Napoleon’s Great Blunder: Spain 1808
In 1808, Napoleon’s rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt against the French. At Bailén Napoleon’s Empire suffered its first major defeat, and though Napoleon himself then arrived in Spain to reassert French military dominance, he could not prevent the escape of Sir John Moore’s small British army, after its defensive victory at Corunna on 16 January 1809. The British army would return, under new leadership, to play a major part in his downfall.
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Brits are so good at sea evac!
No one can deny that napoleon bonaparte was the greatest war tactician ever.
11:40 Shooting a French general at 400 yards.
Now that's Soldiering.
For me, Rifleman Tom Plunkett is probably based on Daniel Hagman in Sharpe tv series.
But this video is complete and utter garbage, it focuses on this british retreat while it brefely mentions how it actually happened, very dissapointed.
Too bad you didn't deconstruct the Battle of Bailén instead.