What’s the big deal about defeating the French, anyway?
“What’s the big deal about defeating the French, anyway?”
And it was a short-lived victory, at that. The French came back, and won, a year later.
That said, the actual historical significance of the Battle of Puebla is that it stalled the French support of the Democrat-led revolt to keep their slaves for a ~year and almost certainly shortened the duration of the American Civil War.