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From Enemies to Neighbors in Gran Canaria: the Unusual History of the Soldiers Napoleon Left Behind

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The French crossed the Pyrenees with the approval of the Spaniards themselves. That had to hurt twice. Not only did they invade them, but they did so by taking them for imbeciles. Napoleon said that he was on his way to Portugal and assumed that in Spain no one would understand what he was up to. And he was not wrong. If there was already little attachment for the neighbors of the north, after 1808 he turned into hatred.
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The French crossed the Pyrenees with the approval of the Spaniards themselves. That had to hurt twice. Not only did they invade them, but they did so by taking them for imbeciles. Napoleon said that he was on his way to Portugal and assumed that in Spain no one would understand what he was up to. And he was not wrong. If there was already little attachment for the neighbors of the north, after 1808 he turned into hatred.

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laprovincia.es broke the news in on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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