Cinco de mayo is not mexico independance day it is when the the battle of puebla (4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000) , 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862. Cinco de Mayo is significant for at least two reasons. First, while outnumbered almost two-to-one, the Mexicans defeated a much better-equipped French army that had known no defeat for almost 50 year. Second, this battle was important because it would be "the last time that an army from another continent invaded the Americas.
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