Opinion: On Cinco de Mayo, Thank Mexico for Helping Save the Union ...Middle East

The Battle of Puebla as rpainted by Francisco P. Miranda in1872. Public domain image Americans have been fascinated with the French Foreign Legion, known for the courage of its rough and tough Legionnaires. But did you know a Mexican force defeated the vaunted French Legionnaires in the battle celebrated as Cinco de Mayo? Yes, on May 5, 1862, a few hundred veteran Mexican soldiers fresh from a civil war between Mexican Conservatives and Liberals, soundly defeated 4,000 French soldiers and marines reinforced by 2,000 Mexican royalists who wanted to set up a new empire.  And just a year later, on April 30, 1863, the Mexicans delivered another defeat to what was thought to be the b

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