Continental System
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The Continental System or Continental Blockade was a large-scale embargo by French emperor Napoleon I against the British Empire from 21 November 1806 until 11 April 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars.
The fall of Berlin, following which Napoleon introduced the Berlin Decree
1808 engraving of British smugglers working against the Continental System
French troops inspecting goods for British contraband in Leipzig in 1806
Peninsular War
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The Peninsular War was fought in the Iberian Peninsula by the Iberian nations Spain and Portugal, along with the United Kingdom, against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire du
Continental System
…extensive trade was going through Spain and Russia, he invaded those two countries. One portion of his forces were tied down in Spain (in which the Spanish War of Independence occurred simultaneously), and the other portion suffered severely in, and ultimately retreated from, Russia in 1812. Britain declared war on France in…
Peninsular war collage
Portrait of Prince John of Braganza by Jean-Baptiste Debret (1817).
Napoleon Bonaparte by Andrea Appiani (1805).
Prince Fernando VII of Spain by Vicente López Portaña