Ribeiro De Meneses, Filipe
(2018)
The Portuguese Expeditionary Corps in France (1917-18) and
the Long Shadow of the Peninsular War against Napoleon.
e-Journal of Portuguese History, 16 (2).
pp. 1-23.
ISSN 1645-6432
Abstract
The dispatch of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP) to France in 1917 was
envisaged by Portuguese interventionists as an affirmation of Portugal’s desire to
reclaim an independent role in world affairs, emerging from the shadow of British
influence. However, the CEP relied on the much larger British Expeditionary Force
for instruction, supply, and guidance. The relationship between the two armies was
fraught with difficulty and cultural misunderstandings due in large measure to a
very different reading of their joint campaign against Napoleon in the Peninsular
War, fought a century earlier. The British desire to correct the CEP’s shortcomings
was interpreted within the CEP as a desire to subjugate the Portuguese and to take
credit for whatever they might accomplish on the battlefield.
O envio do Corpo Expedicionário Português (CEP) para França, em 1917,
representou, para a corrente intervencionista portuguesa, a afirmação do desejo
nacional de recuperar um papel independente na cena mundial, libertando Portugal
da influência britânica. Porém, o CEP dependia da Força Expedicionária Britânica,
muito maior do que ele, para a sua instrução, abastecimento e liderança. A relação
entre os dois exércitos ficou marcada por dificuldades várias e desentendimentos
culturais que resultavam em parte de leituras diferentes da campanha comum, um
século antes, contra Napoleão, durante a Guerra Peninsular. O desejo britânico de
corrigir os defeitos do CEP foi interpretado no seio deste como uma vontade de
subjugar os Portugueses e ficar com os louros por eles conquistados no campo de
batalha.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
World War One; Portugal; Beresford; Armies; Memory; Primeira Guerra Mundial; Portugal; Beresford; Exércitos; Memória; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > History |
| Item ID: |
11496 |
| Depositing User: |
Filipe Ribeiro De Meneses
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| Date Deposited: |
29 Oct 2019 15:55 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
e-Journal of Portuguese History |
| Publisher: |
Brown University, Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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