What's the Battle of Manila Bay?

#AskKirby: "What happened in the battle of Manila Bay?" - Joanna, Florida

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[blancheferrer]

Congratulations to you young people. Unti unti ninyo nakikilala Ang tunay na kulay Ng Americans. Number deciever talaga Americans.

[StephenLuke]

RIP
To one US sailor (who died of illness) and 77 Spanish sailors who were killed in the Battle of Manila Bay

[blaurentestephenkylec.]

Dacal a Salamat pu Sir Kirby!It's Mark Justin C.Laurente.
Done watching this at 3/21/20 11:45PM,
Mahusay na pagpapaliwanag😁👏👏

[PPISAFETY]

With all due respect, I'm not sure it is historically accurate to describe the Battle of Manila Bay as a "sneak attack". A state of duly declared war existed between the United States and Spain beginning on April 25, enacted by Congress five days before the event. You have also inaccurately represented Theodore Roosevelt's orders, which were made on February 25, two months before the battle, which merely ordered Dewey, who was in Hong Kong at the time, to have the rest of his ships, which were at the time in Japan, join him, except for the U.S.S. Monocacy, which was to remain at Nagasaki. While it is true that Secretary of the Navy John Long was upset to learn of the order when he returned to his office the next day, he let it stand because President McKinley had indicated his approval of Roosevelt's actions. So, while Roosevelt clearly supported the war with Spain, he did not order it. The U.S. Congress did that by formal declaration of war two months later.

As to the battle itself, the Spanish naval commander, Admiral Montojo, was completely aware that Dewey was en route to attack him after war was declared, having been informed by cable from Hong Kong on April 28. He had initially chosen to confront the Americans at Subic Bay and actually transferred his forces there until he discovered Subic was indefensible. Then he abandoned that location due to inadequate coastal defenses at that point, and moved his ships back to Manila Bay hoping that the shallow water there would make it difficult for the larger, heavier American ships to maneuver. Montojo also thought that foreigners could not navigate Manila Bay at night so he felt he had more time than he did, when Dewey arrived at Subic initially and then headed for Manila Bay. Sadly for Montojo, Dewey surprised him and entered Manila Bay at midnight, previously thought to be impossible.

Unfortunately, Montojo also relied on Spanish coastal guns at Manila to provide some protection for his aging fleet, including his cruiser Castilla which had begun to leak and take on water back at Subic and had to be towed to Manila. But he had bad intelligence on the range of Dewey's guns which was longer than he expected, and the Americans never came within striking range of the coastal guns. And, when the Americans did approach, Montojo fired first and continued to fire for 30 minutes ineffectively before Dewey fired his first shot, wasting much of his ammunition.

The Spaniards at Manila Bay were doomed to defeat in that engagement due to generally inferior equipment, poor command tactics, men who had received little to no training, and a lack of commitment on the part of the Spanish government, who considered the battle a political face-saving gesture and a fight they could not win. So. whatever the motivations of the American government might have been for the war with Spain, I hardly think we can call Manila Bay a surprise attack, especially not when the parties were in a state of declared war, the Spanish naval commander had several days advance notice of the battle, chose the place to make his defense, and fired the first shots. It is simply not historically accurate.

[meilamanna]

Thanks for the vid. I needed help with this

[a-]

Do you have a video on the Bataan death March?

[buyco]

After six months of Manila Seige... 5 Spanish Galleons full of Soldiers arrived in Manila de Bay to annihilate the Filipino Forces... but two US warships are already waiting... and the battle pursued...

[cars]

Please read the book, THE STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OUR POSSESSIONS, INCLUDING THE LADRONES, HAWAII, CUBA AND PORTO RICO by Murat Halstead. It is a first hand account of a journalist.

[mendicius_jade]

#AskKirby what do you think of Limasawa vs. Masao, Butuan first mass controversy?

[jeremy_dichosa]

So the Philippines are not really FREE at that time when Spanish Colony in the Philippines were loss in the battle of Manila Bay
Because that marks the beginning of the US occupation in the Philippines

[buddyollieextreme]

Excellent video! Thank you very much, it was quite interesting

[chrislyncarbajal]

What was all about the confucian ethics and its functions or role in chinese?

[stevesloan]

Well, what the American people were told at the time by the government and the media was that the peoples of the Philippines and Cuba were being brutalized by the Spanish. This lead to grass root support for the American Government to act. I recall being told that in grade school as well. But as an adult I realize that it was probably more complex than that. For instance, the Spannish fleet was obsolete. The US Navy's guns could hit the Spannish ships at long range and the Spanish navel guns had shorter reach and couldn't hit the US ships because they were out of range. Another for instance, and this from my own lifetime, is that three conditions must be met before America goes to war. 1) It must be in step with our national philosophy of truth, justice, and freedom for all peoples; 2) it must be in the interest of ourselves and our friends or allies; and 3) It must be necessary for the security of The United States. In my lifetime if one or even two of these three conditions are met we don't go to war. But if all three are in play, then you can be sure that we will. And by the way, America considers both the people of the Phillipines and of Cuba to be our friends. God knows we lost a lot of lives fighting to help the people of the Phillipines, and to some extent to help the people Cuba. We tried to help the people of Cuba during my lifetime; but the Cuban government was backed by another nuclear power and there was only so much that we could do.

[gerald]

Did the Americans help the Filipinos win the war against in Spanish?

[annepaguinto]

how about laban sa bangkusan? just heard of it somewhere

[meenikka]

Pwede po pki explain ang lahat ng detalye tungkol sa american colonization in the philippines po.

[deirouxue]

What really happened in Battle of Quingua and Battle of Bagbag?

[lbbfelix]

#AskKirby gusto ko po malaman yung the Emilio Aguinaldo vs The Us Americans po

[buyco]

Two against five warships... :)

Anyway, as for this person... US left Philippines when they think that the Philippines have paid the amount they paid in Spain...

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4:23 but meteors don't rise lol they come crashing down