French intervention in Mexico

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The French intervention in Mexico was a mid-19th-century military campaign in which France, backed at times by Britain and Spain, invaded Mexico to install Emperor Maximilian I and challenge Mexican sovereignty under President Benito Juárez.


Referenced by (12)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Battle of Puebla
Gabriel Valencia ("Pastry War")
Mexican forces
conflict
La Reforma
Reform War
followedBy
Antonio López de Santa Anna ("Pastry War")
Gabriel Valencia ("Pastry War")
participatedIn
Battle of Puebla ("Second French intervention in Mexico")
era
Ignacio Zaragoza ("Second French intervention in Mexico")
militaryConflict
Mariano Arista ("Pastry War")
participantIn
Battle of Puebla
partOf
Port of Veracruz
wasKeyPortDuring

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