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Pancho Villa

Biography

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Who Was Pancho Villa?

 

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Pancho Villa

 

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The History Machine: Pancho Villa

 

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Pancho Villa - Chick Wilfong

 

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Corrido Pancho Villa

Francisco "Pancho" Villa was a Mexican Revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution.
  • Personal 

  • Madero, Villa and the Mexican Revolution 

  • Fighting Huerta, 1913–14 

  • Governor of Chihuahua 

  • Victory at Zacatecas, 1914 

  • Alliance with Zapata against Carranza, 1914–15 

  • After Celaya, 1915: from national leader to guerrilla leader 

  • Attack on New Mexico 

  • Pancho Villa Expedition 

  • German involvement in Villa's later campaigns 

  • Final years: guerrilla leader to hacienda owner 

  • Assassination in 1923 

  • Legacy 

  • Villa's battles and military actions 

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