Spanish-American War
Most may think that the Spanish-American War was a war between the Americans and the Spanish. Most are right, but only to a point, because the Spanish-American War also included wars between the Americans and the Filipinos, as well as between the Americans and Puerto-Ricans. Reasons for these wars occurring are obvious to the history connoisseur, but to the normal individual, they may not be so distinct. America has been a country of great power for years, and that power has come not only from years of hard work and fighting, but also from years of audacity. About one hundred fifty years ago, the United States began sending armed forces to foreign countries in an effort to attain each individual country's opulent resources. This commanding attitude taken by the United States government spread into the American people as well, with corporate giants such as Rockefeller and Morgan, who controlled large parts of American business with monopolies over the railroads and oil industry. Events such as the SpanishAmerican War and interference in the Philippines marked the indisputable beginning of American imperialism. Invasions such as these propelled United States capitalist expansion and produced the ideas of economic ex
The Spanish-American War is considered one of the largest disasters for the Spanish military. Casualties and other problems ended up in no victory whatsoever for Spaniards, and America once again conquered a world force and acquired its land. Spanish forces were now spread over an area of thirty-seven hundred square miles, and the Americans had to find and get rid of them all. In it's first invasion outside of Fajardo, American forces occupied the town of Guanica within six hours. Another famous battle was fought at Yauco, which was north of Guanica. Initially, other soldiers were sent into Yauco to battle Spanish forces. Colonel Puig was directed to join in on the attack. He called for reserves when his 6th Massachusetts infantry suffered four wounded soldiers, but no one came because they had all retreated. The battle ended when the Spanish had retreated, leaving two Spanish officers and three Spanish soldiers wounded, and two soldiers dead within a matter of nine hours. On December 10, 1898 the treaty to end the war was signed in Versailles, France. Casualties for Spanish forces totaled between fifty-five and sixty thousand men. Ninety percent of these casualties resulted from disease, while the remaining ten percent resulted from battle. The United States suffered very few losses for any war, and the total casualties for the American forces was 3,289, very small comparatively speaking. pansion in government as well as in homes. The Philippines played a larger part in the Spanish-American War than most may like to believe. The Philippine-American War as it could be called is forgotten to most everyone in all of United States Military history. The events that occurred in the Philippines could be mildly compared to the events that occurred nearly seventy years later in Vietnam. The reasons for the war occurring at all are directly related to the Filipino's attempts to gai
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