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Há 1 dia · 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.
Há 2 dias · Wellesley rose to prominence as a general during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading the allied forces to victory against the French Empire at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813.
Há 2 dias · On 31 October, the Ottomans entered the war and began the Caucasus campaign against Russia. The British briefly bombarded forts in Gallipoli, invaded Mesopotamia and studied the possibility of forcing the Dardanelles.
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27 de mai. de 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 27, 2024 • Article History. World War I: Allied troops on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Also called: Dardanelles Campaign. Date: February 16, 1915 - January 9, 1916. Location: Dardanelles. Turkey. Participants: Australia. France. New Zealand. Ottoman Empire. United Kingdom. Context: World War I.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
27 de mai. de 2024 · In the annals of the Napoleonic Wars, the Peninsular War (1807-1814) stands out as a brutal and protracted conflict that pitted the allied powers of Britain, Spain, and Portugal against the might of Napoleonic France.
14 de mai. de 2024 · Battle of Vitoria, (June 21, 1813), decisive battle of the Peninsular War that finally broke Napoleon’s power in Spain. The battle was fought between a combined English, Spanish, and Portuguese army numbering 72,000 troops and 90 guns under Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington, and a French.
27 de mai. de 2024 · The Peninsular War began in 1807 when Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, invaded Portugal and deposed the Spanish royal family, placing his own brother Joseph on the throne. The Spanish and Portuguese people rose in revolt against French occupation, beginning a brutal guerrilla war.
