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The Peninsular War was a military conflict for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars, waged between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal. It started when French and Spanish armies, then allied, occupied Portugal in 1807, and escalated in 1808 when France turned on Spain, its former ally.
1 dzień temu · The Spanish regular army, led by incompetent generals, suffered defeat after defeat. The War of Independence—or, as the English call it, the Peninsular War—became for Napoleon the “Spanish ulcer,” and he attributed his defeat in Europe to its requirements for men and money.
The Guerilla War of Spain starts on 2 May 1808, when rioting sweeps through Madrid, called Dos de Mayo. Napoleon entered into direct command of the troops in Spain on 8 November 1808. Towards the end of the campaign Britain, Portugal and Spain are regarded as "Allies".
6 June 1808 – Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's elder brother, was appointed King of Spain. The junta of Seville declared war to France. 11 June 1808 – French army entered Valladolid after the battle of Cabezon. 12 June 1808 – First meeting, in Bayonne, of a francophile Spanish Junta.
The war started when the French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807 by transiting through Spain, and it escalated in 1808 after Napoleonic France occupied Spain, which had been its ally.
The Peninsular War (1807-1814), also known as the War of Spanish Independence, was a major conflict of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) that was waged in the Iberian Peninsula by Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom against the invading First French Empire of Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815).
Ferdinand went, expecting Napoleon to affirm his status as king of Spain. Unbeknownst to Ferdinand, Napoleon also summoned Charles IV. Napoleon called on Ferdinand to abdicate in favor of his father, who had abdicated under pressure.
