Feature History - Peninsular War
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2017
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Music
Bach - Prelude No. 2
Bach - Prelude No. 6
Vivaldi - Winter
Bach - Fugue No. 2
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Bach - Tocatta and Fugue
Bach - Bouree
Kevin Macleod - Trio for Piano Violin and Viola
Andreas Waldetoft - For God and Queen
So as a new thing I'm going to start listing corrections to the video in a pinned comment (because we can't have annotations - no - they'd be useful). I'll be adding on more as more comes to light.
Corrections
-3:35 as shown in the video, I meant Charles IV, not Charles VI. Roman numerals are too similar looking for their own good
-7:50 It apparently doesn't snow in Torres Vedras. Big mistake I know, I should be ashamed.
-8:52 Instead of saying relentless or unrelenting I said unrelentless, so there's that.
-And as usual pronunciation fuck ups are abound
Feature History You slaughtered the names of the cities. :(
Feature History Do the Texas Revolution. Please.
I'm sure the cities will get over it
5:42 it's Sintra, not Cintra
So you're like xidnaf now
"I am firmly convinced that Spain is the strongest country of the world. Century after century trying to destroy herself and still no success."
@@joselopes2144 Bullshit, my friend. Maybe you are the one who should study a little bit. I can recommend you bibliography, just ask, the lack of knowledge should not be a shame.
Ever heard of the moors
What is he saying
@@joselopes2144 what are you saying
@@billcosby5712 Que gansos reais não deviam opinar nada. Em relação a ti HerrKenzler fica a saber q talvez tu não saibas muito de História. Devo relembrar algumas? 1127 em Arcos de Valdevez, alguns anos mais tarde, S.Mamede, 1383-1385 Aljubarrota e Lisboa. 1640-1668 Guerra da Independência. Mas não vou discutir História com fascistas franquistas não é?
Agora, caso não saibam, eu falo muito bem inglês e espanhol mas não vou falar uma lingua que nem é minha!
Fun fact: as ambassador Marshal Soult was present at the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838, and Wellington should allegedly have grabbed his arm friendly and said "I got you at last"
thats actually amazing
It's not really a fact if this allegedly happened
Very Interesting haha, it must be something to attend a party with a man you did battle with
Napoleon should've written a diss track about the Sixth Coalition.
Imagine if he actually did that and it was recovered by the coalition after the war.
Chorizo was more powerfull then the baguette
No, it most defenately wanst
jajjajajajjaja saludos!!
When you mix baguette with chorizo it's fucking delicious, you should try
@@yodef6828 that's what she said... 😏
British and portugal helped
Dos De mayo
Cinco De mayo
France should really stop attacking Spanish nations in May
Komrade Egg
He left to took an opportunity to gain political power in France because France and the French was in chaos.
Komrade Egg
Lmao true if only his focus was on Egypt, he didn’t make a wrong decision in my option he became his own country all European country declared war on him not France which is crazy.
Some facts about the "Independence war" as we call it in Spain:
1. The french conquest almost every part of the Peninsula, but the only cities that they never conquerer in Spain were Cádiz and Lion´s Island (nowdays called San Fernando, because of Ferdinand VII).It resulted in a 2 year siege, finished with the retreat of the french troups.
2.In Cádiz and Leon´s Island, was proclamed during the siege the first spanish constitution, a very liberal one. But when Ferdinand VII comeback to the throne, he denied to sign it and executed every one who had the same ideology than the constitution. (Called "La Pepa")
¡Viva la Pepa!
your right and as Mexican-American descent. Nueva Espana was also asking to be part of this junta that brought more autonomy to use from La constitution de Cadiz of 1812.. saludos....... Viva Tejas, Viva Mexico, y Arribba Espana.
Viva Mexico viva España
La pepa?
....
More like peppa pig
Viva Cádiz picha! Saludos paisano
Let's all respect the awesomeness and badassery of the true hero of the peninsular war: RICHARD SHARPE!!!
Luke Koziol interesting
Yaaaaaay and his friends Harper and Hagman
liam imbriolo hahaha
Eyy I was looking for this comment
Hell yeah. Watching Sharpe right now and in the mood to play Napoleon Total War.
Dayum, didn't know Napoleon was that good at roasting his enemies
My question is why would Napoleon think Spain would be easy?! Because they had a bad government..so what...Spain had a larger empire than the British and French Empires combined at the time. No one handed Spain their massive overseas empire, they won it through wars fighting off Europeans wanting a piece of the empire and natives alike. The Spanish consistently defeated English, Dutch, Portuguese and French all over the Americas, not to mention powerful Native states like the Aztecs, Incas, Mayan, and the warriors of the Philippines. Spanish people had to be warriors themselves, and they proved to be so in the Peninsular War. Napoleon completely underestimated the Spanish people, and completely overestimated the French forces. Just another of many bad decisions made by Napoleon. Foolish to believe that Spain would be easy.
@@lsatep
He had a bad habit of underestimating his enemies.
@@lsatep Yep, our emperor underestimated everyone, plus spain was very destabilized and they would have declared war on france at some point
Does Wellington have nothing to offer me but these amazons?
@@evryatis9231 It wasnt about underestimating,France was fighting a 2 front war mind you and if it weren't for the disatrous campaign in Russia then he would have won the peninsula war.
One does not simply invade Portugal , the Spanish knew it , but the French had to learn it too.
except Olivença, but the rest remained unchanged, the Battle of Aljubarrota just shows how the spanish could never annex portuguese territories
spanish did rule portugal in the 16-17th century.
Ares Se They didn't conquer Portugal, though. The Portuguese king died with no kids and the Spanish king was his closest relative, so he got the throne. After 60 years the Portuguese rebelled and won the Portuguese Independency War.
Lourenco Almada 60 years
cocle delnorte they only hold Olivença. Thats the only European territory they took from us. And it is illegal because they agreed to give us that in 1297 but never did.
I would love to see an episode either on the life of Otto von Bismarck or the formation of Germany. So many other history channels can never get facts straight with the aforementioned topics. I have unwaivering faith that this channel can be the one to finally get it right. Regardless love the channel and keep the videos coming 😀
Jay Schaffer Sounds good, also one on the decline of the ottoman empire
Jay Schaffer "extra credits" is making videos about him now
I've recently run into some documents about my family that relate to this conflict, while I was searching on the Military Archives of Portugal. Apparently my 6th great-grandfather volunteered, during the Peninsular War, along with his elder brother to join the Portuguese Army, that at the time was under the command of the British Marshal William Beresford. He and his brother volunteered on the 18th of April 1809, being him 16 years old. They were incorporated into an Infantry Regiment, and basically that's all that I discovered, so I dont know if they participated in any of the battles mentioned in the video. However, because of another document that I found on the Archive, I know that my 6th great-grandfather gave entrance in Elvas's Hospital, in May 1809, so one month after volunteering. However the document doesn't specify what injury it was, neither the circunstances in which he got that injury. Either way, it was pretty neat having discovered this information, that no one in my family knew about.
LONG LIVE THE ARCHIVES📜, ("the guardians of history") those buildings full of old documents and dust, which have through the generations saved and kept tons of old documents. Documents that without them, we couldn't tell history.
CHEERS!!!! 🥂
That's really intresting. I discovered some years ago that my wife is (and therefore our children are) the descendents of the family of General Hill, who in the Peninsular Wars was somewhat important.
Descendants of Daddy Hill eh? That’s very interesting.
@@konstantinosnikolakakis8125 That made me smile. It's intriguing to find someone who is aware of him, knows his nickname and perhaps uses satire to allude to his lack of progeny in so short a number of words. Or am I misreading? He was beloved by the men under his command though not captured by any ladies it would seem. How are you familliar with the Hill family history?
Long live archives and archivists
very cool, which archives did you use? I am searching for records from 1783 - 1818 in Galicia and Leon when my ancestors departed from Spain for the colonies, not sure where to begin
I'm from Torres Vedras. Great job on that pronunciation! Also, some years ago it *did* snow in Torres -- it's very rare, but it happens. So don't be too hard on yourself about that hahaha
Excellent video, as always.
Nuno R Nevou??!!!! Tf sou de aveiro e tipo fica mais a norte do q Torres Vedras e nunca nevou aqui!!kkkkk
Também sou de Aveiro, mas olha, no século início XIX ainda se estava na chamada "Pequena Idade do Gelo", que foi um período que se estendeu entre 1500 até meados de 1800...
A very overlooked campaign, Napoleon had over 300,000 men tied down in Spain, when you throw that into the mix of the rest of his Russian invasion force that would have swelled his army to up to 900,000 troops.
It probably would just make French logistics even worse
@@bobbylasley2612
Agreed. The Grand Armee was not well supported logistically so a bigger army would have had a harder time. And hastened Napoleon's defeat.
All these British victories can be attributed to one rifle officer, Richard Sharpe
In Portugal the King fled to Brazil but every Portuguese men or women Young or old fought for there country until the British came to help
They should've gotten the Chad king of Brazil although he denied them.
@@gustavosilva7361 You mean the independent Brasil
Portugal has been allies with England/Britain now for about 700 years. Half of my family is born in that small Iberian Country.
And in payment for that, GB wanted to invade and stay with the Azores in WWII. The USA did not want to collaborate in the invasion of a neutral country and that is why GB did not. The only country that GB considers as a friend is the USA. The poor Portuguese believe that the British are their friends. LOL.
Actually we already knew that..that's why after the war we stopped renting the military base In azores to the uk and decided to rent it only to the united states. Obviously this is no longer the case i think but trust me we are well aware that the british are not always our friends. Which is kind of a shame.
@@jaxric8518 So you are only now realising that we and the French have basically just been using the Iberian nations as proxies in our disputes across the 17th and 18th centuries? And to be honest I would say we did quite a good job at preventing a territorial union though as whilst We and the French were normally bitter enemies we almost always fought side by side against a united Iberia or any other powerful outside threat for that matter.
Jax Ric tbh here in Portugal that is true aswell, the relationship between the two nations and both people is pretty healthy, a lot of portuguese spend vacation in spain and vice versa, i have massive respect for the neighbour country, unfortunately now times are tough, all I can wish is good luck to the people of spain fighting this new “enemy”
@@gilalmeida4253 You seriously need to change your attitude on Britain as a whole then cause you would have been French vassal if it wasn't for Britain, just remember that.
Napoleon should have dabbed on them haters...
Jan Sanono then the Russian winter came…
And his collar didn't stay poppin
That guy S General Winter is a well known dabber.
France is my city
Jan Sanono but what happens when Britain dabs back?
Im Portuguese,and u can say that we needed British help and that's true.But we also fought with em.Don't think that we were too afraid to fight,our king was.The people made several revolutions like in Porto.Just to say:
Força Portugal!!
Oh,btw britain tnx for being buddies
It's Razerblade your welcome :)
Thanks to the stories of Richard Sharpe, I know all about the heroics of the combined Anglo-Portuguese army, especially regarding the Portuguese cazadores.
Bernard Cornwall had a high admiration for the Portuguese fighting man.
Spain on the other hand...
Well, we don’t talk about them. Partisans were great, but ruthless and brutal. And the Spanish Royal Army? Oh dear Lord...
Portugal our old friends
You are making us blush old sport ahah
wrong, in fact the King went to Brazil, making it a failure to Napoleon, since then he couldn't claim he had taken the throne, he was just occupying the country. Also, the English allies were worst than the french itself..... that's why people still today say "para inglês ver" because they rape, plunder and destroy as much as the French troops when they are called to help. Also, Portugal was fighting because of England, so England was not there to help but to ensure Portugal didn't comply with the embargo.... England was never there to help Portugal but to make usage of the alliance. Portugal was the only one respecting the alliance in the first place.
So you telling me that Spain is Napoleon's Vietnam? The Spanish guerillas sounds interesting.
That's where the name "guerrilla" comes from actually so yes, very much. They were the nightmare of French soldiers.
No, Vietnam is America’s Spain
Goddamit, Napoleon. You've lost France's bestie and your rival still has its bestie.
France had no bestie during the Napoleonic wars- the only nation that stood steadfast with France throughout the whole war was maybe Poland in the form of the Duchy of Warsaw, but that was mainly because Napoleon himself created the Duchy.
God I love this channel, very good explanation and a narrator who's honest and real with his fans
My grandfather(x5) was from Luxembourg and fought for France at the Battle of Rolica. He was captured and spent many years on a prison ship that was anchored in Plymouth Harbor.
Ayy Victoria II music 🎶
I think he actually has Victoria 2 music in all his videos which are set in the 19th century, but I could be wrong. I have heard it at least once before.
He even use VK2 or EU4 map color for Portugal,Spain and France.
THANK YOU! I thought I was going nuts...
Hello there! Although i'm really proud of wathcing a video made by you about The Peninsular War (A.K.A. Spanish Independence War) i must confess i expected a bit more about the Spanish forces on it ... Guerrillas had a key role but we must not forget about General Castaños or General Álava (i can't speak about portuguese due to my ignorance on the subject) and the many spanish regular army forces who fought during the war (e.g: Spanish Royal Guards on the Battle at La Albuera).
Either way, thanks a lot for taking the time to make these wonderful videos ;)
As a new zealander, you one bogan I respecc
Solid
Didn't expect to see you here xD
Ahaha. Pirate still exists
ThePirateOfJamaica brazil respecc you
keep em coming , love your artstyle and sense of humour
Once again a great video from feature history
Queensland Mapping agreed
Cover the great meme war of 2016-2017
Evan Möellering It's still ongoing mate, and don't make fun of the dead memes.
A Red Horseman You're right. Praise kek.
Evan Möellering go watch internet historian for that
Evan Möellering that was dark
Smart Irishman stfu yes it will. It will be teught in history books.
Although maybe a bit off topic, I do think that Brazil's independance should've been stated as a major aftermath as the Portuguese royal family moved there and even made Rio de Janeiro the capital of Portugal. Or maybe just the history of Pedro IV of Portugal, I of Brazil - the Portuguese civil war - is worth a video of itself. Great video though :)
We shouldn't have even tried to make Brasil a colony again... It was pretty damn alright as an official kigdom of the Portuguese Empire.
Before that, Portugal went on to conquer what is today Uruguay, thus flipping the Spanish for their part in the 1807 invasion.
As a firm history buff, who’s favourite period of history is the Napoleonic era a subject I’ve loved to study for over fifty years I thought this short documentary on the Peninsular war was brilliant & really well done. I’m definitely going to give a thumbs up & subscribe. I can’t wait to spend a few hours watching some more of these downloads, I think I’ve found a RUclips Gem!
I legit think this is my new favourite youtube channel. Keep up the great content my friend!
A video on the Peninsula Wars . Now that’s soldiering !
I loved this episode, please do more on the napealonic wars.
One of my favorite parts of the Napoleonic Wars, good video, keep it up
This campaign in Napoleon is too fun man.
PORTUGAL STRONK
REMOVE BAGUETTE
Sam x BRAZIL STRONKER
Plínio Melo BRITAIN EVER MORE STRONKER
Redcoat The Regular Portugal first gave you brits tea... You should thank us...
Plínio Melo You should thank us for letting you be bloody Portugal.
This was the front during the napoleonic wars which was in my opinion the decisive front. This costs Napoleon around 250.000 soldiers. it caused overstretching his army and his front lines.
Yup and it was something that was so easily avoidable, ppl talk about Napoleons great achievement but not enough about his really massive and easily avoidable mistakes
It was his critical error, as he later wrote in exile.
As a Souvenir Napoleonien's member, with 10 years of study in this subject, I have to tell you there are some little mistakes, but... Hey! This video is still pretty damn good!
Can you do the Philippine-American War.
Japhet Falcutila USA USA USA
Most people don't even know this happend yet alone it was considerd "the last indian war". With what can be called genocide these days anywhere from 800,000 to 2 million Filipinos were killed in that war. If you Include the amount of people who died from the various plagues like Cholera during and just right after the war the amount of total deaths during that time period is horrific. For a country that had a possible population just prior to the war of around 8 million to lose a quarter and possibly near half in ten years is absolutly horrific.
And why do the general public know anything about this?
Diggity Dank Infected wounds caused during war count as being killed by disease, and are listed among the casualty count as the disease was directly caused by the fighting. The Spanish Flu on the other hand had nothing to do with the fighting and was not caused by it, and therefore is not included in the casualties of WWI. Besides, most deaths from it occurred after the war was over.
@@a.morphous66 The spanish flu was able to spread so quickly and farwide due to the war though.
Ryan Aguilar Yes, but it is a separate event, having happened after the war ended as soldiers returned home.
Great video. This is my favorite time period in history!
Damn, that's a lot of coalitions.
Great content as always...
keep up the good work..
Best sales pitch for Patreon ever! That alone is worth a thumbs-up.
Though the video itself warrants one on its own merits really.
When Spain tries to destroy itself for decades then you, the strongest country on earth invade Spain then lose.
because we can hate each other but no foreigner can say bullshit about spain.
@@d.a.g.c961 ... but doesn't that describe most of the European nations views on the rest of Europe?
@@marktucker1441 yup
@@marktucker1441 pretty much, but in Spain it has a special place in its society. Like germany, kind of.
Isso é basicamente todos latinos ibéricos do mundo, nos odiamos mas não aceitamos outros nós mal dizer.
I have to begin by saying that I love the videos. However, I would love to see you do a video on either the Diplomatic Revolution or the War of Austrian/Spanish Succession (tbh while they're separate wars, they kinda feed each other).
This is surprisingly familiar history. One can always recommend the Sharpe series, written and movies, for semi-factual account, and rather good at that. One of the the few roles, where Sean Bean didn't die. Sharpe was hanged... But not really.
I love the background music. Great video too!
The Peninsular war also saw some of the bloodiest sieges in the era, the two sieges of Zaragoza. They were so costly for the french, that when they finally took the city, having killed great portion of the population (only 15k survived from a population of 55k) and almost destroying all the city, the french Mariscal Jean Lannes said "This is terrible. This victory is sad."
*French revolution happened*
Other European Countries : Cool
France : Cool for me...
*But not for you*
I just love your style
Do a video about the conquest of Algeria by the monarchy that followed Napoleon. Great video as usual keep the good work.
Anglo-Portuguese will never die. Portugal is BFF for life!
i.imgur.com/dEwosoW.jpg
the pink map tho
well that sucked, but in return we didnt help the british to fight against the american Independence when they asked for portugal's help :p
@@JL18LAZOR I think this war was AFTER the American revolution.
@@cpj93070 ah true my bad. Maybe I've mistaken with another event
To be honest the Napolinic wars is one where pretty much everyone fought well. France, Britain, Russia, Portugal, the Spanish people, the Germanic states, Austria, Sweden. It's why it's so fun, there is so little toxic politics around it unlike everything else in modern times and even stuff beforehand. Even with the Roman Empire you have Italian nationalist and for some reason some Salty Turks claiming that Attila (the Hunic genocide poster boy of Mongolian decent) was Turkish.
Great video man, wish to see more content from this channel! Can you please talk about China under Mao, the great leap forward and the cultural revolution?
U need more viewers for your work man . Nice job .
There's nothing that makes me happier than seeing the notification that feature history has uploaded a video!!
If France didn't invade Spain they would have never lost the war.
Technically there was no invasion; by May 1808, they were allies and the French were already there.
@@jorge6207 Yeah, the correct way of putting would be "if France didn't betray Spain", as they just grabbed Spain with the troops they had there, betraying their allies and provoking the Spanish into pretty much inventing Guerrilla Warfare and becoming the nightmare of French soldiers. Bad move.
Hey,dude great work! I think it would be interesting for you to look up the balkan wars ,lots of stuff going on there
One of the best peninsular war videos by far.
You should have mentioned the Spanish constitution of 1812 and more stuff on the Spanish guerrillas. That stuff is vital to the war and to Spanish history. Great video nontheless.
War of Spanish succession?
I was hoping to hear some 'Wellington's Victory' in the background, great video regardless
Yes another interesting and fun part of history by another History RUclipsr. 😀
Please make a video covering the Texas Revolution. Battles such as the Alamo and San Jacinto were only a few pieces of that very short but very bloody war.
You could make a video about Portugal, and focus on our past, when we were stronk, during our colonial expeditions and when we had Nuno Álvares Pereira. If we had a Nuno Álvares Pereira during the french invasion then they wouldn't even be able to take a step into Portugal.
Nichtzukennen Bastava a tatica do quadrado e nem punham cá os pés
losango invertido
Nuno infelizmente, a Força Lusitana morreu após o 25 de Abril.
@@mariosequeira1820 E pronto... Já cá temos um fascista de CÚ dorido por termos perdido as nossas colónias.
@@jacintovski Se sou fascista por achar que o processo de descolonização foi um desrespeito total pela Pátria, pelas tropas, pelos portugueses obrigados a fugir e por todo o sangue que foi derramado para defender o que era nosso desde o século XV, então chama-me fascista à vontade.
I like this channel better than extra history because i dont have to wait a month or a part 2
Great video, loved it. Saludos desde España
Spanish ppl need to be proud of their history
Damn France was the 1800s version of 1900s Germany. Take on multiple enemies at once, win plenty and annex loads of lands, but eventually lose when MANY countries team up as the only way to beat you.
and France laster longer than Germany and took over Moscow.
@@francehasbeenthemostimport9558 But France didn't get repeatedly bombed on mass during the night with white phosphorus incendiary bombs from the sky.
@@edstar83 germany bombarded other country too
@@lucianoammannati6299 it was ww2 *_many countries were bombarded_*
@@ArpaZha Not many , a amount of..... oh come on , ALL the countries that were in range of the other.
Great Video like always
Very nice content on an understudied subject! I got a little lost with your dating about 2 thirds of the way through, but you were moving pretty fast at that point so it's totally understandable/I'm just dumb.
Can you do Portuguese civil war?
No
Thank you for showing my incredible career
Loved the Victoria 2 music in the background
Thank you for using my idea hope you found it interesting !
You should cover the Great Northern War.
Just a nod when speaking portuguese, Bem-Vindo is pronounced more like Beng Vindoh! Otherwise great job getting the romance language opening!
Not really sense english speakers use a gutteral g sound it would be more like benh vindoo
Your graphics are fantastic
I love new videos from this channel
i like how napoleons hairline gets worse and worse
yay more feature history
Hey sir, love your content 👌
You should consider doing a video about the Russian-Georgian war over South Ossetia.
I like the animations and art
Greek Junta?
Akou slipknot flore Akou System of a down flore interesting proposition
That statement is shorter than your name, Akou. Yes.
Yes. The comments filled with Eastern European nationalists will be fun to read.
Due the portguese colonial war please
Convention of Sintra which was actually signed in Torres Vedras, but the name was needed for the lines two years later.
Love this so much
The victory against Napoleon's army is divided into 4 essential factors. One, two, or three factors are not enough to win the war against Napoleon.
- Spanish guerrillas and Spanish armies, which kept the French harassed, cutting off the lines of communication and supply, and winning dozens of battles against the French. The French were static in the territory, so as not to lose regions. Murat complained that they couldn't make a really operational offensive to defeat the small British army.
-Napoléon was in Moscow. After the disaster in Russia, all of Europe had rebelled against France. Then Napoleon could not make a second counteroffensive on the peninsula (surely successful, because he was a strategy genius).
-The British army was very small, 40000-70000 soldiers (France 200000-300000, Spain 400000 guerrillas y soldiers). Almost all british victories are in Portugal, with the help of Portugal and Spain. But the British were also an important contribution to unite all armies, in the final offensive, when the French were in retreat.
-The Spanish viceroyalty in America was in the war of independence, since 1810 and it was not possible to bring troops from America here.
Although many Americans participated.
Napoleon was not a genius, he just had more men and more guns than anyone and he could outgun the enemy, but there is no way Napoleon was a strategic genius. And why would Napoleon think Spain would be easy?! Because they had a bad government..so what...Spain had a larger empire than the British and French Empires combined at the time. No one handed Spain their massive overseas empire, they won it through wars fighting off Europeans wanting a piece of the empire and natives alike. The Spanish consistently defeated English, Dutch, Portuguese and French all over the Americas, not to mention powerful Native states like the Aztecs, Incas, Mayan, and the warriors of the Philippines. Spanish people had to be warriors themselves, and they proved to be so in the Peninsular War. Napoleon completely underestimated the Spanish people, and completely overestimated the French forces. Just another of many bad decisions made by Napoleon. Foolish to believe that Spain would be easy.
@Dod o France won many battles against Wellington. He did not lose more because the English, who are very practical and calculate everything, fled to Portugal, and sometimes to England. Spain won many battles against the French. Spain was the first country to defeat an imperial army of Napoleon (Battle of Bailén, 1808), and then other victories in battle, quickly driving the French out of Madrid, almost to the Pyrenees. That was a milestone across Europe, because the Austrian, Prussian, Russian and British empires had not won a land battle against a Napoleon army in 15 years. But Napoleon was a genius, and a cruel war of guerrillas and battles began here, where 300,000 French soldiers, half a million Spaniards, and only 35,000 British died. It is easy to understand that the battles between the Spanish and the French were more numerous, and that the Spanish guerrillas forced the French to leave many troops stationed in the most important cities, and that is why the French (who had the best army in Europe) could not send a large army to Portugal (270,000 soldiers) to defeat the small English army, which had 70,000 soldiers, half Portuguese. I don't want to say that the English and Portuguese help was not important, but the Spanish sacrifice was similar to what the Russians made to win WW2. The Russians lost 27 million people, and the French, Americans, and British (together) just over 1.2 million.
@@lsatep You are quite right in what you say about the Spanish empire. About Napoleon, for me he was a genius of strategy. I have studied almost all of Napoleon's battles, in 800-page books that I had to read twice, to the amazement that Napoleon's intelligence was capable of doing to sometimes win several empires together. But he had as many enemies as the Spanish empire, and it is one thing to be a genius, and another to be a god.
@Dod o Irrelevant Spanish victories?
-1525 Spain defeats France in Italy (capture of the French king), and we won another 6 wars against France there.
-1547 Spain defeats the Protestant Germans in Mulberg: southern Germany is still Catholic, today.
-1571 The Spanish NATO of Italy defeats the Turks at Lepanto, saving Greece and southern Italy.
-1580 Spain annexes Portugal and the entire Portuguese empire
-1589 Spain defeats the invincible English armada of Drake (without storms)
-1592 The Spanish army enters Paris: The French king has to become a Catholic
-1625 Spain defeats Holland, England and Denmark in Breda. (Belgium, northern France, Luxembourg, and German palatinate are still Catholic). También derrotamos a los holandeses e ingleses en Cádiz (hundiendo 60 barcos)
-1741 Spain defeats the English in Cartegena de Indias (that's why 200 million people speak Spanish in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia)
1779-83 Spain defeats the English in Florida, Louisiana, Bahamas, Central America, and Menorca, and we make a naval blockade of England, capturing 80 British warships, which sinks the London Stock Exchange. The United States becomes independent.
-1797. Spain defeats Nelson in Tenerife. That is why the Canary Islands are Spanish. We also defeated Nelson 2 times in Cádiz, and other Englishmen in Puerto Rico.
-1806-07 Spain defeats England in Montevideo and Buenos Aires (that's why there are 220 million people who speak Spanish in South America.
@Dod o I write on many history channels, I me lost. See that there is a war in England, when 300,000 Napoleon soldiers invaded England across the land. The English then won the Battle of Bailentown in 1808 and drove Napoleon's brother out of London, defeating the French imperial army for the first time in history (something no empire had done). But Napoleon was a genius, and he went back into London. Then all England fought in the streets of Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester, London, Glasgow, Cardiff ... 300,000 French soldiers and half a million British died. But do you know who actually won the war? A Spanish army of 40,000 soldiers (half German, plus 35,000 Irish). The Spanish army, commanded by Pérezwellingtón, was hidden in Ireland for most of the war, and won 80% of the battles in Ireland. But it is clear that Pérezwellington liberated England, defeating the best army in the world (the French imperial army, which had 270,000 soldiers on the peninsula).
Because if you compare the figures, the 35,000 Spanish dead are a greater number than the half a million British dead in Napoleon's war in London.
Britain and Portugal longest allies. Nearly 700 years, and hopefully will reach 1000 years.
They probably dont exist by then. Not as we know them as least
outstanding writing!
Greatest video endings on RUclips. Someone should compile them for a laugh.
RHODESIAN BUSH WAR
I can hear the Victoria 2 soundtrack... am i going mad? Ive been playing it a lot recently XD
It's actually there.
Or we are both crazy
Oh it's there. He has Vic2 music a lot on his channel. So does the Armchair Historian.
You put the Charleville and the Spanish musket. Nice detail.
Great content
you should have more subscribers
The Holy Roman Empire dissolved itself so he could not usurp it
The Holy Roman Empire should have never existed.
Some of my family emigrated from Galicia to Puerto Rico sometime around 1812, I believe they could have been leaving because of the war maybe
Outstanding