PENINSULAR WAR – A GLOBAL WAR FOR PORTUGAL
Nuno Lemos Pires

During its long history, Portugal has endured all types of war, including wars to maintain its independence. These wars at times were concentrated in one region and at others spread across the globe. The “First Portuguese Global War”, from 1640 to 1668, also called “Campaigns of the Restoration (or Acclamation – for independence)” in which Portugal fought for more than 28 years in Europe, Brazil, Africa and Asia, in a Herculean effort that guaranteed Portugal’s survival as an independent and sovereign nation.

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