Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo has to do with a military defeat of the Mexicans over the French. Yes, the French play a role in here. If the Germans were to have a holiday every time they defeated somebody in battle they would have a Cinco de Mayo every day. Sedan Day. Who remembers that? Victory over the pesky French who came like locust over thirty times onto German lands. I guess the Germans had their fill when Napoleon went to Russia. No, he did not fly into Moscow. He marched through German lands. Finally Sedan. Reversal, victory. Too bad it could not have stopped there. Unfortunately, the three cousins had to fight it out a bit later. A divided house, all related, the Germans, the English and the Russians. They fought their battle mostly on French soil. Cinco de Mayo - the first WW.