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How the Umayyad Conquest of Spain Begun at The Battle of Guadalete 711 AD

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How the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by the Umayyad Caliphate and controlled for hundreds of years. Detailed explanation of this famous battle from the perspective of the Gothic kingdom of Visigoths.

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