Napoleon's invasion of Portugal and internal dissent within Spain gave him all the pretext and logistics necessary to break his alliance with them and initiate a campaign to conquer the entire Iberian Peninsula, which would come to be known as the Peninsular War. This short excerpt is part of our two part documentary on Argentine General, Jose de San Martin, who cut his teeth as a young Spanish officer in the war, whose consequences would reverberate throughout the Spanish colonies, and whose cause for autonomy, and eventually independence he would later champion. You can watch part one of the documentary on San Martin (Libertador) which includes this excerpt here:    • Jose de San Martin: The Unknown Hero ...  
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