Thermopylae of the West because of the way that use of the terrain was vital to victory as the Persians had used it against the Greeks in the fall of 480 BCE.
It was called a splendid little war.
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales on 16 March 1848.
It was called the lapiz de gargones
It was called the "Come and Take Me" Battle. The Mexican Army had come to regain the six Pound Cannon they had given the town for defense against the Commanche lest it be used against them in the approaching hostilities. The Texians would not allow it to be returned. They stalled until they could be reinforced, and when they had numerical superiority they attacked the Mexican Army. Because this was the first Battle of the War for Texas Independence it was also nicknamed the "Lexington of Texas".
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.
It was called a splendid little war.
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales on 16 March 1848.
Mexican-American
Mexican American!!
They called American troops "Gringos"
It was called The Battle Of Puebla.
It was called the lapiz de gargones
It is called the Mexican American war for a reason. The US fought Mexico.
It was called the "Lexington of Texas" because it was the first battle of Texas war of Independence.
yea people who are both are called a Mexican-Americans
It was called the "Come and Take Me" Battle. The Mexican Army had come to regain the six Pound Cannon they had given the town for defense against the Commanche lest it be used against them in the approaching hostilities. The Texians would not allow it to be returned. They stalled until they could be reinforced, and when they had numerical superiority they attacked the Mexican Army. Because this was the first Battle of the War for Texas Independence it was also nicknamed the "Lexington of Texas".
It can be called the War for Texas Independence or the Texas Revolutionary War, but it is not to be called the Mexican American War or the Mexican War which happened a decade after the Texans won their Independence at San Jacinto.