La Fayette, We Are Here! 🇫🇷⚜️#OTD in 1808 beginning of the “Dos de Mayo” uprising, immortalized on the famous paintings by Francisco Goya. Following Napoléon’s imposition of his brother Joseph as king of Spain during negotiations in Bayonne, the Spaniards revolt. #thread #Napoleon #dosdemayo #history #histodons
It is the start of a horrible guerrilla warfare and a series of French abuses, looting, destructions and murders all over Spain and Portugal. A real shame on the French army and Napoléon.
Learn more about this and the rest of the Napoleonic era on: https://www.lafayettepodcast.com/1969630/12329966-napoleon-part-ii-from-paris-to-saint-helena
Napoléon Part II - From Paris to Saint Helena - La Fayette, We Are Here!
December 2nd 1804, Napoléon Bonaparte is crowned Emperor of the French. Over the next decade, he will keep reforming and modernizing France, but he will also fight the rest of Europe. He will become master of the continent, defeating all his enemi...