what does the Battle of Puebla represent to the Mexican people
Victory
Benito juarez
french and Mexican
The Battle of Puebla (May 5th, 1862).
There were 4,500 Mexican soldiers against 6,040 French troops.
The war in which the Battle of Puebla was fought was the French-Mexican War. The unlikely Mexican victory is celebrated on the anniversary of the May 5, 1862 each year.
Ignacio Zaragoza
cinco de mayo
Charles de Lorencez.
They were from the Nahua-Chichimec people, born on the small village of Zacapoaxtla.
The Mexican Army had 4,000 and the French had 8,000.
Cinco de Mayo is mainly celebrated in the area of Puebla because that is where the Mexican forces won the Battle of Puebla against the French on May 5, 1862 in the French-Mexican War.
Ignacio Zaragoza commanded at the Battle of Puebla.