The Spanish-American War - Explained in 11 minutes

The Spanish-American War - Explained in 11 minutes

"Spanish-American War, (1898), originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain and was a conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in the U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America."

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[SpanishDio]

Spain: **Helps the US get their independence**
USA: **Takes Spain's last colonies**
Spain: This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals maybe ever.

[orgeilbaron]

Philippines: It's been over 300 years of suffering from Spain. *YOU HAVE FREED US!*

America: Oh, I would not say "freed". More like *UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.*

Edited: Actually it's 333 years that Spain ruled over Philippines. I just wrote 300 years base on the video (see at 6:39).

[kek_]

as a Puerto Rican myself, hearing him say Pioto Rico gave me a stroke

[hoosacmusicman]

I would Use the word “decimate” as opposed to “desecrate” when describing what the US Navy did to the Spanish flotilla at the battle of Manila Bay.

[auroramarte]

US: thank you spain for helping us get our independence!

spain: youre welcome!

US 100 years later: i never met this man in my life

[hernancortesfranciscopizar]

Spain in 1776 : i help you to get your independence from united kingdom.
Usa in 1898 : hey buddy, remember me ?😎

[spinner]

My paternal grandfather took part in the war, but he never said much about his role. About all I know is he was with Battery E, 4th artillery Regiment. I was 27 when he passed at 92.

[thethirdjegs]

A few notes in Pacific theater

1. The spanish fleet in Manila is obsolete. They were all wooden despite the spanish being one of the first ironclad fleets.

So 6 metal american battleships vs 10 wooden spanish ships, spaniards had little hope.

2. The place considered as Manila during this time is the walled-city of Intramuros. This walled-city was the last hold-out of the spaniards in the bay area. So technically, the spaniards still hold manila while its metropolis was under filipino insurgent control.

3. Unimportant part, the taking of Guam is a result of spanish neglect, where its governor, upon being fired with a warning shot by americans and mistaking it as a salute, approached the americans to ask for gunpowder to salute back.

4. Why is the sulu archipelago not included in the spanish philippine islands map

[jackrose]

The war was illegal to Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico was granted autonomy by spain in 1897, like Britain has with Canada, there is no justification for any invasion of Puerto Rico.

[nestorgorospe]

Spain: *Just chillin around*

USA: So you have chosen... *WAR!*

[koreanhero]

I never heard much about the Philippine-American War... I really hope that you will enlighten me with your videos :)

[KmanRealm]

Its crazy how fast you guys release this amazing content. Glad to see the channel growing, y'all deserve it.

[MiguelLopez-ycrh]

You forgot to say a few things
-USA had already put their eyes in Cuba in previous years until the point of trying to buy Cuba to Spain for 300 million in 1897 but they refused. In 1854 the Ostend Manifest offered to purchase Cuba from Spain for 130 million dollars. The Spanish turned the offer down. The offer also sparked outrage in the United States when the intent became know that the idea was to turn Cuba into another slave state.
-Cuba wasnt inmediatly independent after the war, it was made a protectorate of the USA from 1899 until 1934 and then a client state until Fidel Castro Revolution.
-There are conspiracies theories that state that the sunk of USS Maine was in reality a False Flag Attack in order to have an excuse to start the war against Spain ( because the spaniards never wanted to fight a war against US in the first place).
-Back then, both Cuba and Puerto Rico were in the process of stopping being colonies and turning into spanish provinces thanks to the Autonomic Constitution of 1897. The war against USA ruined it.
-Battle of San Juan Hill was a pyrrhic victory fro the US forces because they suffered much more casualties than the spanish and it wasnt a vital strategic point as the generals thought.

[qwerty]

*After The Spanish-American War*

The Philippines:
*So That Means I Get My Independence Now?*

USA:
*Well Yes, But Actually No*

[allanlank]

One of the anti-imperialist was writer Mark Twain. The anti-imperialist still have some influence in American politics and are often joined by isolationist.

[mertcanozkan]

Spain: Exists
USA: YO HOMIE WHERE MA SHIP AT.

[brylongtv]

The fall of Spanish Imperial. The first empire quoted as the sun never sets.

[almantn]

Fun fact there:

After the war Spain sold their remaining colonies in the Pacific to the German Empire for 25 millions of Spanish Pesetas. Later in 1948, with Franco, an Spanish historian discovered that in the treaty we didn't include the islands of Kapingamarangi, Nukuoro, Mapia, Rongrik and Ulithi.
Technically these islands were under the Spanish rule. At the begining the US ocupied those islands, but in 2014 we finally give up any claim in thah Islands. (Sorry for my horrible english)

[Jcauto-tr]

I’m from Santiago de Cuba and Yeap you can go to the town of El Caney and see the forts etc by the Spaniards also it was a big naval fight outside of Santiago de Cuba’s bay, you still see the Spanish ships sunken while driving West of Santiago’s coastline.

[franj.c.arrastia]

Spain did not attack the Maine, everything was planned, look at how conveniently the American fleet was close to Philipines.