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Siege Warfare 1812: Ciudad Rodrigo & Badajoz - The Keys to Spain

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Overview

Due to the hostile terrain of the Iberian Peninsula Siege Warfare took on an importance here more than anywhere during the Napoleonic Wars. For the French in particular fortresses and fortified towns were the only places they could guarantee the safety of their logistics from the Spanish and Portuguese guerillas. If Wellington was going to liberate Portugal and Spain he would have to overcome these fortified locations. This film looks at the British and French experience during this period and uses the the great sieges of Ciudad Rodtigo and Badajoz to illustrate how both defence and attacks were carried out . The BHTV team use footage from Spain, re enactments, maps and models to bring this much neglected aspect of the Peninsula war to life.

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Documentary

History

War

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Battlefield History TV

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Andrew Duff

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Tim Saunders

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Siege Warfare 1812: Ciudad Rodrigo & Badajoz - The Keys to Spain

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