War would damage both France and Britain's attempt to build a useful European partnership. A closer British relationship with Italy could supply a substitute, while German territorial gains could alter Germany's ambitions. The imagined colonial settlement assigns possible gains in equatorial Africa to Germany and in North Africa to Italy. Britain might seek Madagascar and French possessions in the Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Japan could acquire French territories in Asia and the Pacific. France could consequently lose possessions in several regions while Britain sacrificed a developing European partnership.
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A damaged Anglo-French relationship and a different imperial settlement
Even a British naval victory could damage its European strategy, while a longer war could produce extensive losses from the French Empire.