Las Guerras Napoleónicas: La Guerra Peninsular 1809 - 1811

In 1809, while Napoleon was fighting the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had inflicted several serious defeats on the Spanish field armies, but now faced a popular insurgency, as well as a well-trained Anglo-Portuguese army led by the British General Lord Wellington. The Peninsular War, as it came to be known, became Napoleon's "bleeding ulcer," his own Vietnam, costing the empire nearly a quarter of a million soldiers in a war that seemed increasingly unwinnable. Subscribe to Epic History TV in Spanish:    / @epichistorytvespanol   Get in early and vote for future tracks on Patreon: /epichistorytv Watch Epic History TV in Spanish: /@epichistorytvespanol Some notable books on the Peninsular War, from our partner Osprey Publishing: 📖 The Peninsular War Atlas (Atlas de la Guerra Peninsular) 📖 Spanish Guerrillas in the Peninsular War (Guerrilleros españoles en la Guerra Peninsular) 📖 Talavera 1809: Wellington's Lightning Strike into Spain (Talavera 1809: El golpe relámpago de Wellington en España) 📖 The Lines of Torres Vedras (Las Líneas de Torres Vedras) 📖 Bussaco 1810: Wellington Defeats Napoleon's Marshals (Bussaco 1810: Wellington Defeats Napoleon's Marshals) 📖 Fuentes de Oñoro 1811: Wellington's Liberation of Portugal (Fuentes de Oñoro 1811: La libertad de Portugal por Wellington) #epichistorytv #epichistorytvenespañol #history #epichistory #napoleonicwars #napoleon #spain #war #napoleonicwars #guerrilla #independence #france #france #frenchimperor