My specialty is ‘Luso-Spanish’ Military History, that is, the wars of Spain and Portugal or, put another way, Iberian Wars. This specialty has pros and cons. The pros are that it covers a lot of history and I have an excuse to buy armies from some fascinating conflicts. The cons are exactly the same as the pros.
Specifically I’m interested in the following wars and periods of conflict, divided into major Periods of Military History.
Ancient warfare (to 476 AD)
20 BC-406 Pax Romana
Medieval warfare (476 – 1492 AD)
711-1492 Arab Conquest and Reconquista
1383–1385 Portuguese civil war
Gunpowder warfare (1492 – 1854)
1492-1648 Spanish and Portuguese Empires
1509 Turkish–Portuguese War
1535 Conquest of Tunis
1538–57 Turkish–Portuguese War
1558–66 Turkish–Portuguese War
1580 Portuguese succession crisis
1580-89 Turkish–Portuguese War
1585-1604 Anglo-Spanish War
1602–54 Dutch-Portuguese War
1640-48 Portuguese Restoration War
1654-60 Anglo-Spanish War
1667-68 War of Devolution
1672-78 Franco-Dutch War
1683-84 War of the Reunions
1688-97 Nine Years’ War / War of the Grand Alliance / War of the League of Augsburg
1700-14 War of Spanish Succession
1714-18 Turkish-Venetian War
1718-20 War of the Quadruple Alliance
1733–38 War of the Polish Succession
1735-37 Spanish-Portuguese War
1739-42 War of Jenkins’ Ear
1740-48 War of the Austrian Succession
1756-63 Seven Years’ War
1761-63 Spanish-Portuguese War
1776-77 Spanish-Portuguese War
1793-95 War of the Pyrenees
1801 War of the Oranges
South American Wars of Independence
1820-23 Spanish Civil War
1826-34 Portugal’s Liberal Wars
1846-47 Patuleia, Guerra da Patuleia, or Little Civil War
Industrial warfare (1854 – 1945)
1861-65 Dominican Restoration War
1864-66 Chincha Islands War
1868-78 Ten Years’ War in Cuba
1895-98 Cuban Revolution and Spanish-American War
Modern warfare (1945-Present)
1961 Invasion of Goa / Liberation of Goa / Portuguese-Indian War / Operation Vijay
1961-74 Portuguese Colonial War / Overseas War
1961–74 Angolan War of Independence