Guerrilla Warfare Begin In Spain During The Napoleonic Wars

Paolo Palumbo, Newsrep: Spain 1808: The birth of guerrilla warfare

The recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan forced most modern and technologically advanced armies to revise their strategies by adapting to the new contingencies of asymmetric warfare. The U.S. military occupation of Iraq was an excellent example of how a top-level military force could crumble in the face of an uncontrollable popular uprising. After a triumphant march to Baghdad, the U.S. military’s total lack of a strategic plan quickly embroiled it in a long and stressful confrontation against small groups of insurgents whose actions made Iraq ungovernable.

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WNU editor: And I thought it was the partisans on the eastern front during the Second World War who gave birth to guerrilla warfare.





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