How the US Army Won The Spanish-American War

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The Spanish-American War (fought in Cuba and the Philippines) kickstarted US global ambitions and expanded their influence far beyond the borders of the United States. At the same time the war marked the endpoint of the decline of Spain as a global power.
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[@TheGreatWar]

Watch Rhineland 45 Episode 1: nebula.tv/videos/real-time-history-1-come-hell-or-high-water-i-rhineland-45 Also a correction for this episode: It wasn't general Shafter but general Wheeler who shouted ""Let's go, boys! We've got the damn Yankees on the run again!" - Shafter was a former Union general, Wheeler a former Confederate general in the US Civil War.

[@meprivate6923]

Shafter had been a Union commander. Joe Wheeler had led that first little battle in Cuba, and he'd been a Confederate. Wheeler yelled they'd got the Yankees on the run.

[@emmanuelfernandez04]

What do you plan to upload next?

[@katkratevideosgunner2137]

Loving the content but can you remove the Rhineland 45 trailer from all the playlists? Not a big deal just thought I’d mention it as it makes it harder to binge say the biography specials

[@jasonpalacios1363]

McKinley fought in the US Civil War on the Union side as a colonel in the battle of Antietam and saw the dead soliders pile up like logs so that's why at first he didn't want to go to war.

[@31terikennedy]

@@jasonpalacios1363 Highest rank was brevet major.

[@Qadir-24]

From covering ww1 to this, man I am happy to see how far this channel has come, glad to see you covering the Spanish American War.

[@earthfederationspaceforce9844]

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[@donaldreising525]

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[@PhilipDeLong]

Gen. Shafter had been a Union officer; it was "Fightin' Joe" Wheeler, a cavalry commander, who was a former Confederate and to whom the famous "We got the damn Yankees on the run!" statement is attributed.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

When I heard that I went 'That was Fighting Joe Wheeler "

[@jasonpalacios1363]

Actually the majority of the Generals who commanded in the Spanish-American War were former Confederate soldiers and this war united the US by making the South realize that they were part of the US.

[@markrook6085]

Joe Wheeler was one of the very few Confederates who would wear blue and salute the Stars and Stripes in 1898. He was a Congressman from Mississippi and chaired the House Appropriations Committee when the war started. Another prominent ex confederate was Robert E.Lee’s nephew, Fitzhugh Lee, who was the US Consul in Havana when the Maine blew up. Despite his age and weight, he still volunteered for the Army, but never left the states.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@markrook6085 Yes, and another though way to old was Longstreet. He had held several important positions in the Federal Government

[@Losantiville]

@@jasonpalacios1363 could you please share some references?

[@nbmdennis]

1898, Our Last Men in the Philippines is a Spanish language war movie from 2016 about the Spanish attempt to hold onto the Philippines. Highly recommended, it does a great job showing a Spanish garrison trying to preserve the once mighty empire as well as themselves against the Philippine revolutionaries. It's no masterpiece but it helped me visualize this conflict a bit better.

[@BigSana25]

It always baffled me how much the Spaniards have glorified and revered this story. They made a myth out of it. Whoever knows what happened there knows it was a senseless, stupid and absolutely avoidable loss of life, enabled by the classic old-fashioned mentality of officers who wouldn't let go of a Golden Age that ended centuries ago.

[@SiPakRubah]

​​@@BigSana25 Don't forget, Spanish - American War happened because American managed to lie about their blown ship, even though it was destroyed by the US people themselves

[@genghiskhan5701]

There is also Baler, a Filipino production about the same battle

[@BigSana25]

@@SiPakRubah You are correct, but I was referring to the first comment about the movie (which, by the way, is OK) and how it's interpreted in Spain

[@BigSana25]

@@genghiskhan5701 I didn't know about it, thanks!

[@podemosurss8316]

In Spain this war is known as the "War of Cuba" (Guerra de Cuba), and the loss (mostly of prestige, but also the loss of half the navy and the thousands of casualties suffered) is called the "disaster of 1898" (desastre del 98). It left the country marked, in fact there was an entire generation of writers influenced by the defeat and how it had removed the illusion of Spain having an Empire (generación del 98). They tried to adapt Spain into the modern world, to no avail.

[@paufernandezboj5517]

Y después de eso se intentó colonizar el Rif

[@RwandaBob]

some of the greatest writers spain ever produced came from esa generación. what an interesting time it would have been to have lived in spain during this period

[@infidelkufar]

I saw a Spanish show about a time travelling government agency who went back to 1898 to the siege of Baler in the Filipinas. They showed the Spanish side of the story. There's also a movie made in Filipino entitled "Baler" and a Spanish movie entitled "1898"

[@CStone-xn4oy]

Given how the age of exploration and colonization began, it is appropriate that the Spanish Empire would be ended by an American nation.

[@brittking3990]

In America this war is also known as “I’m gonna kick you in da nuts!” War of 1898…also known as the “Is that blood, in your pee?” War.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Phillippines: We're free! US: I wouldn't say Free so much as under new management.

[@paufernandezboj5517]

And The same ocurr in cuba

[@AmiaireConmigesita]

USA murdered 10% of the Philippine population, Hollywood does not make movies of that

[@familyandfriends3519]

@@paufernandezboj5517 No Cuba got independence from Spain learn history

[@paufernandezboj5517]

@@familyandfriends3519 what independence? Cuba was a colony of US until 1959 and The castro Revolution 🤣

[@familyandfriends3519]

@@paufernandezboj5517 no it wasn't didn't you just see the video Cuba got independence from Spain In 1898 the revolution was just against the Cuban government because USA wanted the government to be pro USA Haiti was under USA for almost it decade does it make it USA colony too

[@benniotto]

Am I the only one who is a little shocked at how surprisingly frank William Randolph Hearst was when asked as to whether his papers were over exaggerating Spanish atrocities? The man more or less just said “ya we’re lying, but people wanna hear it so whatever.”

[@kenneth9874]

Modern media is worse but less frank

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

Yeah, a rather honest liar.

[@CorePathway]

Rupert Murdoch’s Faux News approves.

[@ClassicFormulaOne1]

I was born in 1981 but I knew my great grandmother who died in 1993. She was born in 1898 when this war erupted. Weird thought because this war is so long ago and feels ancient! Teddy Roosevelt was roaming with his rough riders, Queen Victoria was still alive and the British Empire was still No1. Totally different times... Weird coincidence with this video: my great grandmother's surname in dutch was 'van Spanje' which litteraly means 'of Spain' 🤗

[@markrook6085]

My own grandfather, who was 68 when I was born in ‘62, was a friend of William Randolph Hearst when Hearst was in his 50’s and 60’s , and Grandpa Earl in his early 30’s. Hearst was an Avis hunter, angler, and outdoorsman until late in his life, and he loved the Black Hills of Wyoming. My grandfather was a local hunting and fishing guide in the area, and guided Willie on numerous excursions, usually ending up playing cards, smoking cigars, and drinking whiskey at the town bar in Sundance, WY…..

[@blackman5867]

If you look around careful enough, you'll might also notice we are living in an interesting timeline compared to what we had experienced in the past

[@denniswhite166]

@@blackman5867 May you live in interesting times - is an old Chinese curse.

[@blackman5867]

@@denniswhite166 cool! 👍 The Chinese are also living in an interesting time right now ro be honest. A rarely ever seen protest against the government is happening and a massive revolution of the 2020s is about to start

[@denniswhite166]

@@blackman5867 We thought the same after the Tiananmen Square tank man and ensuing protests in 1989. Perhaps the actions of today are in part fueled by those times.

[@pabloredero]

As a Spaniard, this part of our history is extremely interesting to me, the beginning of a really terrible era in our country

[@denny414]

Greed and power the US was just as bad they liberated phillipines and Cuba only to replace the Spanish with uncle sam

[@quanfung5958]

What ! Do U think today with USA bases in Spain is a new better era ! U are still under their thumb.

[@kennethflores93]

@@quanfung5958 well it certainly didn’t help when Franco battled the Royals and left a dictatorship in place for decades. Galicia took the brunt of Franco’s cruelty and led to many fleeing to the islands seeking refuge and or Purtugal with their Miño brothers.

[@PhxVanguard]

@@kennethflores93 Franco didn't battle the royals. Franco defended the historical integrity of Spain. The atheists and communists fought the royals, removing the king and murdering tens of thousands of catholic clergy as if it was the french revolution. Without Franco, Spain would likely not be a tourism and economic power house today. No matter how much everyone cries about Franco, he left Spain modernized and industrialized.

[@zeus0710]

Soy Mexicano con Raíces Españolas Vascas y Portugesas para mi los 1800s son los más tristes debido a la fractura del Imperio Español y después de eso la mentira creada la leyenda negra espero un día ver una unión de todos los países Hispanos saludos

[@joseabad9416]

In the 1960's in his exile in Spain during an interview for the spanish TV, Aguinaldo said: I'm so sorry I ever fought the Spanish; they treated us like brothers, instead the Americans treated us like dogs (Obviously he was not living in exile in the USA).

[@korosuke1788]

"Colonialism" is not a direct translation from "Colonialismo". The Spanish usually mixed and converted. The English/NAs displace and exterminate.

[@c3ramics]

@@korosuke1788 So your argument is what, the English exterminate but the Spanish grape those they conquer?

[@acog_quarks8753]

@@c3ramicsyes, the Spanish were better.

[@Aaryq]

My dad's uncle was a sergeant in the 9th. He was wounded the day before Roosevelt took the San Juan Hill.

[@michaelplanchunas3693]

The Spanish-American war was a turning point for the US Army. Prior to 1898 the "on paper" strength of the US Army was 25,000 men in 25 regiments of infantry, 10 of cavalry and five of artillery. Promotion of officers was slow, the US having the British Regimental system of promotion. You were promoted within your regiment. Many West Point graduates spent 25-30 years as captains and retired in that rank because of the smallness of the army. After the expansion from 25,000 to 125,000 these captains suddenly became Lt. Colonels, with lower ranks also being promoted at least once. Roosevelt saw the deficiencies in the army during the war and instituted massive reforms in 1903, doing away with state militias and instituting the National Guard under US Army control for training and equipping. The Mexican border crisis of 1916-1917 showed the fruits of those reforms.

[@kenneth9874]

We could use them for the border crisis at hand today

[@micmic9410]

Arrest the American business giving them jobs and no cash bail or stop the whining. Your living in a brown country. Spanish colonized all the way to the south west now the US.

[@davedrifter416]

My Grand Uncle Albert Jones enlisted and served in “The War with Spain”. He marched along with others from Newport Tenn to Atlanta , Georgia some 200 miles. He served in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He was discharged after suffering malaria and consequently died from complications at a young age. His mother my maternal Great Grand Mother received a small pension as a defendant, $6 per month. I acquired this information from the National Archives.

[@RANDALLBRIGGS]

Major General William Shafter (17:00), Commanding General of V Corps, had not been a Confederate officer, but in fact had been a Union officer during the American Civil War. The officer who made the "Yankees on the run" comment was Shafter's subordinate, Maj. Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, who commanded the Cavalry Division of V Corps. EDIT: I see that this correction has already been made. Carry on!

[@Chris-ey8zf]

Major General William Shatner: We got the damn Klingons on the run!

[@denniswhite166]

@@Chris-ey8zf ROLF

[@jakeroberts7435]

My Greatgranfather was a Major in the Ohio National Gaurd, he fought in Cuba, my brother has his 30/40 Krag. He also participated in the punitive raid against Pancho Villa, then was a Brig General in the AEF. I never met him, he died in the 30s, but we've got some cool hand me downs

[@ak9989]

My great grandfather was in the 1st volunteer cavalry John O'Neil troop E. I still have his items, including hat, uniforms, medals and pictures.

[@kathyastrom1315]

My great grandfather’s big brother enlisted for the war in June 1898. His company was still in training in Florida when the war ended in August, so he never actually fought, but he was still able to call himself a Spanish-American War veteran, and was listed as so in his obituary decades later.

[@ak9989]

@@kathyastrom1315 very cool!

[@prussia1557]

If you can find a way to digitalize the pictures that would be awesome. As a historian you have a great way to tell his stories.

[@QALibrary]

From my understanding, this war was the first war where journalists could report and esp take photos and be part of the action in real-time due to being able to get their "copy" back to media outlets due to the development of technology - A highly recommended book to look up is Shooting War: Photography and the American Experience of Combat, Susan D.Moeller early part of the book covers this conflict

[@davidw.2791]

“You provide the photos, I provide the war!” - Hurst (?) and Kane

[@porkchopproductions0314]

Yeah they could telegraph or use modern technology (for the time) to send the pictures almost instantaneously. Atleast for the US there were some pictures, but the way to see them was to visit art galleries, see them in the papers, or traveling exhibits

[@Carlos.Grande]

Photographing is not journalism. Specially when the media outlet owners that controlled the belic narrative against Spain was for the benefit of their side hustles. The US had tried several times to bribe and buy the islands Spain had. Once that didnt work then they turned into toxic media over drive culminating in the bogus Maine sinking. Give credit to the US, they learnt the best treachery tactics from their pervious overlords, Britain. The black legend is pure revolting evilness

[@johnyarbrough502]

@@davidw.2791 I think it was "You provide the pictures, , , , " Hearst to Frederic Remington. Remington was a painter and illustrator

[@ianhomerpura8937]

It was also the first war where "yellow journalism" became rampant, all for them to sell more newspapers.

[@jasatotakouzeno4674]

As a Filipino, I’m very surprised how different the historiography of how the Spanish-American war is taught to us compared to how other countries choose to present facts. It’s technically the same facts, but spun differently to give one side a better reputation EDIT: As a testament to that, I have never heard of concentration camps in the Philippines during the Philippine American war. And I consider myself adept has history

[@francis9428]

Clearly Heneral Luna didn't show you everything

[@EarthForces]

Read certain works like that of Teodoro Agoncillo. Someone even from the American historians can attest to the brutal policy but have difficulty in finding the total death toll cause by that policy. I forgot the American who wrote it though.

[@Professor_sckinnctn]

If you can get your hands on it, Stanley Karnow's In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines is an excellent book on the subject.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Correction, America never fought a war against the Philippines. She fought against a rebellion.

[@Professor_sckinnctn]

@@theawesomeman9821 Absolutely. Just like the British fought against rebellion of upstart colonies who had declared their independence and right to self-governance.

[@podemosurss8316]

2:25 Martínez Campos was probably the best general Spain had at the time, having been instrumental to installing king Alphonse XII in the throne of Spain and defeating several rebel groups, being the "stick" to Alphonse's "carrot". Both of them reformed the Spanish army alongst the lines of the German army when it came to tactics, training and equipment, though retaining the Spanish organisation system around military districts. So if he was the one saying this, that means those tactics were certainly extremely effective. Valeriano Weyler would later be the Spanish chief of staff during the years of WW1, and was instrumental for keeping Spanish neutrality as, though he was pro-German, he also knew full well that Spain didn't have the manpower and resources to make an impact on the war.

[@lordmountbatten154]

Pretty accurate!

[@podemosurss8316]

@@lordmountbatten154I'm Spanish, I've had to study this in high school.

[@philippinecircularflag2023]

26:42 I thought Gen. Jacob Smith did that to Samar, Eastern Visayas not Luzon. He made it a howling wilderness after the Balangiga Massacre where Filipino troops hacked to death with machetes around like 50 US troops stationed in the region.

[@alexvaraderey]

My Great, Great Uncle, General Vara de Rey, was the Spanish military governor of the Phillipines in the 1890's and then at the outbreak of the war was transferred to Cuba. He was the commanding officer at El Caney and died in action. Statues to him were raised in Ibiza and Madrid, paid by public donations.

[@Davemte34108]

Glad to hear the mention of Bethlehem Steel. Its iron mines in Cuba were crucial for expansion of the company.

[@yrobtsvt]

The footage you found for this is fantastic. Be it reenactments or whatever, I had no idea there was video to illustrate this war. The illustrations are great too. edit: And the battle diagrams are amazing omg

[@TheGreatWar]

thanks. most of the footage is not staged, except the clip you see for a few seconds in the very beginning. there are a few more staged reels out there and they look almost comical.

[@mcleod300]

@@TheGreatWar gh

[@tonyarceneaux286]

@@TheGreatWar Do you cover 📔 revolutions too? If you do please do the Texas Revolution ?

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

[@MrGouldilocks]

Great video guys! I love the various quotes from influential individuals and the newspaper clippings that accompany your video. They do a lot to put events in context and frame the historical perspective. "He has the backbone of a chocolate eclair.". What a sick burn; I'll have to add that one to my vernacular.

[@denniswhite166]

Them's fightin' words - LOL

[@themaskateer1025]

“…although not delivered in the Spanish language, were well understood by our friends, the enemy, upon the hill.” 19:34

[@platinumuschannel]

17:03: Correction- Shafter did not say that, it was Wheeler who was a former Confed. Also earlier in the video it was said that John Hay was a Senator- he was actually Secretary of State.

[@arctic_shrew_87]

No one ever brings up the 24th Infantry Regiment charging up San Jaun Hill alongside Roosevelt. That was my first unit in the Army. The blockhouse on San Jaun Hill with the words "San Jaun" above it is the regimental crest.

[@gulliverthegullible6667]

No one shall ever forget the battle of St. Jaun.

[@markrook6085]

The 24th advanced up San Juan to the Rough Riders left, along with the 71st New York Infantry. The other Buffalo Soldier infantry regiment, the 25th, made the breakthrough at El Caney that ended Spanish resistance.

[@arctic_shrew_87]

@@markrook6085 Buffalo soldiers seem to have been the vast majority of regular army forces deployed during the war.

[@johnnyboomer4724]

According to Roosevelt, in his book, The Rough Riders, “In reality, the Tenth Cavalrymen were deployed in support of the First, though they mingled with them in the assault proper; and so far as there was any difference at all in the work done, it was in favor of the First.” This account by Roosevelt places the First with the Rough Riders and the Tenth.

[@arctic_shrew_87]

@Johnny Boomer by the First, he is referring to his unit, the First Volunteer Cav. Rough Riders was just a nickname. Unless I'm misinterpreting your response.

[@John.McMillan]

I watch alot of history channels and this one is consistently the most accurate. I hardly ever cross check anything on this channel anymore because the only things I've ever seen that were wrong were either minute details or things with contested answers. Its very refreshing, you can tell this channel actually cares about history and quality of content.

[@truaxe815]

17:05 Slight error here but it was Major General Joseph Wheeler that said the quote about having the "Damn Yankees" on the run, not Shafter.

[@XtoDoubt25]

Yeah I always considered that a funny incident. At another battle he said, "Men it is time to defeat the Yankees. Damn it, I mean the Spaniards."

[@robertbodell55]

Something similar happened in the Crimean war. British general Lord Raglan regularly called the Russians they were fighting the French. Especially funny since France was allied with the UK and fighting with them, the peak of this was when he did it while a visiting french general was standing next to him

[@JaykPuten]

My wife who watches "the nick" (she's a nurse and only cares about medical history) had asked me so many questions about "the war with Spain" and "why did that cause problems with them getting medication shipments" never got any of my long winded explanations, or even my more concise explanations And after having her watch this one video it answered all her questions on the topic, and she even said "I hate history videos but liked that one" So thank you for making another amazing video that in 30minutes covers all the right and important pieces of information to understand the topic And for lovers of history it's awesome to have these videos that I can watch and then go and search for more in-depth information very easily Thank each and every member of your staff, as they're clearly amazing at what they do So keep up the excellent work As the fact that you guys can make a history video that even my "I hate non medical history videos" can watch from start to end, and enjoy as well as actually remembers the content of, is a feat very few history channels can do, and the other few channels are all your guy's channels So again thank you for all the hard and amazing work you do to make what could easily be a 4+ hour video, condensed into 30 minutes and managing to hit all the most important notes Love this and all your guy's other related channels!

[@TheGreatWar]

thanks Jayk and thanks to your wife. The Knick was fantastic. If she's into medical history, there is a German show about the Charité, a famous hospital in Berlin since the 19th century. She might enjoy that one.

[@JaykPuten]

@@TheGreatWar thank you for the recommendation, much obliged

[@LechuzoDeAtenea]

The Cuba War (in which my great grandfather participated, returning to Spain alive) was provoked by the US government and the corrupt free-mason Spanish governerment to take away Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Phillipines from Spain, of which they were provinces, not colonies. Everything was orchestrated from within, just as the Maine which had an internal explosion. The rest, as they say, is history.

[@albertnagrama]

Filipino here. Thank you for this video. A lot of things discussed were not mentioned in our history books nor was taught in school such as how exactly America became involved. An eye opener too is how Aguinaldo became eventually a collaborator and therefore a traitor to the cause. Philippines was the United States' Afghanistan or Vietnam during those times. In fact, the there were more American soldiers killed in the Philippine-American War (NOT insurrection) than in Afghanistan.

[@Chris-ey8zf]

What's interesting to read about was the American public's opinion on the war in the Philippines too, because it viewed itself back then as still the "country of liberty" and did not want to be an empire. The war was sold as "freeing the Cubans" and then "freeing the filipinos" but in the end, neither were freed. It ruined the mindset of many Americans thinking they were a beacon of liberty. Granted, they should've known better by their treatment of the native americans (or the whole slavery thing), but regardless, the Phillipines was their real loss of innocence in the public mindset.

[@seanthe100]

America really didn't have a lot of casualties in Afghanistan though

[@albertnagrama]

@@seanthe100 American soldiers lost: Afghanistan War - 1928 Phillippine-American War - 4300 (more than twice). Go and do more reading.😇

[@seanthe100]

@@albertnagrama I'm not saying it's not more I'm just saying casualty wise the US didn't loose many. For comparison the soviets lost 26,000 in half the time.

[@armandotalampas4800]

@@Chris-ey8zf the United States recognized Cuban independence in 1902. At least Cuba is "more free" than the Philippines. They enjoy most of the benefits of being an independent country. Cuba is just under the "sphere of influence" of America 🇺🇸

[@ellonico]

I was really hoping you guys would cover this! Thank you guys!

[@snbks4ever]

Amazing video!! Glad to see a video go into details about the Spanish-American war and the often not discussed Philapino-American war.

[@Duececoupe]

Excellent video gang.... phenomenal work as always! 🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻

[@simonegaetani4069]

Awesome, awesome, awesome. Great coverage of a historical fact that is rarely dealt with in detail, thank you guys

[@thefriendlyapostate8290]

The conclusion of this video should have been the famous quote from William G. Sumner's lecture "The Conquest of the United States by Spain", e.g. available from the Yale archive.

[@nicholasevangelos5443]

Excellent as always. I have used several of your videos in history classes I teach at CUNY. I tell students do NOT trust online commercial and youtube history content, except for those who do it right, with extensive secondary and primary research to scholarly standards, and who have done the work to find contemporary film and depictions -- that's you (and a small handful of others). Thank you!

[@neilchristianjumawan616]

Ayyy. It's already here. Thanks,guys. Thought this is gonna be on Christmas but still, thanks.

[@TrunkyDunks]

Thanks for the upload! Best thing to wake up to!

[@bvillafuerte765]

Emiliano Aguinaldo in 1958 during an ABC interview with Guillermo Gómez Rivera when he asked him if he was sorry for having rebelled against Spain: "Yes, I am sorry. For that reason, when the funerals were held in Manila in honor of King Alfonso XIII in In 1941, I went to the cathedral to the surprise of the Spaniards. There they asked me why I had gone to the funeral of the King against whom I had risen in rebellion. And I told them that he is still my King, because under Spain we were always Spanish subjects or citizens, but now, under the power of the United States, we are only a consumer market for its exports, when not pariahs. They have never made us citizens of any of their states. The Spanish, however, opened up to me I passed by and they treated me like their brother on that significant day."

[@GonyOneKannabis]

WTF???? Ate you saying that is the same thing be a subject than a citizen??? No trully revolutionaire can be sorry or ashamwd about his actions. Spain like England; France; and any empire in human history were tumors. And they got to be erradicated. Even the actual ones

[@user-cn1wb3mp1r]

hes a traitor

[@illidanv.5460]

@@user-cn1wb3mp1r Why are almost all of you basing your traitor aguinaldo off heneral luna?

[@zarenemanego2292]

Thats rich coming from a traitor

[@danieliglesias1669]

Sorry….I don’t buy any of that story…not unless someone comes up with the actual film or video tape of that “1958 interview”. 🤔🇨🇺🇺🇸

[@Dr77Funkenstein]

This is the best channel on KZbin. Excellent work

[@alexamerling79]

I love how versatile this channel has become :)

[@wes326]

Excellent presentation. Thanks for sharing.

[@janwacawik7432]

What a splendid video! I've been waiting for you guys to cover the Spanish-American war since you finished the week by week coverage of the Great War. Thanks a lot and great job!

[@Alejandro_Estevez]

As a spaniard that I am just let me give a point. Before accusing the Spanish Empire of perpetrating crimes against the population, remember that the people of Hispanic countries have emerged as a product of miscegenation, while the English and their American "sons" dedicated themselves to exterminating indigenous ethnic groups instead of assimilating them as the Spanish and as did the Romans. The Spanish Empire was still an empire, and therefore it tended to stratify the different castes and worry more about imperial interests than the welfare of its population. All conquests are violent and in our case there is no exception. Despite the fact that most of the deaths at the beginning of the discovery and the conquest were caused by diseases to which the indigenous people were not accustomed, it is true that the encomienda system and the exploitation of the local gold hand were decisive in the number of deaths and suffering... But if one takes into account the promulgation of laws in favor of dignified treatment and the consideration of the Spanish (Castilian) crown of the American Indians as part of the kingdom and we contrast it with the Anglo-Saxon Protestant thought and how you dehumanize the black slaves and the Indians makes me see a great hypocrisy. Only by comparing the ethnic map of the territories under American and Anglo-Saxon control versus those controlled by Spain, I think that no one in their right mind can consider Spanish rule as genocidal (since they did not pursue extermination) or even place it on a par with the disaster that meant for the original peoples to remain in control of the heirs of the English values of racial supremacy and purity, highly criticized in the black legend towards the Spanish, ignoring that until the 1960s blacks were not treated as people in the US (even despite the defeat of the confederos and the victory of those who supposedly defended the end of slavery) It seems ironic to me to think that the population at the time in the US was horrified by the crimes perpetrated by Spain against the Cuban insurgency when they had wiped out entire ethnic groups. By the way, it goes without saying that the US had offered to buy Cuba from Spain (On May 25, 1848, James K. Polk offered the then juicy sum of one hundred million dollars for Cuba and Puerto Rico. Or in 1854 Pierre Soulé and James Buchanan they asked the US Government to insist on the purchase of Spanish possessions in the Caribbean) and that only after their denial was the search for a justification to intervene in the self-sabotage of Maine as a pretext to attack a declining power Edit: I make this message with google translator i dont know if this is correct

[@dennis771]

It came out right

[@desert_jin6281]

The quality of the productions of this channel, despite KZbin's opposition, are outstanding.

[@michaelorosz272]

Excellent video, BECAUSE.... not only did he have all the facts, but more importantly it was a very professional narration, with no long intro....i watch videos of various topics on KZbin and I only wish they were presented as well as this.

[@ClassicFormulaOne1]

Great video thanks once again!!!

[@jpthehistorian]

The Filipino-American War started after the so-called San Juan del Monte Bridge "incident" where Private Willie Grayson shot and killed a Filipino soldier who tried to cross to the American lines. The war raged on from 1898-1901. It was referred to as the "Philippine Insurrection" in American history books. After the surrender of Emilio Aguinaldo, conflict ensued in the Moro Wars (1901-1913) in Mindanao and the subsequent "pacification campaigns" against other rebel groups with the likes of Miguel Malvar and Macario Sakay. The American colonial government passed the Brigandage Act of 1901 as a way to treat remaining rebel units at large, who failed to pledge allegiance to authorities, as brigands/bandits/common criminals to cut off their popular support. The Flag Law of 1907 prohibited the raising of the Philippine and other revolutionary flags in public. It was only later in 1935 when the newly-established Commonwealth government to fully restored the use of the Philippine flag in public.

[@lordraydens]

yeah hoping to see their entry on the us/phillipine war whenever it comes out

[@jpthehistorian]

@@lordraydens that's one aspect of "American history" that's swept under the rug...

[@EarthForces]

The atrocities committed by the American Imperialist at the period were way worse than the British ever did in the entire Boer War and almost equal to German genocide of the Herero and Nama in Namibia and also has similar elements to what King Leopold did to his own Congo Free State.

[@lordraydens]

@@EarthForces but murica

[@EarthForces]

@@lordraydens what else can you say but it is. The nuance can be explored but yes, this really was mostly an American imperialistic machinations. Pretending it to be otherwise is lying to yourself.

[@davedeman8093]

This is incredible thank you

[@radarstationalexchiander4285]

Thank You for the perspective .

[@Angiie884]

I didn't expect to see this but as a Puerto Rican I must watch, I visited the US's 1898 landing bay recently, a very overlooked war with very big ramifications

[@familyandfriends3519]

Puerto Ricans aren't Spanish and Hispanic and Latino until given back to Spain and getting independence from Spain Philippines and Puerto Ricans have a lot in common

[@mogomio]

The "landing" you mention is Guanica Bay located at the southern coast where General Miles invaded the island. Admiral Sampson tried to take San Juan earlier with a fleet of eleven ships and was defeated by the Spaniards fortified defenses.

[@earltaylor1893]

The hypocrisy of the American policies in the Philippines is one of several dark stains on our history.

[@lukealadeen7836]

More than several stains on your history

[@dorobot05]

@@lukealadeen7836 not a contest

[@josecordero281]

Sad but true

[@TheBucketSkill]

@@lukealadeen7836 staymad lol

[@cdfe3388]

As the video points out, though, if it hadn’t been us, it would’ve been Japan, Britain, or France. That doesn’t make it right, of course, but there it is. Filipino independence simply wasn’t gonna happen at that point. The only question was who their foreign rulers would be.

[@dukeon]

Great documentary btw. I enjoy all the content on this channel. Might have to sign up for Nebula!

[@rommelrevilla4477]

Thanks for a nice and informative presentation

[@patrickcloutier6801]

An excellent narrative. In many respects, the Spanish-American War is a forgotten war, but the result left a vast Pacific Ocean to be an eventual battlefield between the US and Japan.

[@TheStevenp851]

Great episode. The Spanish American War is a topic that needs to be discussed.

[@flouisbailey]

I really like the work you are doing and it helps to fill in so many blanks.

[@batman4329]

Incredible video. Very well done.

[@ronjones1077]

Very well done. My Grandfather and two of his brothers emigrated to the USA from Germany. They arrived in New Orleans and went their own ways. Two brothers moved to Canada and my gGrandfather stayed here. He fought in that war. After that he moved to Washington state , became a farmer and married my mothers mom. He died while my mom was only 14 so I never knew much about that side of the family. Great to learn more about some of the history. Thank you

[@rongendron8705]

My grandfather, John Cooke, was a Spanish-American War vet, who joined the US Navy at age 15 in 1898 to 1904! He saw service in the Pacific, i.e. Hawaii, China, etc. but not in Cuba! He lived to 89 in 1972 & had great stories!!

[@Professor_sckinnctn]

Excellent video. Really appreciate the detailed inclusion of the United States' action in the Philippines, often minimalised or let out of any description of the war.

[@dr.victorvs]

Well, by American historians. And most times it's not even on purpose. You just really want your country not to be bad, and you write/talk to reflect that. You don't ignore evidence, but you also don't seek it out. That's how you end up with stuff like this minimalized.

[@michaelnieves9688]

Muy bien hecho y muy bien explicado gracias!

[@ralfgroh5967]

Excellent presentation...thx!

[@PaulMcCartGuitarTracks]

That was great. I never knew those films existed, thank you.

[@TheGreatWar]

found them deep in the US national archive. there are even more including some comically staged ones.

[@cfernandez-verges9379]

Great summary of a brief and long-forgotten war. My grandparents were Spaniards, but I'm Cuban by birth. I commend you for covering both sides of the conflict. My wife's grandfather, although a Spaniard by birth, migrated to Cuba in the late 1880's and fought on the Cuban side. Thank you for your excellent channel!

[@bvillafuerte765]

Don't forget that at that time they were both Spaniards from both ends of the pond.

[@ragarde3861]

There wasnt a "Cuba side" cubans fought in both factions, and cubans were spaniards aswell

[@globaladdict]

@@ragarde3861 that's still a perspective man , you just said so urself

[@thedirty530]

Always a pleasure to watch!

[@robertmuller3145]

Fantastic show, I learned a lot

[@smolville]

I had some letters from a soldier fighting in the Philippines with the Kansas 20th. He died over there. He said that they didn't have any officers because they had all been shot.

[@sambaemol2476]

This man is a genius. His voice is sublime. I m looking forward to see him covering ww1 battles in Africa which is not quite popular but has some interesting battles between the colonial powers Germany, England, France etc

[@edthilenius7530]

Another excellent report. Your narration is always excellent!

[@anzatzi]

amazing film footage!!

[@BobGeanis]

This is one of my favorite wars to study.

[@manindisgiuze7780]

This is why I love your content, as a avid history fan very few smaller conflicts such as this one are covered especially in this level of depth.

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Fantastic episode! I loved it!

[@deguilhemcorinne418]

Well done, well explained, and the spraker's voice makes a lot to maintain the interest.

[@flintlockhomestead460]

Bad, bad historians. Shafter was a Union officer. The quote you relayed was attributed to "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, Shafter's commander of cavalry who was a former Confederate general.

[@johnroche7541]

I would recommend the movie "Rough Riders" which tells the true story of the military unit with this title raised by future US president Teddy Roosevelt to take part in this war. It is a bit Gung-Ho but still an excellent film. Tom Berenger is excellent as Teddy Roosevelt and Sam Eliot is great as the military training officer. Both actors were also fantastic in "Gettysburg".

[@markrook6085]

The action scenes from “Rough Riders” are first rate, though the dialogue is frequently cringeworthy, and there’s a fair amount of historical error. But still, it’s worth watching.

[@jamesalexander3530]

Superb documentary!

[@columbiabasincorp5685]

Such fantastic context

[@ryanbales8116]

I had two ancestors who fought in the Spanish-American War in Puerto Rico. My great grandpa was born in 1879 in Puerto Rico and fought for Spain at the Battle of Yauco. He shot at the Americans but said he didn’t hit anyone. His best friend was KIA right next to him. Shot right through the head. He said they didn’t stand a chance against the Americans. My other great great grandpa was in 6th Illinois Regiment and served alongside Carl Sandburg. It’s unclear if he saw any combat there or not.

[@sebastianhalmagean7037]

Another amazing video, thank you thank you thank you! The Great War team is utterly amazing, the research you guys do and the presentation from Jesse is always spectacular! Cheers!

[@onyxdragon1179]

I wish that the war in Puerto Rico was mentioned in more detail; right after Cuba was secured, US troops landed on Puerto Rico's coast in the municipality of Guánica, while they also blockaded San Juan. A destroyer (Terror) and a cruiser (Isabel II) tried breaking the blockade, but were unsuccesful. The land campaign lasted about a month, and while the Spanish and local militias did put up organized resistance the battles were... well, rather oddly, there weren't any decisive battles, and losses on either side were minimal. Though the Spanish and locals managed to halt the US' advance until the armistice was signed.

[@joezephyr]

Fabulous thank you! I must wonder whether Indy watched this.

[@enixbluerain7213]

The island that was turned into a "howling wilderness" was Samar, not Luzon.

[@jojocastillo2923]

And Philippine independence from Spain was declared on June 12, 1898 and not June 18. This video has some glaring errors when it came to the Philippine history part. It also conveniently omitted that the Americans were the ones who started the Philippine-American War on February 4, 1899 when a certain Private William Walter Grayson, who was on patrol together with two other soldiers shot and killed one of the Filipino soldiers on patrol on Calle Sociego in Santa Mesa, Manila. The site of the incident is now marked by a historical marker from the Philippine National Historical Institute at the corner of Sociego and Silencio Streets in Santa Mesa, Manila.

[@leonardhollerbach9806]

I have about 18 pictures of my great grandfather in the Spanish American war. Tent life. Sentries walking a picket line. USS Maine nlown up in the harbor. A cannon going up a hill. On the back it says San Juan hill

[@JC-mx9su]

This is interesting and I am learning something about the Spanish American War, some were new things that I didn't know more about and I hope you can make a new video called Philippine-American War after the war in Cuba so that I can't wait to know more about it with deeper information about the war.

[@adrianbolca9528]

Happy New year great history video

[@jansandman6983]

Those were not Philippine rebels but soldiers commanded by General Antonio Luna as Chief of Staff who were fighting for their country's independence against foreign invaders. They are uniformed military personnel, complete with ranks, and were regimental.

[@stuartstuart866]

As an American, I personally appreciate truth more than what paints us in a favorable light, but I enjoy history, and therefore facts are more interesting than a self serving narrative.

[@kaiserkoko8734]

lovely map with topographic lines. thank you

[@russwoodward8251]

Following on Nebula! Many thanks.

[@Elevator829]

One of the most interesting conflicts in US history and hardly anyone remembers it. Thanks for doing this

[@ekesandras1481]

people in the Philippines, on Cuba and on Puerto Rico remember it very well.

[@indianajones4321]

Awesome documentary, Spanish-American War is interesting

[@lordmountbatten154]

The general Máximo Gomez was a Dominican military man who fought the war in Cuba, He quote “ if we have weapons scarcity, we gonna fight with stones and machete “

[@cliffdeane9711]

GREAT DOCUMENTARY. WELL DONE.

[@dcanedemboyz7431]

Another great video, keep up the great work

[@brokerhc]

Great video. It is a pity that the role of the American troops in Puerto Rico was not included . Subsequent to the war, the most important acquisition by the US was the island of Puerto Rico and its inhabitants, which now are American Citizens.

[@rickoftherick4610]

And the famine that soon followed and the destruction of Puerto Rico's industrial and agricultural economy along with the sacking of Puerto Rico's banks, all the silver and gold stole by the US.

[@deborahcollazo]

@@rickoftherick4610😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@19ars92]

@@rickoftherick4610 Always Americans skip the dark side of their history 🤣🤣🤣

[@RailfanDownunder]

Superb work

[@piratepete842]

I've studied this conflict..poring over rosters of regiments..to diaries and reports..most of the volunteers in this conflict who would perish,would be from camp fevers in various towns where they were encamped..Tampa,Jacksonville,and Savannah..the 5th Maryland(Maryland National Guard)was one regiment that was engaged..buttons and other military accoutrements are occasionally found in the old encampments

[@abrahamkline8812]

This is fascinating to learn some of the backstory of the war. Learning the suppression from the Spanish government, it kind of makes more sense regarding the timing of when my great grandfather left Cuba for the United States. He left in 1888 around 26 years old. As far as I know, he was the only one in his family to leave. By the time the war started, he was married with two children. I wonder what his reaction was to the war was.

[@Christopher-qq4dl]

[@buzaldrin8086]

Where did waterboarding come from? "The U.S. army used waterboarding, called the "water cure", during the Philippine-American War. It is not clear where this practice came from; it probably was adopted from the Filipinos, who themselves adopted it from the Spanish." The garotte was also used for executions in the Philippines. Likewise the use was from the Spanish.

[@e.a.p3174]

The American administration of the Philippines became a blessing in disguise. The American missionaries built schools and universities into the country and most Filipinos are taught English. Fast forward a 100 years later the internet provided a massive source of income for the Philippines in term of English speaking call centres, furthermore probably a million Filipinas married foreigners which has been a boon to the local economy. Furthermore since Filipinos are English speaking, they have an easier time to work overseas.

[@lingling5278]

Don't call it blessings in disguise bro it's stupid

[@e.a.p3174]

really? If the Philippines wouldn't have been an American protectorate, you would be still very poor.. Americans taught English set up schools, taught Filipinos government administration. I was first time in Philippines before the age of the internet, and the Philippines was an extremely poor country. I remember walking around in Cebu and I was treated like a movie star. The blessing was that the Filipinos were taught English, which enabled people to migrate to countries like Canada and the U.S. There are one million Filipinos in Canada and 5 million in the USA, how. much money is being sent back? $20 billion annually. Tell me why there are no Indonesian in the those countries? How many Filipinas would be married to foreigners without being able to speak English? How big would the call center industry be in the Philippines without the knowledge of English? I just spent 4 months in the Philippines and I am amazed at the prosperity now. I was on Sunday at a tealeaf cafe in Cebu and young people were spending 150 pesos on a coffee and all having mac computers. On Saturday in Davao I saw 2 F150 pick up trucks, one was a Platinum which is a $90,000 USD. Foreigners like the Philippines because unlike Thailand or Vietnam we can communicate in English. I doubt I would have married my wife if she hadn't spoken English@@lingling5278