The Spanish Army of the Peninsular War refers to the Spanish military units that fought against France's Grande Armée during a period which coincided with...
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Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence. The war started when the French and Spanish armies invaded and...
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of Spanish general officers (Peninsular War) lists the generals and other general officers who served in the Army of Spain during the Peninsular War (1808–1814)...
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the French army, while both Spanish and Portuguese guerrillas weakened the occupying forces. The Peninsular War overlaps with what the Spanish-speaking...
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Spain and Portugal during the Peninsular War. These armed men were a constant source of drain and harassment to the French army, as described by a Prussian...
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Nationalist faction (Spanish: Bando nacional) or Rebel faction (Spanish: Bando sublevado) was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939. It...
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The Spanish Army (Spanish: Ejército de Tierra, lit. 'Army of Land') is the terrestrial army of the Spanish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military...
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History of the Peninsular War is a seven-volume non-fiction scholarly historical work written by Sir Charles Oman, covering the Peninsular War (1807-1814)...
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Spanish troops under the command of Manuel de Godoy. Godoy had, under his command, the Spanish Army of Extremadura, with five divisions. The Spanish attack...
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Peninsular War: Aragón Catalonia 200km 125miles 21 Castalla 20 19 Valencia 18 Saguntum 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 María 4 3 Girona 2 1 The third...
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The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless...
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The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place across the Spanish Empire in the early 19th...
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The Spanish–American War (April 21 – December 10, 1898) was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine...
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The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans...
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Battle of Corunna (category Battles of the Peninsular War)
Peninsular War: Spain 200km 125miles Toulouse 12 Vitoria 11 Tordesillas 10 Burgos 9 Salamanca 8 Ciudad 7 Talavera 6 Corunna 5 Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia...
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Grande Armée (redirect from Grand Army)
ever assembled, it suffered catastophic losses during the disastrous Peninsular War followed by the invasion of Russia in 1812, after which it never recovered...
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known as the Army of Spanish Morocco (Spanish: Cuerpo de Ejército Marroquí'), was a field army of the Spanish Army that garrisoned the Spanish protectorate...
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had already been at war with France for eight years, and had been fighting alongside the Portuguese and Spanish in the Peninsular War for more than three...
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José de Palafox, 1st Duke of Zaragoza (category People of the Peninsular War)
(28 October 1775 – 15 February 1847) was a Spanish Army officer and nobleman who served in the Peninsular War. He was born in Zaragoza, Aragon, into an...
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Napoleonic Spain was the part of Spain loyal to Joseph I during the Peninsular War (1808–1813), forming a Bonapartist client state officially known as...
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World War, and the Empire became more reliant on local forces to maintain defence and order. United Kingdom portal Army of Spain (Peninsular War) British...
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which the allied armies of Britain, Spain and Portugal defend against the invaders from France. Ellis Simpson reviewed The Peninsular War 1808–14 for Games...
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which he repulsed a French army under Marshal Soult during the Peninsular War. After the war General Sarrazin wrote a French history of the battle, in which...
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Peninsular War: Spanish uprising 1808 200km 125miles Santander 12 Bailén 11 Rioseco 10 Valencia 9 Girona 8 Zaragoza 7 Cabezón 6 Cadiz 5 Alcolea 4 Valdepeñas...
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Juan Pignatelli (category Spanish commanders of the Napoleonic Wars)
the same promotion as other notable Spanish military commanders of the Spanish armies during the Peninsular War, including the Duke of the Infantado...
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the Peninsular War upended the stability of the Spanish state and empire and although France was defeated, the turmoil in Spain led to the Spanish American...
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both armies and civilians. Importantly, it is also considered a precursor to the idea of the two Spains that would surface during the Spanish Civil War a...
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Agustina de Aragón (category Women in the Peninsular War)
was a Spanish woman who defended Spain during the Peninsular War, first as a civilian and later as a professional officer in the Spanish Army. Known...
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System. A joint Franco-Spanish force invaded Britain's ally Portugal, beginning the Peninsular War where Napoleon would also invade Spain as well. A further...
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Battle of Vitoria (category Battles of the Peninsular War)
Peninsular War: Spain 200km 125miles Toulouse 12 Vitoria 11 Tordesillas 10 Burgos 9 Salamanca 8 Ciudad 7 Talavera 6 Corunna 5 Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia...
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