canada.
I think (as long as the spanish are smart) they would avoid this conflict because simply the english ruled the seas and so they would easily begin to annex spanish holdings around the globe.
Short answer, spain wouldn't risk their empire crumbling before them (even tho it would in about 40-50 years) over the sparley populated Falklands.
Spain would have gone to war over them, they were prepared to, but only if France was together with them. And the point isn't that the Spanish could win, which they could, anything can happen in war. But the point is, could this possibly set up numerous wars over the Falklands throughout history?
Well, I have to disagree about spain winning; their time was up.
But I do agree about the Falkland Wars idea.
If spain goes to war in 1770 with Britain, they would probably loose.
which would lead to another Falklands war during the french revolution, Napoleonic Era.
And then once the spanish empire falls Argentina backed by a coalition of other spanish speaking nations (much like the war of the triple alliance) would go to war with britain again... and loose as Pax Brittania had been imposed upon the world. This would probably be the last falklands war until after WWII when Great Britain is suverly weakened, and then I could see another war in the 80s as OTL.
Sorry if you disagree about England winning but after the seven years war and before at least WWI no one was going to beat Britain (except the yanks in their revolution)
But I am sort of biased about Britain.
I was just pointing out that the Spanish do have the clear advantage in that they are the closest to the Islands, while the nearest British territory was Saint Helena. The supply line may favor the British, and if they do win, to rectify this, the British may attempt to take some Spanish territory in South America.
well, the spanish do have an advantage i'll give you that. But the british morale would probably be up having just won a world war.
i'm not saying the british could take it as easily as they retook the falkands in the 1980s war, but ultimately the british always won; even when they lost.
If its just Britain vs Spain and France (if you meant that the french were to join in the war) then it could probably erupt into another large war with Portugal on englands side (as always) and more allies that follow.
I don't think the British can afford another war like that without sparking an even earlier Revolt in the American colonies.
I don't think the British can afford another war like that without sparking an even earlier Revolt in the American colonies.
I don't see why it would spark a revolt in the American colonies. Unless they decided to raise taxes in the American colonies to pay for the war, which they definitely wouldn't do, having pretty much given up on taxing the colonies to actually collect any money at this point.
I said might. But war could break out if the French attempted to provoke Colonial radicals.
That's not going to be enough to start a full-scale rebellion.
You mean the British have a chance to grab New Orleans, the Indian Reserve is in the way of the American colonialistsI actually think the ARW is less likely if another war with France and Spain starts. The British will be more disposed to compromise to focus on their main problem (as they later did with Quebec), the radicals will likely be seen as traitors during wartime and their voices marginalised, and there will be the chance for the colonialists to grab control of New Orleans.
As for supply lines, we're working at sea here, and Britain has the naval advantage, as both France and Spain lost most of their navy a few years earlier. Britain also has a lot more ability to tolerate high debt burdens (see the Napoleonic wars). The British would not only win in the Falklands, but they have a realistic opportunity to grab Buenos Aires and Montevideo, which had been long term ambitions. The locals repulsed the British in 1807 in OTL, but this is forty years before with a much smaller population locally.
The British would not only win in the Falklands, but they have a realistic opportunity to grab Buenos Aires and Montevideo, which had been long term ambitions. The locals repulsed the British in 1807 in OTL, but this is forty years before with a much smaller population locally.
Which is of course why the French backed down. What makes them risk their empire for some islands in the Atlantic?
Their Empire isn't in danger in the Falklands and South America. Im not even sure where they would fight the British.
Their Empire isn't in danger in the Falklands and South America. Im not even sure where they would fight the British.
Santo Domingo is. Their fleet would combine with the Spanish.
The French, not being idiots (unlike the British of this period) pushed for Spain to back down, conscious that the colonial troubles would continue to boil over and that France needed to reform and rearm.