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03 Sep 2020 10:45 p.m. PST

…Napoleonic Wars

"In 1807, Napoleon's French armies crossed Spain to invade Portugal. It began a seven-year campaign known as the Peninsular War. For the Spanish, it was a deeply divisive period. Spaniards fought on both sides, resisting or supporting the French.

At the beginning of the Peninsular War, France and Spain were allies. The Spanish had served alongside the French against Britain's Royal Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar.

The Spanish were ineffective allies whom Napoleon could not rely upon. The deeply divided Spanish government included both pro and anti-French factions. Manuel Godoy, King Charles IV's prime minister, wanted to abandon the alliance and invade France…"
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