Napoleon’s occupation of the Iberian peninsula embroiled him in a protracted and costly war against British, Spanish and Portuguese forces ultimately led by one of history’s greatest commanders — the Duke of Wellington. Yet it also introduced a new dimension to warfare, for Napoleon’s ‘Spanish ulcer’ became a bitter seven-year struggle against peoples inflamed by nationalism. Thus, while Wellington achieved successive victories in open battle, a parallel guerrilla war exacted a heavy toll of its own on the invaders. No mere sideshow to the other campaigns of the period, the Peninsular War made a significant contribution to Napoleon’s eventual downfall.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 96 ● ISBN 9781472809759 ● 出版者 Bloomsbury Publishing ● 发布时间 2014 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 3684597 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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