How Long to Read The Iberian Leech: Napoleon’s Counterinsurgency Operations In The Peninsula, 1807-1810

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It takes the average reader 1 hour and 26 minutes to read The Iberian Leech: Napoleon’s Counterinsurgency Operations In The Peninsula, 1807-1810 by Major Mark A. Reeves

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By 1807, Napoleon’s victories over his European adversaries were legendary. His Grand Army had defeated the greatest European armies of the period. Each army, in succession, from the Hapsburg Empire to Russia, had been soundly beaten and had not been able to come to grips with how to deal with his lightning style of warfare. Yet, over a six-year period from 1807 to 1813, in the backwater Iberian Peninsula, Napoleon lost both his prestige and more troops than he lost in the infamous wintry campaign in Russia. How did an army of bandits, priests, and commoners along with a small expeditionary force achieve victory over the most powerful armies on the continent? The answer lies in that Napoleon did not only fight a band of insurgents and a small British led coalition army, but he also suffered from a combination of poor morale, weak leadership and a refusal to fully recognize the enemy situation. His overextended lines of communications covered an area that was bleak and poor in resources and he could no longer rely on foraging to feed and supply his troops, many of them suffering from starvation. The Iberian Campaign cost Napoleon over 250,000 troops and drained the French of manpower and resources that could have been used elsewhere. The campaign bankrupt Napoleon’s image of invincibility and sapped his armies’ leadership and experience. Therefore, Napoleon would have to rely on more conscripts and an ever-increasing number of foreign troops to fill his depleted ranks. Napoleon’s generals were entangled in a politico-military quagmire for which they were never prepared and for which they received little guidance. The Peninsular Campaign sucked the lifeblood of Napoleon’s armies and they were never able to fully recover from it.

How long is The Iberian Leech: Napoleon’s Counterinsurgency Operations In The Peninsula, 1807-1810?

The Iberian Leech: Napoleon’s Counterinsurgency Operations In The Peninsula, 1807-1810 by Major Mark A. Reeves is 85 pages long, and a total of 21,675 words.

This makes it 29% the length of the average book. It also has 26% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Iberian Leech: Napoleon’s Counterinsurgency Operations In The Peninsula, 1807-1810 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 58 minutes to read The Iberian Leech: Napoleon’s Counterinsurgency Operations In The Peninsula, 1807-1810 aloud.

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The Iberian Leech: Napoleon’s Counterinsurgency Operations In The Peninsula, 1807-1810 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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