USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The main theatres of combat in the Spanish-American War were the Philippines and Cuba. Fighting centred on Manila, where U.S. Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898), and on Santiago de Cuba, which fell to U.S. forces after hard fighting in July.

Detailed explanation-2: -It would be the first overseas war fought by the United States, involving campaigns in both Cuba and the Philippine Islands.

Detailed explanation-3: -The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895. Spain’s brutally repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the U.S. public by several sensational newspapers engaging in yellow journalism, and American sympathy for the Cuban rebels rose.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was a period of armed conflict between Spain and the United States. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Spanish-American War was fought in several important theaters: the Philippines, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. The war had several key battles. The Philippines theater was decided early when the United States Asiatic Squadron decisively defeated a Spanish fleet in Manila Bay.