"Despite being outgunned and outnumbered almost two to one, Mexico won the Battle of Puebla.
"But Mexico did not win the war. France sent 30,000 more soldiers to Mexico and took Mexico City in 1863. While occupying Mexico, France put Maximilian I, a Hapsburg prince, on the throne. His title: emperor of Mexico.
"A few years later, under pressure from the Mexican people and the United States, France withdrew in 1866-1867. President Benito Juarez executed Maximilian five years after the Battle of Puebla."
--"World of Wonder: Exploring the Realms of History, Science, Nature and Technology"
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About Me
- Radigan Neuhalfen
- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
- Author of *The Steppe*, the novel of a man who lives alone in the Mongolian steppe, fighting -- and eating -- mythical monsters.
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oh..so that's what happened
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