guerrilla warfare in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Guerras de Independencia
Spain's War of Independence against Napoleon Bonaparte's French occupation was ignited by the popular revolt in Madrid on 2 May 1808 against the French army. The reprisal executions are commemorated in a famous painting by Francisco de Goya. With support from the Duke of Wellington, Spanish resistance continued for over five years in a guerra de guerrillas which gave the world the concept and the term guerrilla warfare. The autocratic Fernando VII was restored to the throne in 1814, and his first act was to abolish the progressive Constitution of Cadiz adopted in 1812.
The Wars of Independence of Spain's Latin American colonies were inspired partly by the ideas of the French encyclopédistes, partly by the example of the American and French Revolutions, and partly by Spain's own resistance to French domination. Argentina achieved independence in 1816. Simón Bolívar of Caracas led a freedom movement that was to sweep South America and earned him the title El Libertador. By 1840 all the mainland Spanish colonies were independent. Others who played a crucial roles in the independence struggles of Spain's colonies during the nineteenth century include Hidalgo, Morelos and Guerrero (Mexico), Sucre and Miranda (Venezuela, Peru), San Martín, Brown and Belgrano (Argentina), O'Higgins, San Martín (Chile), Céspedes and Martí (Cuba).

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Guerrilla warfare is one aspect of the broader term "insurgency".
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He also taught street fighting and guerrilla warfare.
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The significance of these units is emphasized as conventional conflicts are becoming less prevalent as insurgent and guerrilla warfare increases.
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In it he describes his personal evolution into a proponent of urban guerrilla warfare, and comments critically on armed struggle.
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Intermittent guerrilla warfare continued in the region for ten years, with many victims on both sides.
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Instead, with the help of his military commanders, he opted for small scale battles and guerrilla warfare.
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It was one of the first acts of guerrilla warfare in the period.
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The company were reconnaissance experts as well as renowned for their expertise at both water-borne operations and frontier guerrilla warfare.
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He was a strong supporter and advocate of guerrilla warfare.
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Guerrilla warfare ravaged the countryside and small towns throughout the war.
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