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Independence of Mexico . It is not like this. On May 5 we celebrated the Battle of Puebla , where we remember the soldiers, indigenous people, and peasants who united in 1862 to defend the country from the invasion of Napoleon III. It is a special date because at that time the French army was the most powerful in the world and our army was made up of enlisted soldiers and poorly prepared militias, but despite these disadvantages, we won . It is known as the Battle of Puebla because the comba...