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Napoleon begun the war in 1807 by the abduction of the spanish king.

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Where did Napoleon send French troops to in 1808?

Into Spain and Portugal in the Peninsular War.


Why did Napoleon have troops in Spain?

They were there as part of the Peninsular War of 1807 in which Napoleon replaced Charles IV with his brother Joseph.


What were Napoleon Bonaparte's famous quotations about fate?

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When Napoleon invades spain to get to portugal to accept the continental system?

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What was Peninsular War?

The Spain and Portugal portion of the Napoleonic Wars.


Where did France fight the peninsular war?

Spain and Portugal. It fought Britain, Spain and Portugal.


Why did napoleon have trouble fighting in the peninsular war?

It became a guerrilla war, a form of warfare that he was not prepared and trained for.


Why were the guerrillas difficult for napoleon to fight in the peninsular war?

Because the guerrilla's were not an army Napoleon could defeat in open battle.


What is Peninsular War?

The war in Spain from 1807 to 1814 between Napoleon's occupation army and the armies of Portugal and Britain, plus Spanish contingents and guerilla forces, for the control over Spain . The French lost the war and the British commander the Duke of Wellington went on to invade France from the south.


The War of 1812 paralleled what war in Europe?

The War of 1812 paralleled the Peninsular War in Europe. At the time, England was at war with France and the armies of Napoleon.


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In his memoirs Napoleon lays the blame for his later defeats (including Russia, Leipzig and Waterloo) squarely on the guerrilla warfare that he faced in the Peninsular War. It tied his troops down in Spain and reduced their fighting spirit to the point that he no longer had a cohesive Army.