The Peninsular War: Every Day 

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Generals and battalions would be awesome for your in next one if you have the time.

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Love your videos The generals will keep for another day

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@sevinç tuyan Hahaha, thank you

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Only people with 2 digit Iq can get this

It's a Bordeaux ! It's a bordel !?

@@shagu8312 That means everyone can get this joke since the average IQ has two digits. It's hard to believe that there's someone with a IQ of less than 10.

@@carlosmagalhaes7109 you must be fun at parties

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In fact most of the time the French were in numerical inferiority, except at rare moments like during the Austrian campaign 1809 or Russia 1812

@@lecomtedemirabeau5548 300k french troops where in spain and portugal and spanish solsiers where ill equiped

@@elbambu4216 The Spanish outnumbered the French during most battles, like at Ocana and Tudela, but they were badly trained and led.

@@Heisenberg882 They were not poorly trained or directed. A year before Napoleon's invasion we defeated the British Redcoats, capturing General Beresford in Argentina. In the battle of Bailén 1808 the Spanish defeated the French. The Spanish offensive drove the French behind Madrid and behind the Ebro river. But Napoleon was the best strategist in history, at a time when France had military hegemony. It is very difficult to stop a hegemonic empire. France was strong for 15-20 years, with an explosive invasion that then erupted and ended with the invasion of Paris. Prussia was strong in 1870. Spain was strong for 150 years, invading Paris, Rome, Germany, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, simultaneously. Hegemonics empires.

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Karel Wolf bruh

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Man that's messed up

@@robbyz512 exactly

@@robbyz512 Because memes are an endless bounty of opportunity. They're memes because they can be recycled and reapplied so well. No one's forcing you to like it. Just frown and keep scrolling.

French Generals: Emperor, the Spanish rebels won't quit! What shall we do?" Napoleon: Onwards to Russia! French Generals: But sir! Napoleon: LEEROY JENKINS!

Yes thats true and the first Spanish constitution was done there

Porque no supimos lo que significa "De Cai pixa"

Tampoco mi ciudad, Cartagena, fue nunca conquistada por Napoleón. Cartagena además fue la ciudad de la que partió Aníbal para conquistar Italia, la última tierra española que pisó Alfonso XIII, la última ciudad que se rindió a Francisco Franco y la ciudad por la que volvieron los restos de Alfonso XIII en 1981 para ser depositados en el Escorial.

Yes, the map is correct.

@@MrJosealfonsoperez ni Cartagena ni Alicante, ni Murcia ni Gijón.....hay muchas ciudades que los franceses no pudieron conquistar

Christ is king

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It's not going anywhere

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@@Q_reezy bruh

Thanks for pointing out the obvious.

and then later on he died from ulcer... irony?

@@therearenoshortcuts9868 He was Poisoned.

@@clincpb8903 maybe

It hink its called the bleeding ulcer of napoleon

para lo que sirve la constitucion se la pasan por el culo todos los dias so payaso..

De hay las cortes de Cádiz, en 1812 después el perro de Fernando VII abolió y en América española la gente se reveló contra los Borbónes, al final los masones de apoderaron de nuestras tierras.

No, it isnt. Cadiz won to Napoleon with ressistence. When their city was besieged, the people of Cádiz invented the omelette to survive. After that they resist until the support arrives. Omelette is not french, it´s spanish. In Spain this omelette is called "tortilla francesa" (french omelette), so "tortilla de cuando los franceses" (omelette from spanish ressistence while french invasion). The first constitution in Spain is in Cadiz (1812), the first liberal constitution. Spanish created the concept of liberalism. During the 19´s century France, UK or Germany accepted the liberalism was the nicer model in world (Germany in last days of the century, France and UK in the half). Regards

@@sinemoraex9095 y lo pagas con el del comentario? :))

Spain signed a peace with Napoleon before the congress because our king Fernando VII was an idiot xD

Spain was too weak to show its presence in Vienna. But the Holy Alliance showed support for Spain in the Americas against rebels.

Napoleon did not started to lose in Spain. He had earlier few set backs too. Everybody knew that Spanish alone can not won the war against France at that time. Great powers Austria, France, Pruussia, Russia and United Kingdom did not want to invite more pretenders to European cake. They want to spit it betweem themselves and their acolites. These great powers did not want to strenthen Spanish or Ottoman declined Empires.

Spain was present at the Congress of Vienna, but it was not considered part of the "big 5" which were the 5 main powers in Europe at the time. Spain was considered a second-rank country. It has nothing to do with their contribution on Napoleon's downfall (after all, France which was the enemy and the defeated nation was still considered as one of the big 5), but about their power and influence in geopolitics.

Actually, the UK sell the spanish place at the congress yo France

VIVA

No fue por los españoles sino porque Napoleón se encontraba perdiendo contra los rusos

@@juanpaez9076 claro, cada vez que moria un frances a manos de un ruso, un frances que invadia españa se suicidaba... no tiene ningun sentido lo que dices, si bien es cierto que no envio un ejercito tan monstruoso como el que mando a morir a rusia, el que mando a invadir españa era enorme, españa era una de las mayores potencias en ese momento, y tan solo el levantamiento de los civiles logro expulsarlos de la peninsula (con ayuda de portugal e inglaterra claro, aunque sabotearon nuestras industrias...) tienes envidia de semejante hazaña historica? eres latino o algun español que reniega de su historia?

@@G3E007 Creo que no entiendiste muy bien, no le quito mérito a los españoles, aunque era un imperio que enseguida se desmoronaría, sólo me refería a que el ocaso de Napoleón es por su derrota en Rusia. Bueno y también porque soy un judeomason que odia a España.

@@juanpaez9076 entonces porque es en España la primera derrota en campo abierto de napoleon? Mucho antes de rusia

Yeah the Spanish Civil War was brutal and it "only" got 500,000 deaths, although some sources say they could reach 1,000,000 as well

Spanish guerrillas, man.

@Русс град In Russia, due to the weather. In Spain, due to the fight. The first ever at open field defeat of the Napoleonic army was in Spain.

@Русс град propaganda :DDDDDDDDD dude this happened 200 years ago

Русс град Hey, most of French troops and allies died in Russia due to cold+hunger, because Russian troops keep retreating and used scorching earth tactic.

@StillWatchingYou I am sorry but yes we did. We practice guerrilla warfare since the roman invasion. Thats why they call it guerrilla (Little war). The first time the term was used was in 1808, in the Napoleonic French invasion of Spain. I am not speaking like nothing, I am just saying what happened in my town. French people suffered napoleon? Wtf dude

@StillWatchingYou oh wow poor french people suffering from what other french people did!

Which is why the square should of never been green as conquered by France...

Porto was taken by the French (during a short time)...

In Zaragoza, after the two sieges and her tough resistance, it received the titles of Very Heroic (Muy Heroica), Very Loyal (Muy Leal), Very Noble (Muy Noble) and Immortal (Inmortal).

@@jorgedelmoralmartin2998 isso também se diz no porto

That title came after the siege of Porto of 1832-1833, during the civil war of 1828-1834.

No It was the Battle of Aspern-Eisling or something like that, in Austria

@@okguimacedo bailen was before aspern essling

I think saying grande armee would be wrong because grande armee was napoelons main army What the spanish defeated at bailen was a part of the french army of spain

That's some Spanish propaganda, to make up for Spain's embarrassment and inadequacy during this war; because that is not at all true. Plus Napoleon's 'Grand Armée' was never deployed to Spain, they simply knew it was not necessary to take that many men. Especially men from Napoleon's elite, or experienced units that had fought for French independence, fought in the Egyptian campaign, the Italian/ Austrian campaign, Prussian / Germanic states campaign (Bavaria, Saxony etc.) and of course the Russian campaign in 1812. Napoleon knew it was going to be an easy fight, and it was, Spain didn't even fire a bullet until their revolts were legitimised by the Anglo-Portuguese alliance, that then acknowledged Spain as an ally, and no longer an enemy despite the past 400 or so years of context and history at that point. Though of course, as most generals back then, Napoleon underestimated the common man, as more French were killed by guerrilla activity than in actual formal battles (against British, Portuguese, regulars).

@@EPICFAILKING1 Bro, read a book that wasnt written by a british.

mr ms paint France did have a real Vietnam war after ww2 their ass for kicked at dien bien phu!!!

more like: Vietnam.... the US's Spainish Ulcer

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And Sharpe said himself your'e finished done! lol!

@@DavBlc7 IDK

Spanish Rebels: Hold my paella

@@sagemenn Spanish confirmed: Me too, dude. Yo tambien

BRO BRO What about the Portuguese ?

Napoleon invades Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria and Russia, for two reasons. 1) Because England is an island: only reason London wasn't invaded in 4 weeks. 2) Because Napoleon was the best strategist in history.

His strategies was only for battles, not guerrilla

@@Gloriaimperial1 Napoleon lost lmao

@@Gloriaimperial1 best strategist? Nah

@@remoosecode7558 and? Hannibal lost too and yet he is rightfully considered one of the best military minds in history. Winning or losing doesn't decide if you are great general. How you win and how you lose does.

It triggered the independance wars in Hispanic America.

@@jockonde9661 It makes no sense to call it the war of independence. Spain was an empire 7 times bigger than the French. The French were also invaded by the Germans in 1940, and I don't think the French call that war a war of independence, which destroyed the French empire a few years later. The war name of independence is a term born in romanticism.

No fue una guerra de la independencia. España era un imperio 7 veces más grande y 3 veces más poblado que el francés. Invasiones han existido siempre. Fue una explosión militar francesa, como la de Hitler en 1940, invadiendo Francia. No creo que los franceses se hayan sentido parte de Alemania nunca. No creo que los alemanes, rusos o italianos, invadidos por Francia en esa época, llamen a esa guerra, guerra de la independencia. Es ridículo. Es una guerra napoleónica en España. El término nació en el romanticismo y se ha quedado, dando a entender erróneamente que España fue durante décadas o siglos parte integrante de Francia, con la aceptación española. Tanto como decir que Francia era alemana con aceptación francesa, lo que sería insultar a la resistencia francesa.

As a french I love it

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@@jv113 basicamente todas las colonias imediatamente se independenizaron de España menos algunas Islas por ahi y las Filipinas

@@trollinape2697 pero España no tuvo colonias sino virreinatos y provincias, xD la primera bandera de Ecuador fue la cruz de Borgoña como país, ya que queríamos de vuelta a los Austrias y no a los borbones racistas.

@@trollinape2697 en 1809 el levantamiento no fue de Independencia más bien fue de apoyo a la hispanidad contra Fernando VII el pendejo que entrego España a los franceses. Traidor de la patria típico en los Borbónes

@@rataxv20 Sip eran colonias. Los españoles conquistaron los territorios nativos, dejaron a los españoles colonizar los territorios, los nativos eran infierores y los territorios no estaban ni cerca de ser politicamente igual de importante que España. Eran colonias hermano

@@rataxv20 Ademas esto era cuando España se volvio muy devil y las colonias pensaron que ellos pueden defender a ellos mismo y comerciar con otros paises europeos.

Bigger than the disastrous invasion of Russia???

@@Zveebo The Peninsula war destroyed step by step the Grande Armée's quality. The Army which invaded Russia wasn't as trained and as reliable as the Army of 1805-1807. Plus the French had to recruit within its "allies" to have as much soldiers as possible, and they weren't all loyal. The austrians and prussians litterally did nothing in Russia except some small and ridiculous offensives

Zveebo Yep. This is the war that defined the term “guerrilla warfare”. While the Spaniards/Portuguese didn’t have he upper edge, they made sure to make it hell for the French to remain there.

Napoléon made mistake to attack Russia during winter that's it. Look at the battles, they are almost all won until winter came. Disease, lack of food, cold, all these bad conditions reunite made Russia Campaign lost. Napoléon should attacked later

@@Raisonnance. He didn't invade Russia during winter, he invaded early in the summer, as you do, and fought several big but strategically indecisive pitched battles against the Russian army. The biggest battle of that campaign (Borodino) was fought in early September. By fall, nevermind winter, Napoleon had already lost most of the Grande Armée. What winter did was make sure very few of Napoleon's troops made it back to Poland.

A palos y castañas.

The reason is, that during the war of oranges Portugal toke a spanish colonies, that it never give so, Spain said" if you dont give me back my american territory, I dont give you olivenza"

@@jpsg1801 yes, perfect balance, Like thanos said. Creo que eres español, me alegra ver a alguien que sabe de historia

@@javiernoruego6572 Portugal also lost in Brazil in the Orange War to France where French Guiana is today

@@afdiego2193 i didnt know that, but that is a french problem, not spanish

Actually catalonia was figthing with spanish rebels because he hated more france

@@Didagg catalans at the time were just tired of wars between spain and france causing massive damage to catalonia haha so they just went with the ones that were more likely to win and bring a bit of peace

@@joel.garcia.cascallo yes and for that they hated more the french

@@Didagg This map is not agree with you fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_Empire#/media/Fichier:Europe_1812_map_en.png

@@joel.garcia.cascallo the catalans fought like everyone else in Spain against the french, just look at the sieges of Girona or Tarragona, If it's true they went with the ones that had more possibilities to win, then probably they would have fight together with the french.

You said that as if it was Spain who attacked first.

not all you forget philipines, puerto rico, guam, cuba and western sahara

english trade

@@neyougogo9923 well eventually latin american revolutionary ideas soon proliferated and spawned masonic secret orders throughout philippines-guam, cuba, and puerto rico leading to the first sparks of revolution that engulfed them on the eve of the Spanish-American War of 1898, eventually leading to their capture by american forces upon american landing

Assemblée Nationale Brazil also gained independence because of this war, but for different reasons.

Yugoslavia???

Yes yugoslavia also did it

@@LucidFL yeah, Yugoslavia too

@@freddiefletcher2497 no

Which isles? For allies.

HistorywithNathe Take a guess

@@vellerity986 Ah okay Britian.

Tu mentalidad es de hace 2 siglos, madura porque en serio te ves muy ridículo

@@user-zj7uo6qg1c lo que ha hecho es una cita histórica, no creo que lo haga con intención política

The Royal Court were a bunch of cowards. The king was a coward, his son was a traitor.

Lord Hades I’m sure you have all the sources to back this up rather than your opinion, right?

@@diogofilipeestevao Sources for what? The court fled, the king, his family, his own treasury, escorted by the British navy. It's not just an opinion, it's a matter of fact.

Lord Hades it is an opinion to claim it was an act of cowardice.

@Biconho Empires rise and fall, but acts of honour, bravery and loyalty live on for all time.

And then the son of that same king declares independence and becomes emperor of Portugal's greatest colony (Brazil)... You got to love that damn royal family.

@@Snitram19 Then he will try to take the throne of Portugal later...

for some reason the Portuguese monarchy survived and also his independence

You know how the saying goes: "A Captain is always the first to jump ship"

You must be wonderful playing chest

Götwulf Kaisersson Pues para terminar con Fernando VII, el rey más inepto que ha reinado en reino conocido, tal vez más vale Pepe “botella”.

​@@LadialecticaLadialectica Pepe botella era masón.

That's wrong Spain was an empire at that time a independent war is when a nation is created for the first time?

@@reubenruz7998 during the war Spain was basically a puppet of France, which is why it’s called the “war of independence”. They had a king called Joseph who was Napoleon’s brother, however the Spaniards called him “Pepe botella”

@@reubenruz7998 Napoleon wanted Spain to be an autonomous entity within the French empire with his brother as ruler, hence it was a war of independence

What does the first Republic have to do with this?

Jesus why are all the top comments so sh*t?

@I it’s because he’s botting.

You are not in the good video

England is an island, like Iceland and Japan (which was also not invaded by the Mongols). That's the only reason Churchill could smoke a cigar and make jokes. Otherwise that cigar would be up Churcill's or Elisabeth's or Nelson's ass.

*Laughs in unoriginal joke*

*Laughs in continuing the reply pattern*

The king of Portugal escaped to Brazil before the french invasion

@@samohtt bitch

@@samohtt bitch

Wellington was in the war since 1808

All modern age was alliances and wars between Spain, Portugal, France and UK, depending on the time, the wars, that allys or enemies was changing between them. Regards

luis manuel Wellington is no hero, he just another imperialism&monarchy advocater

@@大砲打老鷹 Yeah right. He's a hero in Spain Potrtugal and Britain. In most of Europe actually...except France

I hate K’dom “Hey where were you born” “In the K’DOM”

Idiota, Portugal esta en España

@@SrRodrik Portugal is older than Spain moron

@Götwulf Kaisersson Imagino que te refieres a que Portugal esta en la peninsula iberica

@@SrRodrik Before the invasion, the King of Portugal moved the capital of the Portuguese Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro

@@lucas9269 John was Prince Regent, reigning in the name of his mother Queen Maria I

I think he said that when Napoleon decided to capture the duke of Enghien who was exiled in Germany for execute him.

Yeah Talleyrand pushed to both arrest the Duke of Enghein and to invade Spain.

Sí, pero 1 millón de españoles han aceptado voluntariamente el sacrificio por el regreso de este rey.

Lol. You wanted your Bourbon king back. You got it. And you still have it 200 years later. A French king ! :)

@@erwannleligerien3771 y bien que luego esté e desgraciado mató a cientos de liberales que lo habían traído de vuelta...

@@christopheripoll2580 Now I get why French are so hated

@@abrahammelano3495 Hated for reminding a simple fact ... I can't help you then.

No. There was a popular insurrection in Spain followed by a coup that removed King Charles and Manuel Godoy from power. That's the main reason Napoleon decided to take control, he wanted to be sure that Spain would remain a stable ally and would not change his foreign policy. Of course he didn't predict the Spanish population would rebel against him and that he would make the situation far worse, he thought it would be like in Italy, Germany or Netherlands.

Napoleon was a bit of a bell end to be fair

Was he really though? Godoy sent a letter to the British promising an invasion of France if Napoleon lost against Prussia in 1806.

@@nicolas.p331 Si napoleón hubiera tratado a españa como un verdadero aliado y no como un vasallo (que no lo eran), esa carta no hubiera salido, por la alianza con francia España perdió TODA su fuerza naval en una invasión a la que los almirantes Españoles estaban en CONTRA, españa dio mucho por NADA, francia aliados pedorros de mierda.

@@ferchulanderful los Britanicos tenian muchas razones para ser hostiles con España, adivina quien les suministro armas a los independentistas en Latinoamerica ? si no fuera por Napoleon, igual hubieran perdido sus flotas en otra batalla, los españoles no le llegaban a los talones a los britanicos (en especial Nelson) cuando se trataba de combate naval

Spain also lost its colonies due to some degree of this

It would still happen sooner or later though.

And yet the Casta system discriminated against non-peninsulares, and throughout the time of the empire, wealth was brought from the americas back to Europe. I don't think that the Spanish colonial empire was much different to the remaining European ones.

@@axelandersson6314 Well, they didnt try to wipe out the natives, now theres a bif difference. They actually mated with them and bred children. The british almost deleted entire races, like in north america and australia.

@@Orion4976 Please educate me, how large of a percentage of natives were wiped out intentionally by the British and their colonists? Many were killed under us expansion, about 90% died unintentionally by disease, and nearly all of their land was seized, but I haven't seen it as an extermination. The Belgians were definitely genocidal by comparison.

@@Orion4976 What, are you kidding me? Spain is by far THE MAIN perpetrator of genocide in the Americas. They tricked an entire civilisation into trusting them, the Spanish were literally treated like gods and not foreigners by the Aztecs, the Spanish took advantage of this and enslaved an entire people for generations. Not to mention the fact they met every encounter or form of resistance with overwhelming violence and cruelty. The British Empire is renown for the way it built its empire, instead of total dominion, encourage the natives to be an ally, which they did immediately after formerly establishing a colony in America, after the Kingdom of England became Great Britain. Britain also preferred establishing trading posts initially, and only developing on them further with time. Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium etc. did not share these qualities. The amount of Spanish propaganda in these comments alone on this one video is appalling.

@@axelandersson6314 This guy is a victim to propaganda that typically occurs when a former superpower becomes inadequate, the big themselves up and re-write the history books to make it look like they were the best thing since sliced bread before you were born.

All the so called "afrancesados" changed their ideas about France in the moment they invaded Spain, there was actually almost no single spanish person fighting for the french.

But why trust Napoleon? Napoleon was NOT a genius. Geniuses do not die in prison, isolated, defeated and full of regrets like Napoleon. Geniuses don’t leave their countries occupied, defeated, and never able to recover from defeat the way Napoleon left France. Geniuses don't get ripped-off by inexperienced, brand new countries the way Napoleon got ripped-off by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. Geniuses are not responsible for some of the worst military disasters in history. Egypt/Syria was a disaster. Spain was a disaster. Russia was a disaster. Leipzig was a disaster. Waterloo was a disaster. Geniuses don’t turn a complicated situation like war with Britain, and make it even more complicated by waging war with everyone. A real genius takes the complicated and makes it simple. Napoleon did the complete opposite. France had its problems, but it was still, by far, the most powerful army in Europe before Napoleon. Napoleon inherited a superb war machine from the most most powerful state in Continental Europe. Many times Napoleon, with a powerful army that could out-gun the enemy, would just barely win through sheer numbers while being a colossal drain on his soldiers and country. To a large extent, his tactics were irrelevant, as Napoleon could field outrageous numbers of troops and guns who could suffer losses that were easily replaceable by France's vast population and military resources. Napoleon is even quoted as saying "You cannot defeat me, I spend 30 000 lives a month." This ineffective strategy led to drain and defeat, and it was France that paid the price. In the end France suffered dearly because of Napoleon, and it is a shame that French and British historians have lied about the greatness of Napoleon in order to glorify their own history. A French historian wants you to think that Napoleon was a triumph for their own morale, but Napoleon is a story of tragedy that cost the lives of millions. A British historian wants you to believe that Napoleon was a genius instead of a madman. Wouldn't you rather defeat a genius than a crazy madman. These are the lies that these historians want you to believe. But the facts are out there. Read about Napoleons disasters of Egypt, Spain and Russia, and it is a complete LIE that Napoleon ever conquered these places. Read about how Napoleon got swindled by the fledgling United States in the Louisiana Purchase, as Napoleon foolishly sells Louisiana territory 10,000 % under its value. Read about how Paris was occupied in 1814, and how France was tired of Napoleon, including Napoleon's own army. Don't let these biased historians who spin the facts make up your mind for you.

slpp l Perdóname... pero hay que ser muy aborregado para preferir al peor monarca de la historia de España: Fernando VII. Reyes como ese y gente como tú que los apoya es el motivo por el que España ha estado a la sombra del resto de Europa en cuanto a ciencia, innovación, pensamiento crítico, libertades y cualquier pensamiento ilustrado. Pero que “Vivan las Caenas”, ¿verdad?

@@lsatep You've copies and pasted this same comment several times, no one cares to read your wall of butthurt text.

​@@LadialecticaLadialecticalos franceses hicieron muchísimas barbaridades en España. Se comportaron mejor los alemanes con los franceses en 1940 que los franceses con los españoles en 1808. Ni Napoleón ni Fernando VII

Dude it was the allies who were facing impossible odds, they were outnumbered by far more professional troops and almost always lost the battles, but they always reunited and came back to fight again against the invader until they were expulsed to their country.

Acusticamente Convusional I say it was impossible for France because of what you said. I was a professional fighter, physically and mentally hard, but I don’t want to fight a man on his own land. It’s just too difficult. To go fight most of Spain and their allies? Really challenging.

Dont forget that most of the french troops with the best generals (and Napoleon himself of course) were fighting in the East against the Prussians, Russians, Austrians, and Swedishs.

@@acusticamenteconvusional9936 They weren't outnumbered, they often had numerical superiority.

​@@lecomtedemirabeau5548War on two fronts is stupid

Bruhh, UK betrayed Portugal inumeral times

united kingdom indirectly caused the fall of the monarchy in Portugal, Portugal wanted to unite its African colonies in Angola and Mozambique through Botswana and rhodesia, but the united kingdom wanted to possess those regions and sent an ultimatum to Portugal, Portugal had to yield and that caused great social unrest,.that ended with a republican revolution

Mapa cor-der- rosa

Tristemente no fue como otros reyes y causó el fin del imperio ...

Francia no invadió España al contrario de lo que se podría creer porque la realidad es mucho peor que eso... ¡fue Fernando quien simplemente entregó las llaves de España a Francia para que ella pudiera establecerse allí !

No, Napoleon wanted a punishment for the king Fernando IV, Catalonia was the main Spanish economic power. However, if Catalonia was French in this period (between 1812 and 1814), the départements catalans had more or less autonomy about the language, they were French but their official language was catalan not french, the french laws were translated in catalan, it was a good compromise for the bourgeoisie, the merchants, the peasants and the industrials, they had the access to the prosperous and huge french market (from Barcelona to Hamburg, you were a french citizen). Also I don't forget than the catalans have a love for their culture and I can't said if the french assimilation is possible in a short time. PS: I'm French and my opinion is maybe biased.

Erwann Le Ligérien jajajaja en 1800 la riqueza de españa se encontraba en sus puertos de Cádiz y Sevilla y en las ría de Vigo y Bilbao más que en Cataluña la verdad no sé de qué hablas Cataluña fabricaba tela en 1800 así que económicamente valía un truño Francia la anexiono por qué Napoleón como bien dice el amigo del post se inspiró en Carlomagno

@@anacarmenvibu si si háblale en español a un francés, crack...

@@9_9876 pero metete en tu vida Yo hablo de lo que me da la gana primero Y Segundo existe una cosa que se llama traducir Si no te gusta ni a ti ni a él no es mi problema SI TÚ VIDA ES TAN TRISTE QUE TIENES QUE SOLTAR COMENTARIOS ASÍ PARA SENTIRTE Mejor das mucha pena

@@anacarmenvibu jajajaja así te pones por un comentario en yt? A saber como eres fuera de internet 😂😂😂

Jajajajaja los portugueses durasteis dos días en la Guerra de las Naranjas. Luegos los franceses vinieron para relevarnos en el gobierno de ocupación en Portugal y de paso se metieron en Madrid para hacer otro gobierno de ocupación en España, ahi es cuando empezó la guerra con la revuelta del 2 de Mayo de 1808 en Madrid.

@@SrRodrik não sabes do que falas, os franceses não capturaram a capital naquela altura nem sequer anexaram todas as regiões portuguesas. De facto não duramos muito porque foi 2 vs 1, enfim Espanha não tem iniciativa para nada, teve que ser os franceses a fazer qualquer coisa. A revolta começou convosco mas foi com os ingleses que ganharam. Deve ser humilhante serem salvos por uma nação que o teu país sempre odiou

@@picardas1638 not really

@@JL18LAZOR por acaso os espanhois nao perderam todos as regioes e Portugal teve muito ajuda dos Ingleses sem eles tavamos fodidos os espanhois tinham que fazer na maior parte sozinhos

@@whyismyricewet1986 eu sei disso, mas para nós foi mais junto...os ingleses sempre foram nossos aliados e Portugal foi o único país que não fechou fronteiras com o Reino Unido. Foi uma ajuda mútua eles até acompanharam a família real até ao Brasil... Amigos são assim :)