Nando,
I'm really interested to hear from the "Portuguese legion".
In Spain even after the French invaded the country, there still were many "afrancesados" who actively supported Napoleon and his Brother, "Pepe Botella". There even was a Hussar Corps that continued serving the French.
After the French were defeated in the peninsula, those either fled to France or perished in the hands of the civilian irregulars. it was a bloody affair, just like everything else related to that damned war. The way I see it, basically, every one of the parties involved in same behaved abominably...
Then, similar things happened during the American Revolution, Yugoslavia, The-hundred-years-War, post-WWII France etc...
Coming to think of it, while all wars are nasty affairs, some are worse than others, specially when they have a civilan/partisan component to them.
Just ramblin' !
In fact, I still have a couple french pieces from those days.
Merry Xmas!
M
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Originally Posted by celtan
Hi Nando, nice to see you agree with me. : )
I'm always learning. I though the Portugueses were English allies from the outset...
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