Napoleonic Wars 3 : The Peninsular War 1807-1814

Informationen zum Autor Gregory Fremont-Barnes holds a doctorate in Modern History from the University of Oxford. As a Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, he has written extensively on a range of subjects covering military affairs since the 18th century. In addition to teaching cadets, he travels widely for the Ministry of Defence, running courses for foreign military and intelligence officers, and spent two years in Afghanistan on Operation Toral . Klappentext The third in four volumes providing a complete history of the Napoleonic wars. This title covers the long-drawn-out campaigns of the Spanish peninsula. It introduces Wellington to the action! shows the British army at its moment of glory and details the battles of Salamanca and Vittoria. Zusammenfassung Napoleon's occupation of the Iberian peninsula embroiled him in a protracted and costly war against British, Spanish and Portuguese forces ultimately led by one of history's greatest commanders -- the Duke of Wellington. Yet it also introduced a new dimension to warfare, for Napoleon's 'Spanish ulcer' became a bitter seven-year struggle against peoples inflamed by nationalism. Thus, while Wellington achieved successive victories in open battle, a parallel guerrilla war exacted a heavy toll of its own on the invaders. No mere sideshow to the other campaigns of the period, the Peninsular War made a significant contribution to Napoleon's eventual downfall.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Fremont Barnes, Gregory Fremont-Barnes, Fremont-Barnes Gregory
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2002
• EAN: 9781841763705
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-370-5
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 248 mm x 7 mm
• Series: Essential histories series; Essential Histories; Essential Histories; Essential histories series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book; Portugal, Europe, Spain, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Warfare & defence, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Specific wars and campaigns, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), Battles and campaigns, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)