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  2. Second French intervention in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The second French intervention in Mexico (Spanish: segunda intervención francesa en México), also known as the Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867), [12] was a military invasion of the Republic of Mexico by the French Empire of Napoleon III, purportedly to force the collection of Mexican debts in conjunction with Great Britain and Spain.

  3. List of battles of the second French intervention in Mexico

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    The French intervention in Mexico (1862–1867) was an invasion of the Republic of Mexico by the army of the Second French Empire in 1862. It resulted in the establishment of the Second Mexican Empire in 1864, which was supported by many conservative Mexicans, under the Austrian Maximilian I of Mexico. Although the empire established control of ...

  4. Battle of Veracruz (1838) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Veracruz, also known as the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa, was a naval engagement that pitted a French frigate squadron under Rear Admiral Charles Baudin against the Mexican citadel of San Juan de Ulúa, which defended the city of Veracruz, from 27 November to 5 December 1838. Having crossed the Atlantic to settle a dispute between ...

  5. Pastry War - Wikipedia

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    The Pastry War (Spanish: Guerra de los pasteles; French: Guerre des Pâtisseries), also known as the first French intervention in Mexico or the first Franco-Mexican war (1838–1839), began in November 1838 with the naval blockade of some Mexican ports and the capture of the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa in the port of Veracruz by French forces sent by King Louis Philippe I.

  6. French intervention in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    French intervention in Mexico. French intervention in Mexico or Franco-Mexican war may refer to: Pastry War (1838–1839), the first French intervention in Mexico. Second French intervention in Mexico (1861–1867)

  7. Second Mexican Empire - Wikipedia

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    Mexico. The Second Mexican Empire (Spanish: Segundo Imperio mexicano; French: Second Empire mexicain), officially known as the Mexican Empire (Spanish: Imperio Mexicano), was a constitutional monarchy established in Mexico by Mexican monarchists with the support of the Second French Empire. This period is often referred to as the Second French ...

  8. Francisco Franco - Wikipedia

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    Francisco Franco Bahamonde[f][g] (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo. This period in Spanish history, from the ...

  9. List of wars involving Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Indian auxiliaries from Mexico (mostly Tlaxcalans) [2] Wokou (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean pirates) Victory. Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (1568) Battle of Santo Domingo (1586) Thomas Cavendish's circumnavigation. Watts' West Indies and Virginia expedition. Blockade of Western Cuba.