Spanish-American War
Spanish–American War |
Part of the Philippine Revolution and the Cuban War of Independence
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![American troops raising the Flag at Fort San Antonio De Abad, Malate, Philippines (1899).jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/American_troops_raising_the_Flag_at_Fort_San_Antonio_De_Abad%2C_Malate%2C_Philippines_%281899%29.jpg/140px-American_troops_raising_the_Flag_at_Fort_San_Antonio_De_Abad%2C_Malate%2C_Philippines_%281899%29.jpg) ![Christy - The Capture of El Caney.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Christy_-_The_Capture_of_El_Caney.jpg/140px-Christy_-_The_Capture_of_El_Caney.jpg) ![Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill.JPG](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Charge_of_the_Rough_Riders_at_San_Juan_Hill.JPG/140px-Charge_of_the_Rough_Riders_at_San_Juan_Hill.JPG) ![First Marine Battalion (United States) landed on eastern side of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on 10 June 1898.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/First_Marine_Battalion_%28United_States%29_landed_on_eastern_side_of_Guantanamo_Bay%2C_Cuba_on_10_June_1898.jpg/140px-First_Marine_Battalion_%28United_States%29_landed_on_eastern_side_of_Guantanamo_Bay%2C_Cuba_on_10_June_1898.jpg) ![Uss olympia manila.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Uss_olympia_manila.jpg/140px-Uss_olympia_manila.jpg) ![3rd Wisconsin.jpg](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/3rd_Wisconsin.jpg/140px-3rd_Wisconsin.jpg) Clockwise from top left: US troops raising the Stars and Stripes over Fort San Antonio Abad after the Battle of Manila; the capture of El Caney; 1st Marine Battalion raising the United States flag at Guantánamo Bay; 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Battalion awaits orders to charge the Spanish; USS Olympia entering Manila Bay; Charge of the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill
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Belligerents |
United States
Cuba
Philippine Republic
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Spain:
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Commanders and leaders |
William McKinley
Nelson A. Miles
Theodore Roosevelt
William R. Shafter
George Dewey
William Sampson
Wesley Merritt
Joseph Wheeler
Charles D. Sigsbee
Máximo Gómez
Demetrio Castillo Duany
Emilio Aguinaldo
Apolinario Mabini
Antonio Luna
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Maria Christina
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
Patricio Montojo
Pascual Cervera
Arsenio Linares
Manuel Macías
Ramón Blanco
Antero Rubín
Valeriano Weyler
Fermín Jáudenes
José Toral y Velázquez
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Strength |
Cuban Republic:
30,000 irregulars United States:
379,000 regulars and volunteers Philippine Republic:
60,000 |
Spanish Army:
278,447 regulars and militia(Cuba),
10,005 regulars and militia(Puerto Rico),
51,331 regulars and militia(Philippines)
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Casualties and losses |
Cuban Republic:
10,665 dead United States:
2,910 dead
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- 345 from combat
- Army: 280
- Navy: 16
- Other: 49
- 2,565 from disease
1,577 wounded
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- Army: 1,509
- Navy: 68
Philippine Republic:
30 killed |
Spanish Navy:
- 560 dead,
- 300–400 wounded
Spanish Army:
- 3,000 dead or wounded
- 6,700 captured,(Philippines)
- 13,000 diseased
- 10,000 dead from combat
- 50,000 dead from disease(Cuba)
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American victory
Spain:
Cuban Republic:
30,000 irregulars
United States:
379,000 regulars and volunteers
Philippine Republic:
Spanish Army:
Cuban Republic:
10,665 dead
United States:
2,910 dead
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