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Even though i'm not from the US or Mexico, the events partaking the Battle Of Puebla, which led to the Cinco De Mayo celebration that is being held today, interested me.
Digging a bit deeper, i found out about a second battle in Puebla, whereas the mexican rebels where finally defeated by Maximilian's royal forces.
As such, i hang a question: what if the mexican rebels had managed to hold back the royalist forces for a second time? Say, had the mexican rebels managed to defeat the small royalist contingent at the Battle Of Camarón and looted the artillery they were escorting?
If the Second Mexican Empire had never been implemented and Maximilian had decided that Mexico was a foregone conclusion, how would mexican history be affected? Would this greater victory displace the Cinco De Mayo celebration by a few days?
On a side note, how would this affect the then-ongoing American Civil War in the north?
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