Soldiers' Stories from the Napoleonic Wars: Spain and Portugal 1808-1814

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Get Nebula using our link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/epichistory Or to take advantage of the Lifetime Membership offer, click here: https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=epichistorytv ------------------------------------- In 1808, Napoleon launched a war against Spain, sparking a savage conflict that lasted nearly six years, cost half a million lives, and helped to bring down his empire. We tell the story of this war through more than a dozen dramatic accounts from Spanish, French, British, German and Polish participants. Together, they provide a raw and unflinching perspective of Napoleon's doomed attempt to conquer the Iberian peninsula. For the Spanish, it was their ‘War of Independence’ – for their British allies, ‘the Peninsular War’. These are the voices of witnesses to those momentous days. ------------------------------------- Thank you to Osprey Publishing for kind permission to use several of their images in this video. They have many excellent books covering the Peninsular War such as: Spanish Guerrillas in the Peninsular War 1808–14: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/spanish-guerrillas-in-the-peninsular-war-180814-9781841766294/ Corunna 1809: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/corunna-1809-9781855329683/ Badajoz 1812: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/badajoz-1812-9781855329577/ Salamanca 1812: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/salamanca-1812-9781855326040/ Vittoria 1813: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/vittoria-1813-9781855327399/ 📚 Reading list: ‘Memoirs of a French Napoleonic Officer’ by Jean-Baptiste Barres US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9781399077231 UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9781399077231 ‘Peninsular Eyewitnesses: The Experience of War in Spain and Portugal 1808-1813’ by Charles J. Esdaille UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9781844151912 ‘The Recollections of Rifleman Harris’ by Benjamin Randell Harris US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9780486836034 UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9781474626316 ‘Adventures in the Rifle Brigade: In the Peninsula, France and the Netherlands from 1809 to 1815’ by John Kincaid US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9781016060776 UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9789388396257 ‘The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence: A Hero of the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns’ by William Lawrence US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9781474540155 UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9781409987925 ‘Der Nassauer Johann Biersack: Sein Leben Als Soldat von 1806 Bis 1814’ compiled by Dr Reinhard Münch (translated by Mo-Chueh for the Weltseele Project: https://weltseele.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page) ‘With Napoleon's Guns: The Military Memoirs of an Officer of the First Empire’ by Jean-Nicolas-Auguste Noël US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9781848328358 UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/12275/9781853676420 ‘A British Rifle Man: The Journals & Correspondence of Major George Simmons, Rifle Brigade during the Peninsular War & Campaign of Waterloo’ by George Simmons US: https://bookshop.org/a/99532/9781015906280 You can visit our online bookshop to find great books on the Peninsular War and other Epic History topics: UK site - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/epichistorytv US site - https://bookshop.org/shop/epichistorytv As a bookshop.org affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases, while donating 10% of sales to support independent bookshops! ------------------------------------- Support Epic History TV on Patreon from $1 per video, and get perks like ad-free early access & votes on future topics https://www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV 👕 Buy posters, t-shirts, hoodies, mugs & stickers at our merch store: https://www.ehtvmerch.com/ #EpicHistoryTV #History #Napoleon #NapoleonicWars #MilitaryHistory #PeninsularWar