Peninsular War

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Napoleonic Wars campaign war

The Peninsular War was a major conflict of the Napoleonic Wars in which Spain, Portugal, and Britain fought against French occupation on the Iberian Peninsula from 1808 to 1814.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Spanish War of Independence 6
Napoleonic era in Spain 2
Peninsular War campaigns 2

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars campaign ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guerra Peninsular NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guerra de la Independencia Española NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish guerrillas ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
cause French intervention in Spain ⓘ
French invasion of Portugal in 1807 ⓘ
abdication of Charles IV of Spain ⓘ
abdication of Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ
imposition of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain ⓘ
combatantStrength hundreds of thousands of troops over the course of the war ⓘ
commander André Masséna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francisco Javier Castaños NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jean-de-Dieu Soult NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pedro de La Romana NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Carr Beresford NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType coalition war ⓘ
consequence heavy civilian casualties in Iberia ⓘ
stimulated Spanish American wars of independence ⓘ
endTime 1814 ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Albuera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Bailén NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Bussaco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Corunna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Talavera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Toulouse (1814) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of the Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dos de Mayo Uprising NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lines of Torres Vedras NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Badajoz (1812) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
location Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor extensive guerrilla warfare ⓘ
major British land campaign against Napoleon ⓘ
opponentOf Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
relatedWork The Desastres de la Guerra by Francisco Goya NERFINISHED ⓘ
result defeat of French forces in Iberia ⓘ
restoration of Ferdinand VII to the Spanish throne ⓘ
weakening of the First French Empire ⓘ
withdrawal of French troops from Portugal ⓘ
withdrawal of French troops from Spain ⓘ
startTime 1808 ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Portuguese territory ⓘ
Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish interior ⓘ

Referenced by (117)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abolition of the Inquisition (1813) → historicalContext → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish War of Independence
William Carr Beresford → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Sir Thomas Mitchell → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Grenadiers à pied of the Guard → activeDuring → Peninsular War ⓘ
Torres Vedras → playedRoleIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Junta Suprema Central → significantEvent → Peninsular War ⓘ
Junta Suprema Central → temporalCoverage → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic occupation of Spain
Junta Suprema Central → hasHistoricalPeriod → Peninsular War ⓘ
Chasseurs à cheval of the Guard → activeDuring → Peninsular War ⓘ
Horse Artillery of the Guard → activeDuring → Peninsular War ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Bessières → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
Extraordinary General Cortes → significantEvent → Peninsular War ⓘ
Extraordinary General Cortes → historicalPeriod → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish War of Independence
60th Rifles → conflict → Peninsular War ⓘ
Francisco Martínez de la Rosa → participatedIn → Peninsular War ⓘ
light infantry of the King’s German Legion → activeDuring → Peninsular War ⓘ
Puerta de Alcalá → significantEvent → Peninsular War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish War of Independence