USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

NAPOLEONIC WARS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This guerilla war gave the French forces some of its first defeats, as well as being a costly diversion of Napoleon’s resources:
A
War of 1812
B
Peninsular War
C
War of Liberation
D
War of Devolution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Guerrilla warfare in the Peninsular War refers to the armed civilian actions carried out by non-regular troops against Napoleon’s Grande Armée in Spain and Portugal during the Peninsular War.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish up rising against Napoleon’s invasion of Spain forced Napoleon to deal with a new kind of enemy: the Guerrilla. His troops in Spain had to wage to wars, a conventional one against the Spanish army and the British Expeditionary force; and a uilconventioi1alagainst the people themselves.

Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon had trouble fighting the enemy forces in the Peninsular War because he couldn’t defeat the guerrillas in open battle. They worked in small groups that ambushed Napoleon’s army and then fled into hiding. Napoleon had trouble fighting enemy forces as the British sent troops to help the Spaniards.

Detailed explanation-4: -Napoleon lost the Battle of Trafalgar because the British Navy was well experienced and trained.

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