MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Invasion of the Peninsula
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Peninsula Compaign
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Reign of Invasion
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Slaughter of the Peninsula
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts between Napoleon’s France and a shifting web of alliances among other European powers. The wars lasted from about 1800 to 1815, and for a brief time they made Napoleon the master of Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Peninsular War, Spanish Guerra de la Independencia (“War of Independence”), (1808–14), that part of the Napoleonic Wars fought in the Iberian Peninsula, where the French were opposed by British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the Prussians and the British (led by the Duke of Wellington), marked the end of his reign and of France’s domination in Europe.