Mexico won. Cinco de mayo!
war between France and Mexico , Puebla
France did. This conflict is known as the Second Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867).
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France qualifies as such; the conflict is known as the Second Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867).
None. Mexico suspended interest payments to foreign countries on July 17th, 1861. This angered France, Spain and England. Mexico's president negotiated the terms of such payments at the "La Soledad Preliminaries", and while Spain and England were satisfied and pulled their troops from the region, France wasn't interested in such debt, attacking Mexico and starting the Second Franco Mexican War (1862 - 1867).
In 1862, during the Battle of Puebla, Mexico owed France approximately 300 million pesos. This debt was primarily a result of loans taken out during the Mexican-American War and subsequent conflicts. The financial strain led to France, under Emperor Napoleon III, intervening militarily in Mexico, ostensibly to collect the debt. However, this intervention eventually escalated into a broader conflict over control in Mexico.
From December 8, 1861 until June 21, 1867.If you mean the Cinco de Mayo, which occurred during that war, it happened on May 5, 1862.
Broke. This prompted Mexican president Benito Juarez to suspend external debt payments to France, Spain and England in 1861. This in turn proved France with a good pretext to try to conquer Mexico and help the Confederacy during the American Civil War. The conflict that followed is known as the Second Franco-Mexican War (1862-1867); one of the most famous battles being the Battle of Puebla or Cinco de Mayo (May 5, 1862).
Mexico was occupied by France during the American Civil war.
Yes. They lost the Battle of Puebla or Cinco de Mayo on May 5, 1862. French forces briefly had the upper hand during the conflict for another couple of years, but finally lost the war in June 21, 1867.
In both occasions it had to fight bloody and lengthy wars to become independent. In the case of Spain, Mexico fought its war of independence from 1810 to 1821 with casualties numbering between 250,000 and 500,000. Against France, it resorted to a guerrilla campaign between 1862 and 1867 totaling 38,000 dead.
Spain. Later Mexico was occupied by France but won that war too.