Napoleonic Wars: The Peninsular War 1809 - 11

In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had inflicted several heavy defeats on Spanish field armies, but now they faced a popular insurgency as well as a well-trained Anglo-Portuguese army led by British general Lord Wellington. The Peninsular War, as it became known, became Napoleon's 'bleeding ulcer', or his Vietnam, costing his empire nearly quarter of a million soldiers, in a war that looked increasingly unwinnable. 👕 Buy EHTV t-shirts, hoodies, mugs and stickers here!
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📖 Spanish Guerrillas in the Peninsular War
📖 Talavera 1809: Wellington's Lightning Strike into Spain
📖 The Lines of Torres Vedras
📖 Bussaco 1810: Wellington Defeats Napoleon's Marshals
📖 Fuentes de Oñoro 1811: Wellington's Liberation of Portugal
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