HIS103Y1 Lecture : Spain and Russia
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In 1808 the french deposed the spanish royal family: this was an easy task since ferdinand(son) was fighting charles iv(father) the. Spanish royal family was fighting over the rule of the kingdom: napoleon persuaded both ferdinand and charles iv secretly without each others knowledge to forfeit their thrown. Bonaparte to the thrown of spain may 1808: this swindle did immense damage to the legitimacy of napoleon"s rule. In april 1809 austrians attacked german confederation of the rhine satellite of. Russian poland: this radical move was an overall threat to alexander and thus forced his hand to break with france. A conflict with france seems inevitable the object of napoleon is to destroy or humiliate the last power in europe which remains independent of him. " russia last land force standing which is upholding the international relation. Infantry had to march quickly to keep up with the cavalry which meant they couldn"t forage.
