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In this new telling of Mexico’s Second Empire and Louis Napoléon’s installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife, Carlota of Belgium, as the emperor and empress of Mexico, Maximilian and Carlota brings the dramatic, interesting, and tragic time of this six-year-siege to life. From 1861 to 1866, the French incorporated the armies of Austria, Belgium—including forces from Crimea to Egypt—to fight and subdue the regime of Mexico’s Benito Juárez during the time of the U.S. Civil War. France viewed this as a chance to seize Mexican territory in a moment they were convinced the...

Unidad Didáctica para la asignatura Historia medieval en la que en cada tema se explica, en un lenguaje claro y conciso y con una extensión razonable, los aspectos esenciales del devenir político, socioeconómico y cultural de los principales países del Occidente europeo y los acontecimientos y manifestaciones más relevantes. También se ofrece una orientación de bibliografía especializada.

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Del fondo de la tierra surge nuestro grito, (…) Que nada ya detenga esta guerra nuestra, si es una guerra santa y vamos con la cruz. Rompamos las cadenas la Patria nos espera… – Himno de la Brigada de Asalto 2506 Infundidos por el llamado de este himno de batalla, el 17 de abril de 1961, un pequeño ejército de cubanos idealistas voluntarios desembarcó en la costa meridional de Cuba a unirse a la infeliz contienda mi-litar que sería conocida por el mundo entero como la Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos. A aquellos hombres valientes se les honraría con el nombre de su compañía: la...