Original version

BBC World Service

BBC World Service Radio

World Service Radio

Witness History

Podcasts

Factual: Life Stories

Factual: History

History as told by the people who were there

History as told by the people who were there.

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

Witness History: The Mexican American War

Magazines & Reviews

News

The Mexican American War

01/09/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Mexican American War

Testimonies from the conflict that changed US-Mexican relations forever

Testimonies from the conflict that ended in September 1847 and changed US-Mexican relations forever.

In September 1847 American soldiers marched triumphantly into Mexico City. It was the end of a bloody conflict between the two nations, but the start of the first American occupation of a foreign capital. Mike Lanchin presents written testimonies from the time. 

(Photo: General Scott's entrance into Mexico City. Hand coloured lithograph. Credit: Adolphe Jean-Baptiste Bayot)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Witness History

The Mexican American War

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service

About BBC World Service