the Peninsular War
/ðə pəˌnɪnsjələ ˈwɔː(r)/
/ðə pəˌnɪnsələr ˈwɔːr/
- a war (1808-14) fought in Spain and Portugal, in which British, Spanish and Portuguese soldiers defeated the armies of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The Peninsular War was one of the Napoleonic Wars.
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