Frustrated by Portugal's defiance of his Continental Blockade ... It was the start of a brutal, no-holds-barred war, marked by savagery on both sides. The French tortured and mutilated their ...

Step into the chaos of the Napoleonic Wars through the eyes of those who lived it. From 1808 to 1814, Spain and Portugal became the battleground for brutal conflict during the Peninsular War.

Thereafter, Portugal would become the base for the Anglo-Portuguese army that would eventually join with the Spanish to evict the French from the Peninsula. Bonaparte's Peninsular War will take ...

In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had inflicted several heavy defeats on Spanish field armies, but now they faced a ...