The Spanish American War: The Rise of a New Global Power

The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain in 1898, that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific.

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[velouris]

I never actually studied the Spanish-American war directly, but did learn about it when studying the Spanish Civil War and its causes: From a Spanish perspective, the defeat in this war had a HUGE psychological effect, as it meant the final loss of the last remaining parts of Spain’s once huge empire, and, more importantly, the realisation that it was lost forever…the shock had huge psychological shockwaves in Spanish society, and caused a divide, between those who still wanted to see Spain as a great colonial power, and those who saw the reality, and wanted change…so this defeat was in fact a cause for the Civil War almost 40 years later (there were other causes as well, of course)..

[divanbuys]

Honestly staying on YT because of Simon. I learn something every single day. And man do I love learning things.

[victoriaeads]

11:30 the USS Olympia is a lovely vessel. I've been on board many times. It is moored on the Delaware River at Philadelphia. Next to it is the USS Bakuna, an early naval submarine. The scent of engine oil and grease on the Bakuna is, for me, one of those scents that brings up happy childhood memories of going onboard those two vessels. On the first weekend of March, 2020, my eldest son and I went on a BSA trip to Philly and spent the weekend onboard the USS New Jersey, which is moored almost directly across the Delaware from Olympia in Camden, NJ. On the Friday of that weekend, we went to Olympia and Bakuna. It was my first time taking him onboard those ships. The world shut down a week after. It may have been somewhat reckless, but taking that trip was a memory my son and I will always share, and it helped get us through some of the worst of the early pandemic.

[scotcoon]

Interesting fact- Teddy Roosevelt's roughriders carried two machine guns up San Juan Hill. They were procured privately by two of Teddy's aunts, not the army. The location of one was known. One of the NRA's writers was writing an article about the battle, and noticed a machine gun in the corner of their museum. He checked the serial number to find, sure enough, they had the second gun on display for years.

[andyyang]

Honestly this is one of the best videos on this channel so far. Awesome job Simon (and Blazement crew).

[myjmp]

Learning about the agents that bought all the fuel away from the Spanish in the Suez and the fake battle of Manila that followed was one of the most fascinating things I've ever heard. Cheers for a great video!

[ignitionfrn]

3:10 - Chapter 1 - Early years
10:45 - Chapter 2 - The battle of manila bay
16:35 - Chapter 3 - Battles for guantanamo bay
21:00 - Chapter 4 - The path to santiago
27:10 - Chapter 5 - The final engagements
35:25 - Chapter 6 - The american...empire ?
- Chapter 7 -
- Chapter 8 -
- Chapter 9 -
- Chapter 10 -

[alancranford]

Thank you for calling attention to that "temporary" long-distance phone tax that took until 2006 to repeal! For the US government, the most enduring measures are "temporary" measures.

[monckey]

the 15 rounds mixup is truly hilarious. good thing he told the crew the retreat was for food cause that really could’ve reflected badly

[als]

Siege of Baler is an interesting event that occurred between the Filipino rebels and Spanish soldiers too. Along with the Battle of Camaron with the French Foreign Legion.

[scatterbrainart]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite history channels on YouTube. I love your style of presentation. Fabulous work!

[MirageGSM]

Another war I'd never heard of before. Thank you for your ongoing efforts to educate us!

[michaelsinger]

Good one Simon.

Could you maybe do a video on the Second Seminole War? A really interesting conflict.

[bakthihapuarachchi]

I just watched your George Orwell video from Biographics a few days ago, and the way you described the Spanish Civil War was insane. I think it would be a great addition for this channel

[marcusaurelius]

i wonder how odd it is that i watch these videos (not just this channel but also biographics and geographics and into the shadows also) on an almost regular basis. I realize alot of the time its dark history but as a great man once said "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it". Besides i somehow find this to be a more valuable use of my time as opposed to watching tv or taking part in the dumpster fire that is online social networks (instagram, twitter etc.)

[theduder]

I actually have been lucky enough to visit the medal of honor site commemorating John Quick. It was super neat and one hell of a hike!

[mattcromwell]

Honestly an amazing video. Outstanding storytelling and such a cliffhanger ending!!!😎😎😎 Please do Philippine American war next to continue the story 👍👍👍

[armandotalampas]

We truly love this episode! Yes, Sir Simon, make a video about the Philippine-American War. This is the sequel to the Spanish-American War.

This is one of the most tragic historical events in Philippine history. More Filipinos died in this war than the Revolution from Spain. Estimates range as high as 1.5 to 3 million, although three million is certainly a fantastic number and highly unlikely. Filipino historian Gregorio Zaide gives a figure of 200, 000 civilians and 16, 000 soldiers killed. Zaide is a pro-American historian.

Please also feature on Biographics, Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, the first President of the Philippine Republic

[PhillyPhanVinny]

I hate to need to bring this up about in every video in the Spanish American war but every video never covers it. The US never wanted the Philippines as a colony. That goes from the majority of US citizens according to polls taken, to the US Congress to the then President McKinley.

What happened was at the peace conference McKinley told the 2 men he sent not to take the Philippines but the British representatives there convinced them the US had to take the Philippines. The US wanted to free the Philippines and let it be its own country. But as the British explained to the Americans that would never happen until the Philippines could defend itself. The Germans already had their eyes on the Philippines as this video pointed out. But also Russia and Japan were interested in taking parts of the Philippines as well. The British explained that if the US didn't take the Philippines the British may just take it just to prevent Germany from taking it. And under those warnings the American's agreed to take the Philippines with the plan to free it as soon as possible. The Filipinos of course did not believe that after the way they had been treated. But after a few years they found the Americans were telling the truth and trying to make things in the Philippines better. Since the US had no need at all for any of the resources of the Philippines.

This is why the Filipinos were the one major Asian ally nation/colony the Japanese took over in WW2 that didn't believe anything the Japanese said and fought them the whole war until they were liberated. The Filipinos knew they were already just a few years from full freedom when Japan attacked so it make no sense to them why they needed the Japanese to liberate them. The US had built up a army just for the Philippines to defend against future attacks (it was not ready yet when the Japanese did attack).

[macmiller]

This was a great episode. I did not know very much about the Spanish American war outside of Teddy Roosevelt's rough riders and the battle of Manila Bay so most of this was new to me.