What the records say
- When
- 5 May 1762 – 24 Nov 1762
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 39.61° N, 7.20° W
- Description
- major campaign of the Seven Years War
Placed at the middle of related events.
Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762)
Major campaign of the Seven Years' War
The Spanish invasion of Portugal between 5 May and 24 November 1762, was a military episode in the wider Fantastic War in which Spain and France were defeated by the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance with broad popular resistance. It involved at first the forces of Spain and Portugal until France and Great Britain intervened in the conflict on the side of their respective allies.
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- Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “24 November – Seven Years' War: British troops reinforce the Portuguese to resist the Invasion of Portugal by Spain”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Испанское вторжение в Португалию”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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