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An invasion of Portugal by French and Spanish forces occurred from 19–30 November 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars, sparking the Peninsular War. The Franco-Spanish invasion force was led by Jean-Andoche Junot, while the Portuguese were under the nominal command of Prince Regent John.
23 lip 2010 · Pause a moment to ponder the horrific human cost represented by this map: Napoleon entered Russia with 442.000 men, took Moscow with only 100.000 men left, wandered around its abandoned ruins...
Napoleon instructed Junot, with the cooperation of Spanish military troops, to invade Portugal, moving west from Alcántara along the Tagus valley to Portugal, a distance of only 120 miles (193 km). [25]
The Napoleon Series Map Archives provides high quality maps on the various battles, campaigns, and other items of interest on the Napoleonic Wars. These maps are from a variety of sources and about 75% of them are in color.
Atlas contained 38 maps divided into 102 pages and with different scales for each map, which varied between l:140,000 and 1:640,000. These maps were available to Napoleon in Paris and to General Junot for the 1807 invasion of Portugal.
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was between Napoleon's empire and the allied powers of Britain, Portugal and Spain for liberation of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war started when French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807; subdued by its defeat in the Pyrenees War, [1] Spain was allied with France.
16 mar 2017 · Charles Joseph Minard’s name is synonymous with an outstanding 1869 graphic depicting the horrific loss of life that Napoleon’s army suffered in 1812 and 1813, during its invasion of Russia and...
