西班牙征服阿兹特克帝国，又称西班牙-阿兹特克战争（1519-1521），是西班牙殖民美洲的过程中最重要的战役之一。这一场战役之后西班牙殖民者成功镇压了阿兹特克人，并占领了今日墨西哥中部地区，但并未征服整个现代墨西哥地区。

自从哥伦布发现美洲大陆、并在那里建立了数个殖民据点之后，在西班牙王室的授权下，殖民者以殖民据点为根据地，四处派出远征队，发现、征服并且殖民新领地。1519年2月，西班牙殖民者在埃尔南·科尔特斯的率领下从墨西哥湾登陆，向阿兹特克前进，在此之前，科尔特斯没有任何军事经验。阿兹特克人却将他们请进了首都特諾奇蒂特蘭。但西班牙人却软禁了皇帝蒙特祖马二世，向阿兹特克人勒索黄金。科尔特斯随后被愤怒的阿兹特克人击败，被迫逃亡到与阿兹特克敌对的国家特拉斯卡拉寻求庇护。一年之后，在特拉斯卡拉、森波阿拉等与阿兹特克敌对国家的帮助下，科尔特斯再次攻打阿兹特克，在1521年8月13日以沉重地代价攻陷了特诺奇提特兰，将其夷为平地，改建为墨西哥城。

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传记

 Brandt, Anthony. "Perfect storm at Tenochtitlan 1521: How Cortes's band of hidalgos destroyed the Mexica Empire." MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History (2014): 58.
 Daniel, Douglas A. "Tactical Factors in the Spanish Conquest of the Aztecs."  (1992): 187–94.
 Raudzens, George. "So Why Were the Aztecs Conquered, and What Were the Wider Implications? Testing Military Superiority as a Cause of Europe's Pre-Industrial Colonial Conquests." War in History (1995): 87–104.
 Townsend, Camilla. Malintzin's Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2006.
 White, John Manchip. "Cortes and the Downfall of the Aztec Empire: A Study in a Conflict of Cultures." '' (1972): 467–68.

外部链接

 Hernán Cortés on the Web – 网络字典
 Catholic Encyclopedia  (1911)
 Conquistadors, with Michael Wood  
 Ibero-American Electronic Text Series  
 La Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España 

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