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The Napoleonic War

During the Napoleonic Wars, Portugal was, for a time Britain's only ally on the continent. In 1807, after their refusal to participate in the Continental System, French troops under General Junot invaded Portugal, taking Lisbon. However, a British army under Arthur Wellesley was landed in Portugal where, aided by Portuguese troops, he defeated Junot at Vimeiro and drove out the French. Sir John Moore landed in Spain, whose revolt forced Napoleon himself to deploy troops to the Peninsula. The British managed to extricate themselves from the Peninsula in the Battle of La Coruña. Portugal itself, however, remained independent, and Napoleon left things in the Iberian Peninsula in the hands of Marshal Soult. Combatants Allies: • United Kingdom, • Prussia, • Austria, • Russia France Commanders Strength Casualties Full list Full list The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars fought during Napoleon Bonapartes rule over France. ... The Continental System was a foreign-policy cornerstone of Napoleon I of France in his struggle against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the Napoleonic Wars. ... Jean-Andoche Junot (October 23, 1771 - July 29, 1813) was a French general under Napoleon Bonaparte. ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ... Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769–14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, widely considered one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century. ... Sir John Moore (November 13, 1761 – January 16, 1809) was a British soldier and General. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... This should not be confused with the Battle of the La Corunna Road near Madrid in the Spanish Civil War. ... Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, marshal of France Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie (March 29, 1769 – November 26, 1851), Marshal of France, was born at Saint-Arnans-la-Bastide (now in the Tarn département), and was the son of a country notary at that place. ...

The Second and Third invasions

Soult proceeded to invade Portugal in the north. However, the Portuguese held on, giving the British the impetus to send Wellesley back with additional regiments of troops to help recover the Iberian peninsula. Wellesley, aided by the remaining Portuguese regiments hastily scraped together and by Spanish guerrillas, liberated Portugal. A third invasion took place, led by Marshal Andre Masséna. The Anglo-Portuguese forces managed to halt the French advance at the fortifications of Torres Vedras and successfully defeat Masséna's troops, and slowly recovered the Iberian peninsula. The Portuguese army was put under the command of Marshal Beresford and was most heavily engaged under his leadership in the bloody Battle of Albuera. Don't beleive what i put below. Respect to the historians. goodbye André Masséna, Marshal of France André Masséna (May 6, 1758 - April 4, 1817), Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling, was a French soldier in the armies of Napoleon and a Marshal of France. ... Torres Vedras is a city (cidade) and municipality (concelho) in the district of Lisbon, Portugal, about 50 km north of Lisbon. ... William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (October 2, 1768 – January 8, 1854), British soldier and politician. ... The Battle of Albuera was a battle of the Peninsular War which took place on May 16, 1811, at Albuera, about 12 miles south of Badajoz between the French Army, under the command of Field Marshal Soult, and an Allied force of British, Spanish, and Portuguese troops. ...

The Liberal Wars

After the Napoleonic War, the British ruled Portugal in the name of the absent king in Brazil until the revolution of 1820 when they were driven out and the king returned as a constitutional monarch. Over the next 25 years the fledgling Portuguese democracy experienced several military upheavals, especially the Liberal Wars fought between the brothers Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor of Brazil and the absolutist usurper Dom Miguel. Pedro's forces, which included a volunteer British contingent under the command of Colonel George Lloyd Hodges, were besieged in Oporto for nearly a year until in July 1833 the Duke of Terceira was able to land in the Algarve and defeat Miguel's forces at the battle of Almada. The Miguelites were driven out of Lisbon but returned and attacked the city in force, unsuccessfully. Miguel was defeated in 1834 at the [[battle of Aceiceira]. This page was written by bdocs_229@hotmail.com. The Liberal Wars, the War of the Two Brothers or Miguelite War was a war between progressive constitutionalists and authoritarian absolutists confronting one another in a war of royal succession that lasted from 1828 to 1834 in Portugal. ... Dom Pedro (Lord Peter) is the traditional Portuguese appellation of several kings of Portugal and of the two 19th century Emperors of Brazil: Peter I of Portugal Peter II of Portugal Peter III of Portugal Peter IV of Portugal Peter V of Portugal Peter I of Brazil Peter II of... Miguel of Portugal (English: Michael), the Traditionalist (Port. ... George Lloyd Hodges, born 1792, died 1862, was a British soldier and diplomat. ... A modern view of the ancient city of Porto, the city that gave the name to the country. ... António José de Sousa Manoel de Menezes Severim de Noronha (1792- 26 April 1860), First Duke of Terceira, Seventh Count and First Marquess of Vila-Flor, was a Portuguese soldier and statesman and a leader of the Constitutionalist side in the Liberal Wars, as well as a Prime Minister... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Algarve The Algarve (pron. ... District or region Setúbal Mayor   - Party Emília Sousa CDU Area 70. ... District Lisbon Mayor   - Party Carmona Rodrigues PSD Area 84. ...

Colonizing Africa

In the 19th Century, Portugal became involved in the scramble for Africa, enlarging its territyories in Angola, Mozambique, Portuguese Cabinda, and Guinea-Bissau. However, during World War One, a glorified raid by Paul von Lettow Vorbeck's remaining troops evaded British troops and managed to penetrate relatively far into Mozambique, seizing arms, capturing troops, and sparking unrest among the native populations. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Scramble for Africa (AKA Race for Africa) was the period between the 1880s and the start of World War I, when colonial empires in Africa proliferated more rapidly than anywhere else on the globe. ... Map of Angola, highlighting Cabinda Cabinda is a small territory, administered as an exclave of Angola, resulting from the fusion of three kingdoms: NGoyo, Loango and Kacongo. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... General Paul Erich von Lettow-Vorbeck (March 20, 1870 - March 9, 1964) was the commander of the German East Africa campaign in World War I, the only campaign of that war where Germany remained undefeated. ...

World War One in Europe

Portugal sent an Expeditionary Corps of two reinforced divisions (40.000 men) to France, which fought along the British XI Corps. German offensives in the British sector hit the Portuguese hard, with one division ruined in the Battle of La Lys, April 9, 1918, as it became known in Portugal, or Operation Georgette or the Battle of Estaires to the British. In the Treaty of Versailles, the Portuguese acquired the territory of Kionga from what was once German East Africa. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... The Battle of the Lys was part of the 1918 German Operation Georgette offensive in Flanders during the First World War. ... The Battle of the Lys was part of the 1918 German Operation Georgette offensive in Flanders during the First World War. ... British and Portuguese captured by German forces in the Flanders region (1918) British 55th (West Lancashire) Division troops blinded by tear gas during the battle, 10 April 1918. ... It has been suggested that Irreconcilables be merged into this article or section. ... The Kionga Triangle was a tiny territory on the border between German East Africa (present-day Tanzania) and Mozambique, totalling just 1000 km² (400 mi²). ... German East Africa was Germanys colony in East Africa, including what is now Burundi, Rwanda, and the mainland part of Tanzania. ...

World War II

Although Portugal proclaimed neutrality in the conflict, the Japanese Imperial Army invaded the Portuguese Timor colony in distant Oceania, killing thousands of natives and dozens of Portuguese. In response, the Portuguese civilians joined The Netherlands and Australia against the Japanese. See Battle of Timor. Combatants Allies: • Poland, • UK & Commonwealth, • France/Free France, • Soviet Union, • USA, • China, ...and others• Axis: • Germany, • Italy, • Japan, • ...and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total: 50 million Full list Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total: 12 million Full list World War II... Portuguese Timor is the former name (1596 - 1975) of East Timor when it was under Portuguese control. ... World map showing Oceania (geographically) Oceania is a geographical (often geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories—mostly islands—in the Pacific Ocean. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ... The Battle of Timor (1942–43) occurred on the island of Timor, in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It involved forces from the Empire of Japan, which invaded on February 20, 1942, on one side and Allied personnel, predominantly from Australia and the Netherlands, on the other. ...

Portuguese Colonial War

Portugal remained steadfastedly neutral in World War II, but became involved in bloody wars against independence movements in Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau. However, Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar was determined to keep the colonies under Portuguese control. The Portuguese Army effectively controlled them until 1974, when the fascist regime collapsed, mostly because of the discontentment of the military with the situation in the colonies, where thousands of Portuguese soldiers were killed in Portugal's "Vietnam War". The Portuguese Colonial War (1961-1974) was the result of Portuguese military reaction to the nationalist movements and armed rebelions that emerged in Portugals African colonies. ... Combatants Allies: • Poland, • UK & Commonwealth, • France/Free France, • Soviet Union, • USA, • China, ...and others• Axis: • Germany, • Italy, • Japan, • ...and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total: 50 million Full list Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total: 12 million Full list World War II... Professor António de Oliveira Salazar (pron. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ...

The Post-74 Era

Portugal was a founding member of NATO, and, although it had scarce forces,it played a key role in the European approaches. After 1991 Portugal committed several Infantry and Airlanding batallions to international operations. The Portuguese Army keeps soldiers in Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Timor (around 6,000 men overall) and it has 128 Guardsmen military police in Iraq. Portugal also sent its soldiers to Afghanistan, which controlled the Kabul airport during 2005. As international observers, Portuguese were also in Croatia, Georgia and Western Sahara. NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on April 4, 1949. ... Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ... For other uses, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Map of Timor Timor Island from space, November 1989 (North is to the bottom of the image). ... The SAFPU providing security coverage at the Padang in Singapore during the National Day Parade in 2000. ... A view of the old city Kabul Kabul (34°32′N 69°10′E, Kâbl, in Persian کابل) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan with a population variously estimated at 2 to 4 million. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Battle of Guararapes
• The Peninsular War
• Portugal in the Great War
• Angolan War of Independence
• Mozambican War of Independence
• Guinea-Bissau War of Independence
• The 2003 Invasion of Iraq