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SPANISH - AMERICAN
WAR
SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA
- SPANISH AMERICAN WAR
The Spanish–American War was a
conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States. It
ended with the Americans defeating the Spaniards. Revolts against Spanish
rule had been endemic for decades in Cuba and were closely watched by
Americans; there had been war scares before, as in the Virginius Affair in
1873. By 1897–98, American public opinion grew angrier at reports of
Spanish atrocities. After the mysterious sinking of the American
battleship Maine in Havana
harbor, political pressures from the
Democratic Party pushed the government of President William McKinley, a Republican, into a war McKinley had wished to
avoid. Compromise proved impossible, resulting in an ultimatum
sent to Madrid demanding it surrender control of Cuba immediately, which
was not accepted. First Madrid, then Washington, formally declared
war.
Although the main issue was
Cuban independence, the ten-week war was fought in both the Caribbean and
the Pacific. A series of one-sided American naval and military victories
followed on all fronts, owing to their numerical superiority in most of
the battles and despite the good performance of some of the Spanish
infantry units. The result was the 1898 Treaty of Paris—which was
favorable to the U.S.—followed by temporary American control of Cuba and
indefinite colonial authority over Puerto Rico, Guam and the
Philippines. The defeat and the collapse of the Spanish Empire was a
profound shock to Spain's national psyche. The victor gained several
island possessions spanning the globe and a rancorous new debate over the
wisdom of imperialism.
| Date |
April 25 – August 12, 1898 |
| Location |
Cuba, and Puerto Rico (Caribbean)
Philippines, and Guam (Asia-Pacific) |
| Result |
Decisive United States victory
Treaty of
Paris
Philippine–American
War |
Territorial
changes |
Spain relinquishes sovereignty over Cuba, cedes the Philippine
Islands, Puerto Rico, and Guam to the United States for the sum of $20
million. |
| Belligerents |
United States
Cuban
Rebels
Puerto Rican
Rebels
Katipunan |
Spain |
| Commanders and leaders |
- William McKinley
- Nelson A. Miles
William R. Shafter
George Dewey
William
T. Sampson
Máximo
Gómez
Emilio
Aguinaldo
Apolinario
Mabini
Theodore
Roosevelt
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Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Patricio Montojo
Pascual
Cervera
Arsenio Linares y
Pombo
Manuel Macías y Casado
Ramón Blanco y Erenas |
| Strength |
Cuban Republic:
- 30,000 irregulars
United States:
- 300,000 regulars and volunteers
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Spanish Army:
278,447 regulars and militia (Cuba),
10,005 regulars and
militia(Puerto Rico),
51,331
regulars and militia(Philippines) |
| Casualties and losses |
Cuban Republic:
- 10,665 dead
United States Army:
- 3,045 dead,
- 1,577 wounded,
- 2,565 diseased
United States
Navy:
- 16 dead,
- 68 wounded
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Spanish Navy:
- 560 dead,
- 300–400 wounded
Spanish Army:
- 3,000 dead or wounded
- 6,700 captured,(Philippines)
- 13,000 diseased(Cuba)
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