really? What was the gulf war, Iraq, Syria, the White wars in Yugoslavia (my personal term for them) and if some people get their way Iran? There’s still Americans who support war. There’s always madmen in a country
Shadow Planthead The American population hates war on a high level. To the point where soldiers who fought in them can be harassed for being in them. The American government doesn’t count as the American population. Of course there’s also people who support war there always will be. But Americans used to support war on a much higher level, world war 2 was a supported and justified war for them, and it killed much more people than any of those wars combined.
There's still a saying in Spain: 'Más se perdió en Cuba' (more was lost in Cuba). It's often used to lessen the importance of a bad turn of events because, of course, losing Cuba was worse.
Cuba would've been a lost cause regardless, just wish Puerto Rico was still part of Spain considering how Americans treat it like a third world colony than an US territory
@@mohamud60 well the sad fact is...Puerto Rico was on its way to independence...they were allowed by the Spanish government to start getting the island ready to be self sufficient and the military was just there to protect Puerto Rico until that day....the US said fuck you basically
Puerto Rico has had three opportunities in legislature to vote for independence without the US standing in their way, & voted three times to stay (smart move). Don’t blame Puerto Rican laziness in economy building on the US Government. I’m not even American but fair is fair.
3:42 You can say that again. If you are curious about how badly the loss of Cuba affected the Spaniards, I recommend you to inform yourselves about the literary movement that followed this war, named the "98 Generation" ("Generación del 98"). Many of Spain's most famous writers of all time came from this period, and if you know anything about Spanish literature, you know that's saying A LOT! It was a period of pessimistic self-reflection, which changed Spanish society to such a deep degree we still feel today. It was basically when Spain started to developed a MASSIVE inferiority complex, later on exacerbated by the Civil War and Franco, that's been a load ever since.
@@mathias9542 bro i literally live in Romande, french ppl absolutely do have a complex, but mostly it’s Parisians. Only a small portion don’t speak English because they are shy, which is fine, but most ppl flinch at the attempt if u try and insist on speaking french… hypocritically criticizing our apparently deliberate butchering of their language all the meanwhile they have the shittiest accent in English. If u speak some of their language in Spain and Italy they instantly like you much more. Granted I’ve been here long enough to see through the complex and see that this is just how they are and they aren’t always being arrogant, but emphasis on « aren’t always »
I've seen many videos from this channel, but the animation never gets old, and the characters communicating exclusively by signs is a gold standard for comedy.
* Spain after they lost their last colonies to the same country they helped get their independence years ago * Spain:This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals , maybe ever.
@@fernandofernandezvargas9923 Well, France actually went so far that they basically bankrupted because of it and in one of the best twists of irony had their own revolution because of it. So they kind of poked their own eye.
@Doven Ro Galus USA civil life is not becoming less stable. Current atmosphere is temporary. We are still the light of the world for our freedoms, we are blessed with tremendous natural resources and geopolitical advantages, and attract human capital continuously. Putin, cunning as he is, will soon die. Chinese power is built on the quicksand of internal oppression. We have strong allies and partners all over the world. Only a fool thinks that America is in decline.
Weird thing is, and I don’t know if this true, I heard a story saying that Aguinaldo actually attended a funeral service held in Manila for Alfonso XIII after his death by Spaniards in the Philippines, and when questioned why he was there he simply responded saying “He was my King too”
It's pretty funny that McKinley was "eh" at first about intervening in Cuba, but then sent over a warship after learning that the Spanish ambassador said some mean things about him. Weird priorities...
well seams like a simple set up for war like the us will do for litteraly every war from this point onwoard. oh, we sent a civilian ship that defently had no arms in it into a designated war zone and it got sunk. oh, they were defently shooting at our boats in vietnam. oh, dictator x in arabia did this horrible thing so now we have to slaughter thousands of their people because kiling is bad
@@alexg4711 1. supporting a rebellion against colonial rule 2. we must do anything to fight team communist, even if it means supporting dictatorships or invading countries 3. gross oversimplification but I'm too lazy to do my research to know the real reasons.
Spanish culture no longer exist in Phillipines, their President is a follower of USA and very indigenist, beside America after the war tried to wipe out every Spanish stuff
I mean depending on what you consider Spanish, surely the abundance of what feels like hispanic surnames and catholic majority are almost permanent remnants of spanish culture?
0:47 "The Front Fell Off" is in reference to an Australian satirical news skit about a reporter interviewing some owner of a shipping company about a boat sinking. The punch line he kept repeating as to the cause of the accident was "Well, the front fell off"
Sergio CD The U.S gave Cuba it’s independence. Actually no one knows how the Maine blew up. There is reason to believe that Spain did it, but there is no evidence it exploded on its own.
Sergio CD U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry ruled in March that the ship was blown up by a mine, without directly placing the blame on Spain. Much of Congress and a majority of the American public expressed little doubt that Spain was responsible and called for a declaration of war.
TheCrazyKid1381 We don’t have any military bases in countries that don’t want us there (with the exception of Cuba). If it’s an empire it’s “an empire by invitation”.
Lol, this is funny but if I would be a filipino I would prefer to be managed by the americans. They actually improved the phillipines unlike spain and didnt commit much atrocities compared to spain
@@The_Yosh before philippine independence, thats what the federalistas and the 51st statists wanted too. actually few decades ago, people still wanted that in the philippines despite being independent.
xXxSkyViperxXx We’d be more then willing to give them independence if they want it. They so far have elected for the status quo and statehood is more popular then independence. The Philippians and Cuba got independence if the other territories wanted it they’d have it by now. Of course they could change their mind and then we’d give them independence (or at least I hope we would).
@Griff the Pyrate Bastard People like talking down on "powerful" people without probably ever reading any history. There have been endless examples of chivalry from the middle ages down to the 18th century of aristocrats who back then would be the only ones in the army and gladly layed down their lives even though they had more comfortable lives than the rest of the population. Like battle of Fontenoy in 1745. The French lost many regiment colonels who were aristocrats leading the front line despite them winning the battle. In Fontenoy, British and French officers were arguing politely on who gets to fire on each other first, which became legendary. And they were all aristocrats. Even the king Louis XV refused thrice to withdraw to safety when told to do so who was present in the battle. Spain by the Spanish American war still held such close old fashion beliefs close to heart, because they were monarchy. Do not for one minute ever consider holding people of today who are "powerful" who have money and are rich private citizens on the same levels to old aristocracy. Real power doesn't come from your money it comes from the heart, money usually followed it. And if your heart goes bad, your money leaves you also, it's only a question of time.
1898: US ship sinks in Cuba. Spain losses overseas territories. 2019: The US wants Greenland and there are several US ships in Greenland ports. *Denmark sweats nervously*
Are you guys stupid? Well of course The US would like Greenland but we dont go and invade it we try to buy it with money and it's for geopolitical reasons especially with the northern artic melting. It's to counter Russian influence in the Artic. And it would be the Greenland people not the Danes that would decide if they'd like to Join the US.
@@Tom-2142 well if they said no then they would say no, there wouldn't be anything the US would do. Just like if you wanted to buy something from someone. You accept that they said no and move on, you wouldn't beat them over the head and steal it from them. But they would be offered a really good offer with all the benefits so they might accept the offer. But at the end of the day it would be Denmark and Greenlands decision. But the benefits would be greater with closer ties to North America than with Europe.
I’m Puerto Rican. And you got my attention and respect that you pronounced both ways of how they call my country. And you have my thanks for being autocorrcetive about the pronounciation. Thank you
@@elyenidacevedo1995 there is a difference between a country and a nation Puerto Rico currently is a commonwealth of the United States although ironically what they call themselves in Spanish is an entirely different thing
I was wondering when you would talk about this war. Fun fact, the Cuban flag was created in NYC during a dinner by Cuban exiles. They were inspired by the American flag
Fun fact, the puerto rican flag and the philippine flag are just color-flipped variants of the cuban flag or direct influences from the american flag, when they were working and coordinating together for simultaneous revolutions against spain
@@albertdiago3526 No, it's the opposite, actually. The original Catalan flag did not have the blue triangle and star (and it still doesn't, that's the independentist flag). The 'estelada' (the independentist flag) was inspired by the Cuban flag, since Catalan nationalism ('la Renaixença) was on the rise around that time as well.
The Puerto Rican flag was a inverted Cuban flag because of our shared heritage and hatred for Spain (We Puerto Ricans didn't hate Spain that much) But today we don't get along that much.
Would have been nice if you mentioned the phoeny battle of Intramuros (Manila) where the Spanish rather than surrender to the Filipinos staged a battle inside the walls so that they could surrender to the Americans instead.
@@Revolución_Socialista listen dude I really understand the Latin America is on this crusade but I don’t think it’s gonna work the rest the world has just gotten too used to calling people from the US Americans
@@IsraelCountryCube Oh, shush. The idea that the USA intentionally blew up the ship is kind of absurd. Considering the war fever in America it's not like they NEEDED the casus belli. More likely it was just an accident that Spain got blamed for.
@@Taiyama2 Yet the American fleet was coincidentally on the coast of the phillipines ready to attack the unkowing spanish garrison fleet there. Wowzers what a Coincidence.
@@Taiyama2 Uh, no. It's not absurd at all. You have any idea how many wars were caused by false flags? Most people don't enjoy going to war, unless there's a reason to motivate them. Many leaders intentionally blew up their own stuff and blame it on the other guy.
This channel is the best discovery I've made on RUclips this year. These videos are so interesting AND hilarious, often covering topics we rarely hear about. Had to watch every single video these past few months. Great job and keep it up, mate!
Wars in this era were really brief as similar wars like the First Italo-Ethiopian War and the Russo-Japanese War lasted a few months. All of this changed by World War 1 however
@PeruvianPotato Prior to the industrial age, wars would last for months or even years thanks to the time it took to mobilize troops. The railroad, the automobile and aircraft changed all that.
@@Mirokuofnite to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea,
I love how you accurately depict the firearms the soldiers are carrying. Great attention to detail as Americans would’ve been carrying the Krag rifle, and it’s obvious that’s a krag from its strange magazine that is visible.
The Mausers that were used by the Spanish also proved to be superior to our Krag-Jorgensens and thus led to the American copy of the Mauser 93, the 1903 Springfield.
Imagine if Britain said "no" to the US wanting to park themselves in the Chagos Islands and Cyprus "british" bases and never leave. Would Britain fight back? Highly doubt it.
Fake news and/or media hysteria played a big part in this conflict beginning. In retrospect, it's rather embarrassing and we Americans rarely talk about this war anymore (because of its controversy).
@@thunderbird1921 Americans dont talk about any wars actually, except for WW1, WW2, The Middle East, Vietnam, and the independence. Oh, and the war of the century, the extremely bloody and hed-blowing war of 1812, oh, and the civil war. Wonder why...
The war was bad. The actual colonial era was meh. It was marked with improvements in infrastructure and education. However America routinely tried to turn the Philippines into a dependency.
@@dobbysboggart6883 He didn't mean spain is a soviet lol, it means spain is laughing how americans fought for cuba before and now cuba is a threat under its soviet influence, ever heard of cuban missile crisis?
The contemporary theory by scientists, working off of the (admittedly limited) available data, is that it was probably an explosion in the coal room, due to all the flammable dust in the air, and some random spark Which means that the age of American empire began with a mechanical mishap occurring at a time when newspaper owners really wanted a war to move copy, which is second only to "Genghis Khan had an intelligence network that stretched all the way to Britain, and was prepared to conquer all of Europe, when he drank himself to death, forcing his army to return to Mongolia to elect a new Khagan, thus cancelling the invasion," on the wild historical turning points
That seems to be mentioned most often, but the Spanish oppression of the Cubans, Puerto Ricans and the people of the Philippines, is frequently overlooked.
@@AG-yc7vt Según el periodista político estadounidense James B. Goodno, el número de hombres, mujeres y niños civiles filipinos que perecieron como consecuencia directa de los enfrentamientos sobrepasó la sexta parte de la población total del país (o sea, murieron entre 1,2 millones y 1,5 millones). En 1908, el sacerdote católico Manuel Arellano Remondo estimó que hubo un poco más de un millón de hombres, mujeres y niños civiles filipinos muertos por la guerra
They liberated the Spanish colony of the Philippines to stablish the US colony of the Philippines Cuba was a state with all it's rights but might as well take it
@ボイス correct, usa did not liberate us it conquered which is still sad but it's almost as seen that it was the USA that liberated us because they flexed their ships on manila bay against the spanish, but by that time when that event happened, most of the islands was already set free, the inhabitants of the the differing islands were already kicking out the spaniards except for one place and that was manila, the spaniards were already clinched by filipinos and of course uncle sam entered.
@@math3000 I mean, not to glorify the imperlism and stuff but I guess it was a little bit better then spain with how they managed it, and Im sure if the spanish did beat the rebels and they also somehow take the philipeense back durring the spanish civil war after spain is under nationalism, they wouldve most likely been a colony under harsher treatment, still does not justify the colonialism though, just basically saying how I guess the new mangement was better because they gained a strong allie after ww2 and were acutally devoleped while being a colony compared to spain Im pretty sure.
Its kind of hilarious to me how many times America has gone to war over frankly dubious reasons. The war of 1812 America: stop kidnaping our sailors to serve in your military. England: yeah whatever. America: I'm gonna use this as an excuse to invade Canada England: Whatever, I don't care, I have France to fight. The Mexican American War America moves troops onto disputed land and Mexico fires. Polk: American blood has stained the land we must seek revenge! Congress: what land? we don't own it? oh whatever, do what you want. America conquers half of mexico. The Spanish American War Maine explodes Spain: so I examined this and it was just an accident America: WAR WAR WAR WAR Spain: you aren't listening to me are you? America WAR! World War 1 The Zimmerman Note Wilson: this sounds like bullshit made up by the UK but whatever if it gets this country to fight so be it. Vietnam War The Gulf of Tonkin incident Johnson: the North Vietnamese have attacked our ships unprovoked. We must go to war. Navy: Um... what are you talking about- Congress: War! The Iraq War Bush administration: Iraq has weapons of Mass destruction! CIA currently suffering from a bad case of group think: yes I confirmed it State Department: bruh, this is fake. Bush Administration: Shut Up. War! Pentagon: this is going to be very expensive. Bush Administration: no it won't! Republican Party: War! the public: War! the news got in on this too for some reason: War! Democratic Party: I think this is dumb but if I say no now it might cost me the elections...
The only one that isn't dubious is the Zimmerman Note. but its so ludicrous that I include it anyway. With the War of 1812 England had apologized for impressing American sailors and tried to resolve the conflict. but communication in 1812 was terrible. Nevermind the fact there were factions in the United states who were looking for a war. The Mexican American War was controversial during its time because the land that Mexico shot American soldiers on was disputed and America purposefully put them there. Most likely they were put there to incite a war. The Maine blew up due to an internal malfunction. Spain assessed the wreck and that was what they found at the time. But the war still happened due to yellow Journalism rallying the public up for War. and a few decades later the Americans assessed the ship and came to the same conclusion. The Gulf of Tonkin incident is to this day debated about whether it even occurred. And that officially started the Vietnam War. The Iraq War started because the Bush administration was looking for any reason to invade Iraq. They found proof of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a source that was known to be a fake lead. but the Bush Administration facilitated an environment of group think in America's intelligence community to press out anyone who disagreed with invading Iraq. The Iraq War intelligence analysis done by the CIA and other intelligence studies is now used as a case study on how not to do your job as an analyst.
@@Moonlitwatersofaqua You seem quite anti-american for no reason, the iraq war was not because they "wanted to invade iraq" it was because of huge instability and a dictatorship like government
@@nehankaranch2149 I'm actually quite nationalistic, thank you very much. I spent a lot of time studying studying the Iraq War. Iraq was not an unstable dictatorship. It was not in threat of collapse. And it was not a country that was prone to attacking its neighbors. It had lost that capability after the Persian Gulf War. The Iraq War was initially about removing Weapons of Mass Destruction from the country and it was further justified by supposed links to Al Qaeda. Both reasons ended up having no basis so "Spreading Democracy" was an attempt to rebrand the mission by the Bush Administration and save face.
The Spanish empire was dead,the American empire was born. ¡Quite poetic! Considering that the oldest cities in the US are former Spanish foundations, and that the US sees Latin America as it's backyard, Washington really replaced Madrid
Después de 300 años dominando el mundo el imperio español librando batallas contra ingleses holandeses japoneses franceses otomanos etc etc ya no pudimos más, Estados Unidos todavía no ha hecho ni la mitad que hizo España sintiéndolo mucho… por cierto así nos agradecisteis los americanos que los españoles os ayudáramos a la independencia, que sepáis los americanos que si hoy día soys independientes es gracias a España y no gracias a Francia como piensan algunos . Saludos desde España.
@@francisco-pk5rt we domt meed to thank you We beat you fair amd square now go cry about it or give back all tje solver amd gold from mexico of youre so kind 😂😂😂😂 spanish people are butthurt no wonder there economy is bad amd fertility rates dropped lol we won amd could easily occupy your poor nation . Btw france helped us more than spain ❤❤ thats a fact theu went broke and in debt for us . Spain didnt
@@ishrendon6435 Usatards lost against Vietnam when Spain won them in XIX and give the colony to France. You didn't even won against afghans when the spanish fought for almost 300 years against the barbary states in similar geographic contexts. Hitler didn't go to war against Spain for a reason... And remember this, you the usatards are near of the reason why Spain fall: a lot of open fronts. Russia, China and the arab brics would defeat them and you would know the defeat and black legend the spanish know for so long.
They would have. Spain has proper German equipment and Cuba could be sustained. The Spanish held no chance at sea, but this was not a problem, Cuba was a large and populated island that could sustain a war effort. What led Spain to lose was it's incompetent leadership, not at the top but at the bottom. Officers of the Spanish army constantly withdrew and retreated in Cuba, even when they were ready to fight, for example in Puerto Rico, where this wasn't as common, the Americans had an extremely hard time. Also, the Spanish fleet sent to relieve the Philippines could've gotten to the Philippines but the British were pro-American so the Spanish took extra time to pass through the Suez canal.
@@mcbabwe4977 No, they wouldn’t have lost. I will make this simple for you as you are clearly lost: with the financial backing of James Bisonette, you don’t lose. Name one country that has lost a war with James Bisonette’s financial backing… exactly, 0.
My teacher's grandgrandpa fought that war but in the Spanish navy (I'm from Spain btw) and he said that the difference between both fleets where ridiculous. Spain had wood made ships that hadn't been reworked ever since the 18th century. I guess it was to much instability to worry about
Thats a load of bullshit. Much of spanish ships were built in spain france and britain. Most Spanish ships then were made in the battles were laid down and made during the 1880-90's. Please dont spout bs
Well he’s wrong, because Spain had armored cruisers and protected cruisers as well as a pre-dreadnought and an armored warship, the battle of Santiago bay was intentionally lost by admiral Pascual because he sent his ships one by one out of the bay early in the morning while the American squadron was waiting.
@@CondeDeBarcano, españa empezó a construir una armada moderna desde 1859, para 1885 su armada se anticuo, asi que construyeron una nueva, que fue vendida como si nada a los yanquis por parte de el admirante Cervera, y en 1908 se empezaron a construir dreadnoughts destructores y submarinos.
Speed learning is so fun. I can throw basic history around and sound smart. Getting the gist of key history this way is very helpful finding ones interest, and dipping ones toes into a history. BRAVO!
Fun Fact: The Platt Amendment, which was included in the Cuban constitution as a condition for US troops to leave the island, stated, among other things, that the US could invade Cuba whenever without consulting with the Cuban government. It also limited the freedom with which Cuba could trade with non-US nations.
I'm just waiting for this channel to blow up because it really deserved even more attention. Really great job, keep up the good work I love the videos, some I've even watched 5 or 6 times. Looking forward to more!
Thank you History Matters for making a video about this. :) One more note: The Filipinos then gave America its first taste of jungle warfare which officially lasted until 1902, but guerrilla fighting by remnants of the Philippine Army as well as Moro insurgents (Muslim warriors who have long resisted the Catholic Spanish in the southern Philippines) continued until 1913.
Those newspaper titles at the beginning are some of the single greatest lines ive ever seen in a youtube video Also the sign saying the USS Maine sank because "the front fell off" is a brilliant reference
Key West, Florida was the USS Maine's last home port, and it sailed from there to go to Havana. As such, many of the bodies recovered from the wreck are buried in a fenced-off section of Key West Cemetery. For a history buff, it's well worth a visit if you're anywhere close by.
Spain was also very powerful in the 1700s. But since the country got invaded by France, the Empire lost much of its power. It’s not even an empire anymore.
Cuba and Philippines: We don't want to be colonized by Spain anymore! USA: *Defeats Spain* Cuba and Philippines: We don't want to be Colonized by the USA either! USA: 😲
@@AureliusLaurentius1099 Well to be fair, every government everywhere stinks in some way. It's like Democracy. It's terrible, but it's better than the other options.
"Remember the Maine, to hell with Spain!"
They don't make recruitment slogans like they used to.
"Show the Viet Cong when they went wrong" was all I could think of
really? What was the gulf war, Iraq, Syria, the White wars in Yugoslavia (my personal term for them) and if some people get their way Iran? There’s still Americans who support war. There’s always madmen in a country
Shadow Planthead The American population hates war on a high level. To the point where soldiers who fought in them can be harassed for being in them. The American government doesn’t count as the American population. Of course there’s also people who support war there always will be. But Americans used to support war on a much higher level, world war 2 was a supported and justified war for them, and it killed much more people than any of those wars combined.
i mean the german Bundeswehr has slogans like "Multiplayer at its best" or "Can't get more open-world than that"
@Shadow Planthead They were talking about the population at large.
These square characters holding signs is a very underrated idea.
They have a certain charm about them
This tbh
Probably not all were square. I'm sure some were unconventional and had no respect for tradition.
Азов Roblox characters
@@zEliazar you mean minecraft characters
There's still a saying in Spain: 'Más se perdió en Cuba' (more was lost in Cuba). It's often used to lessen the importance of a bad turn of events because, of course, losing Cuba was worse.
Cuba would've been a lost cause regardless, just wish Puerto Rico was still part of Spain considering how Americans treat it like a third world colony than an US territory
@@mohamud60 Not really. Cuban rebels had no chance.
@@mohamud60 well the sad fact is...Puerto Rico was on its way to independence...they were allowed by the Spanish government to start getting the island ready to be self sufficient and the military was just there to protect Puerto Rico until that day....the US said fuck you basically
Puerto Rico has had three opportunities in legislature to vote for independence without the US standing in their way, & voted three times to stay (smart move). Don’t blame Puerto Rican laziness in economy building on the US Government. I’m not even American but fair is fair.
@@ddc2957 yeahh but when they vote for statehood...the government is like ehhhh
3:42
You can say that again. If you are curious about how badly the loss of Cuba affected the Spaniards, I recommend you to inform yourselves about the literary movement that followed this war, named the "98 Generation" ("Generación del 98"). Many of Spain's most famous writers of all time came from this period, and if you know anything about Spanish literature, you know that's saying A LOT!
It was a period of pessimistic self-reflection, which changed Spanish society to such a deep degree we still feel today. It was basically when Spain started to developed a MASSIVE inferiority complex, later on exacerbated by the Civil War and Franco, that's been a load ever since.
Better than the arrogant french complex lol. Spanish ppl are some of the best and nicest ppl I’ve met. Can’t say the same for all Frenchmen
@@JustThatOneRandomGuyyou ain't us , hate us 🇨🇵
@@mathias9542 bro i literally live in Romande, french ppl absolutely do have a complex, but mostly it’s Parisians. Only a small portion don’t speak English because they are shy, which is fine, but most ppl flinch at the attempt if u try and insist on speaking french… hypocritically criticizing our apparently deliberate butchering of their language all the meanwhile they have the shittiest accent in English. If u speak some of their language in Spain and Italy they instantly like you much more. Granted I’ve been here long enough to see through the complex and see that this is just how they are and they aren’t always being arrogant, but emphasis on « aren’t always »
@@JustThatOneRandomGuy on hating parisians you can’t beat a French , don’t go to Paris it’s the worst city in France come to marseille
@@mathias9542 mdrrr ive always wanted to visit there. And if it’s better than Paris that makes me want to visit it more. Thanks!
"You get:
- 20 mil
- laughed at"
That was a good one.
suprised there is still no replies
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Think about the fact that the United States paid Spain for the lost territory instead of demanding reparations.
@@williammerkel1410 now that’s honor
“But since yellow fever didn’t wear a Spanish uniform...it didn’t count.”
Lmaooo
wow a parrot comment
Tel that to latinamericans and the freaking smallpox
@@jorgeadelprado ok smallpox happens when another civilization meets another civilization of people. That's nature.
@@attiepollard7847 I repeat explain that to half of Latinamerica... Cos they still claim Spain use chemical warfare before germ theory was a thing
Let’s blame the Maine on Spain
So they blamed the Maine on Spain!
Now we're in business.
Kim Jong-un Actually very reasonable and Spain was tyrants
I just scrolled down to write this, but saw your comment. The leader is a man of culture it seems.
Bowen Not reasonable by logic standards, not necessarily by mora standards, but definitely by geo-political standards.
I've seen many videos from this channel, but the animation never gets old, and the characters communicating exclusively by signs is a gold standard for comedy.
We are slowly approaching five minutes, after another year we will have ten again
Mike Alpha YAAAAY
This weirdly rhythmic
A man can dream
4 minutes and 20 seconds huh
I loved the 10 min vids tho... Cant get enough!!!!
* Spain after they lost their last colonies to the same country they helped get their independence years ago *
Spain:This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals , maybe ever.
@@fernandofernandezvargas9923 That doesn't change their instrumental and vital role in the American Revolution.
@@fernandofernandezvargas9923 Well, France actually went so far that they basically bankrupted because of it and in one of the best twists of irony had their own revolution because of it. So they kind of poked their own eye.
@@hebl47 And the USA promptly had a war with France during that revolution so they wouldnt have to pay debts lol
@@TheCol111 when the fuck was there ever a war between France and the United States?
@@YourMom-co6lo The Quasi-war, it wasn't a proper war, but the americans refuse continue to pay their debt to france.
A colony colonizes colonies from a colonial empire
Bruh moment
Understand that your way of life depends on American global economic strength.
@Doven Ro Galus USA civil life is not becoming less stable. Current atmosphere is temporary. We are still the light of the world for our freedoms, we are blessed with tremendous natural resources and geopolitical advantages, and attract human capital continuously. Putin, cunning as he is, will soon die. Chinese power is built on the quicksand of internal oppression. We have strong allies and partners all over the world. Only a fool thinks that America is in decline.
pure yankee hypocrisy, aint it?
@@gambigambigambi Lol indeed. Let them be
Weird thing is, and I don’t know if this true, I heard a story saying that Aguinaldo actually attended a funeral service held in Manila for Alfonso XIII after his death by Spaniards in the Philippines, and when questioned why he was there he simply responded saying “He was my King too”
@@thelastcommander8765 They did until they became jerks.
@@benfrank9622 damn true, true indeed
It's pretty funny that McKinley was "eh" at first about intervening in Cuba, but then sent over a warship after learning that the Spanish ambassador said some mean things about him. Weird priorities...
well, the first thing was non-American business, but the second was very much a non-friendly act towards the US
well seams like a simple set up for war like the us will do for litteraly every war from this point onwoard.
oh, we sent a civilian ship that defently had no arms in it into a designated war zone and it got sunk.
oh, they were defently shooting at our boats in vietnam.
oh, dictator x in arabia did this horrible thing so now we have to slaughter thousands of their people because kiling is bad
@@alexg4711 1. supporting a rebellion against colonial rule
2. we must do anything to fight team communist, even if it means supporting dictatorships or invading countries
3. gross oversimplification but I'm too lazy to do my research to know the real reasons.
@@freddy4603 : 2) The USSR had _already_ demonstrated that it would do the same- that's how the PRC took over China.
@@absalomdraconis ...did you think I was on team commie? hell nah bro, you got my message wrong
Fair obscure topic. It left the US with the Philippines as a colony which makes the Philippines today a mix between Spain and US culture.
Spanish culture no longer exist in Phillipines, their President is a follower of USA and very indigenist, beside America after the war tried to wipe out every Spanish stuff
I mean depending on what you consider Spanish, surely the abundance of what feels like hispanic surnames and catholic majority are almost permanent remnants of spanish culture?
@@mariano98ify
Its legacy remains, architectures, Catholicism, and Spanish surnames remains part of the Philippines today.
They killed 1000000 who spoke spanish
@@ariancutillas8653 source?
"Do The Spanish Eat Babies? Probably." is the single greatest headliner in the 21st century
Closely followef by "Texas man loses hat"
If you replace "Spanish" with "the Libs" you could get a job at Fox News.
*19th century
We only feast on babies after a good siesta 😁
And it's hardly an exaggeration. If you read American headlines of the time about the war, that's pretty much what they were like.
0:47 "The Front Fell Off" is in reference to an Australian satirical news skit about a reporter interviewing some owner of a shipping company about a boat sinking. The punch line he kept repeating as to the cause of the accident was "Well, the front fell off"
boat: blows up
america: It's island taking time.
Scooter M Actually liberating time. That ship had over 200 sailors.
@@bowen1704 Liberating colonised countries by colonising them again? And it wasn't the spanish who blew up that boat.
Sergio CD The U.S gave Cuba it’s independence.
Actually no one knows how the Maine blew up. There is reason to believe that Spain did it, but there is no evidence it exploded on its own.
Sergio CD U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry ruled in March that the ship was blown up by a mine, without directly placing the blame on Spain. Much of Congress and a majority of the American public expressed little doubt that Spain was responsible and called for a declaration of war.
Sergio CD Anti historical facts I see.
America: We're here to free the Philippines.
The Philippines: Ok, we're free.
America: Well actually....
We did actually free them in 1946.
@@DTD110865 yes 48 years later while everyone else was gaining independence as well. Good job.
@@reinatr4848 In our defense, we did give the Cubans independence in 1902.
@@DTD110865 oh congrats, TOTALLY not because you saw it as part of your sphere.
By “free” we mean you’re now Americans
Philippines: "No more empires for us."
America: "About that."
Not valid after 1946.
@LUNAR BLOODDROP We have military bases there. That's it.
@@DTD110865 not since some decades ago, no, though american soldiers do visit regularly every year
@@DTD110865 They have been closed for some time.
TheCrazyKid1381 We don’t have any military bases in countries that don’t want us there (with the exception of Cuba). If it’s an empire it’s “an empire by invitation”.
Philippines: We're free!
America: I wouldn't say free, more like under new management
Lol, this is funny but if I would be a filipino I would prefer to be managed by the americans.
They actually improved the phillipines unlike spain and didnt commit much atrocities compared to spain
Cuba and Philippines: So we're free and independent now?
USA: *Well yes, but actually no*
USA: "Give it about half a century Philippines."
@@merrittanimation7721 USA: "Give it about forever Guam and Puerto Rico."
xXxSkyViperxXx Guam doesn’t want independence, and Puerto Rico wants to be a state.
@@The_Yosh before philippine independence, thats what the federalistas and the 51st statists wanted too. actually few decades ago, people still wanted that in the philippines despite being independent.
xXxSkyViperxXx We’d be more then willing to give them independence if they want it. They so far have elected for the status quo and statehood is more popular then independence. The Philippians and Cuba got independence if the other territories wanted it they’d have it by now. Of course they could change their mind and then we’d give them independence (or at least I hope we would).
honestly every us war involves a boat being attacked i swear
Oh my, you're kinda right.
There is no greater insult to America than sinking one of our boats.
I was looking for a comment like this!
battle of pearl harbor
sinking of lusitania
battle of tonkin
The thing is that 80% of the time the us destroys its own ship to avoid looking like the attackers for example the spanish american war
"Its leaders preferred to go down fighting and lose with honour intact"
Wasn't them fighting though, was it?
Still.. you have to be Spanish to understand Spanish honor
Honra sin barcos o barcos sin honra
Honor without boat or boats without honor
@Griff the Pyrate Bastard and more important
It takes some cojones to fight knowing you gonna loose!
« If we gonna loose we gonna loose fighting! »
@Griff the Pyrate Bastard People like talking down on "powerful" people without probably ever reading any history. There have been endless examples of chivalry from the middle ages down to the 18th century of aristocrats who back then would be the only ones in the army and gladly layed down their lives even though they had more comfortable lives than the rest of the population. Like battle of Fontenoy in 1745. The French lost many regiment colonels who were aristocrats leading the front line despite them winning the battle. In Fontenoy, British and French officers were arguing politely on who gets to fire on each other first, which became legendary.
And they were all aristocrats. Even the king Louis XV refused thrice to withdraw to safety when told to do so who was present in the battle.
Spain by the Spanish American war still held such close old fashion beliefs close to heart, because they were monarchy.
Do not for one minute ever consider holding people of today who are "powerful" who have money and are rich private citizens on the same levels to old aristocracy. Real power doesn't come from your money it comes from the heart, money usually followed it. And if your heart goes bad, your money leaves you also, it's only a question of time.
Just think:
Spain was one of the superpowers vital in making U.S.A a independent country
Bruh
Not really. France gets that credit
@@chaosXP3RT They said one of the superpowers
“Hoisted by my own petard!” - Spanish generals as their ships sink.
@Haziq South & Central America, sure. The North? Hardly.
@@ddc2957 The first city ever founded in America by an European power was done in Florida by Spain.
"No More Empire For us,"
"You get: Laughed at."
ROFL
ROFL?
Rolling on the Floor Laughing.
@@kylemohs8728 are you serious I googled the definition before clicking replies
Well its been almost a year, I thought it was highly amusing though ROFL may be overstating the matterl.
"Does your wife want to vote?"
-Brooklyn Divorce Lawyers, Inc.
I love these easter eggs.
Came here to say exactly this. I chuckled for about 3 minutes continuously.
congress continues to do nothing. texas man lost his hat,
those were the good old days, sigh :'(
I laughed so fucking hard that my laugh was probably heard in Spain.
@@AlejandroRodolfoMendez sad Texan Man noises
1898:
US ship sinks in Cuba.
Spain losses overseas territories.
2019:
The US wants Greenland and there are several US ships in Greenland ports.
*Denmark sweats nervously*
It would be a shame if Greenland was taken over now poor Canada would be surrounded by FREEDOM
L.U.I.S ._. Don’t worry the beaver and moose will protect us
Are you guys stupid? Well of course The US would like Greenland but we dont go and invade it we try to buy it with money and it's for geopolitical reasons especially with the northern artic melting. It's to counter Russian influence in the Artic. And it would be the Greenland people not the Danes that would decide if they'd like to Join the US.
NoticeDruid and what about when they say no.
@@Tom-2142 well if they said no then they would say no, there wouldn't be anything the US would do. Just like if you wanted to buy something from someone. You accept that they said no and move on, you wouldn't beat them over the head and steal it from them. But they would be offered a really good offer with all the benefits so they might accept the offer. But at the end of the day it would be Denmark and Greenlands decision. But the benefits would be greater with closer ties to North America than with Europe.
I’m Puerto Rican. And you got my attention and respect that you pronounced both ways of how they call my country. And you have my thanks for being autocorrcetive about the pronounciation. Thank you
It’s not a country.
@@ddc2957 It is a Nation though.
Me too
@@ddc2957 yeah but we like to call it that since everyone is always confused on what we are
@@elyenidacevedo1995 there is a difference between a country and a nation Puerto Rico currently is a commonwealth of the United States although ironically what they call themselves in Spanish is an entirely different thing
I was wondering when you would talk about this war. Fun fact, the Cuban flag was created in NYC during a dinner by Cuban exiles. They were inspired by the American flag
It was walso inspired by the Catalan independence movement flag, that's why they have the same pattern.
Fun fact, the puerto rican flag and the philippine flag are just color-flipped variants of the cuban flag or direct influences from the american flag, when they were working and coordinating together for simultaneous revolutions against spain
@@albertdiago3526 No, it's the opposite, actually. The original Catalan flag did not have the blue triangle and star (and it still doesn't, that's the independentist flag). The 'estelada' (the independentist flag) was inspired by the Cuban flag, since Catalan nationalism ('la Renaixença) was on the rise around that time as well.
Kaiser Marcqui true, TIL
The Puerto Rican flag was a inverted Cuban flag because of our shared heritage and hatred for Spain (We Puerto Ricans didn't hate Spain that much) But today we don't get along that much.
Would have been nice if you mentioned the phoeny battle of Intramuros (Manila) where the Spanish rather than surrender to the Filipinos staged a battle inside the walls so that they could surrender to the Americans instead.
Yep, The Spaniards told the Americans they'd rather lose to white men than the Filipinos
"Americans" are all people who live on the American Continent, not just in the united states
@@Revolución_Socialista That is our demonym. We were the first independent country in the Americas. Get over it.
o
@@Revolución_Socialista listen dude I really understand the Latin America is on this crusade but I don’t think it’s gonna work the rest the world has just gotten too used to calling people from the US Americans
America: BANG
Guam: Let me ask my mom if I can shoot
America: Wait what?
Gusm: She said no :(
2:33 Seeing Teddy galloping in the background gave me a good chuckle.
"The front fell off"
Should have been built using maritime engineering standards.
"What's wrong with it?"
"Well, the front fell off."
Thankfully they towed the warship beyond the Environment.
like the front not falling off, that is most definitely not supposed to happen
it was made of cardboard and cardboard derivatives
Apparent it was hit by a wave.
"So what happened to the Maine?"
*ｔｈｅ ｆｒｏｎｔ ｆｅｌｌ ｏｆｆ*
@@Cjnw VERKEERD VERTAALD VRIEND
yeah USA blew up their own ships lmao then fucked Spain thats the part im sad about USA were a bunch of assholes
@@IsraelCountryCube Oh, shush. The idea that the USA intentionally blew up the ship is kind of absurd. Considering the war fever in America it's not like they NEEDED the casus belli. More likely it was just an accident that Spain got blamed for.
@@Taiyama2 Yet the American fleet was coincidentally on the coast of the phillipines ready to attack the unkowing spanish garrison fleet there. Wowzers what a Coincidence.
@@Taiyama2 Uh, no. It's not absurd at all. You have any idea how many wars were caused by false flags? Most people don't enjoy going to war, unless there's a reason to motivate them. Many leaders intentionally blew up their own stuff and blame it on the other guy.
Maine: *explodes*
America: You've activated my trap card
Thats exactly that! haha
Kamikaze ship leading to make a war for having a reason to take the east indies
More like "America: I self activated my trap card"
They activated their own trap card lol
Pretty sure it was subterfuge.
This channel is the best discovery I've made on RUclips this year. These videos are so interesting AND hilarious, often covering topics we rarely hear about. Had to watch every single video these past few months. Great job and keep it up, mate!
"Some place in Cuba called Guantanamo Bay"
Probably completely irrelevant to future US-Cuban relations.
It's a surprise tool that will help us later
Merritt Animation
Not completely. The USA got to keep it if they payed rent.
Bush: It's free real estate
America: finally we're free from British imperial rule
Also America: *creates new empire by destroying the one of the oldest empires*
imperial empire
sounds about right
Imperial Empire is Best Empire
Britain: I'm so proud *tears up*
@@gimmethegepgun *1950 kicks in*
British empire in discord: *Everyone leaves especially south africa*
British:"ahhh shit here we go again"
@@gimmethegepgun Britain to US: Son, you make daddy so proud huhu
USS Maine explodes
USA: I’m gonna do what’s considered a pro gamer move
It's free real estate
I'm gonna do what's called a *HATE CRIME*
scottydu81 said every European ever
more like seal clubbing
Nah most Americans wouldn’t know the word “considered.” Pretty sure in the original meme it’s “called” too.
So this is basically the type of war people expect when they say "it'll be over by Christmas"?
Wars in this era were really brief as similar wars like the First Italo-Ethiopian War and the Russo-Japanese War lasted a few months. All of this changed by World War 1 however
The next world war will be over in half an hour.
@PeruvianPotato Prior to the industrial age, wars would last for months or even years thanks to the time it took to mobilize troops. The railroad, the automobile and aircraft changed all that.
When manifest destiny starts taking over parts of Asia
Expand west until we reach the east coast again.
From sea to shining sea to shining sea.
Manifest destiny doesn’t end
@@Mirokuofnite to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea, to shining sea,
Manifest destiny doesn't stop on earth
"What should we blame on Spain?"
"Let's blame the maine on Spain!"
odd sock so they blame it on Spain
You can make a religion out of-
No. Dont.
And where do bullet's rain? Mainly on the plain.
@@anthonylong9067 ah yes, Boat Mormons
@@slewone4905 spain will feel the pain
I love how you accurately depict the firearms the soldiers are carrying. Great attention to detail as Americans would’ve been carrying the Krag rifle, and it’s obvious that’s a krag from its strange magazine that is visible.
The Mausers that were used by the Spanish also proved to be superior to our Krag-Jorgensens and thus led to the American copy of the Mauser 93, the 1903 Springfield.
The Spanish actually fought good
it's just that despite how good their guns were, it didn't matter if they had no bullets in them
@@kronfischerthey sucked lol
I love how these little historical story's are so well animated, keep up the good work!
“You like imperialism, don’t you America?”
-Britain
"After all I look to those who inspire me." -America
The Brits were good teachers.
Imagine if Britain said "no" to the US wanting to park themselves in the Chagos Islands and Cyprus "british" bases and never leave. Would Britain fight back? Highly doubt it.
Sanuk Jang Lery ok kid
" Aaah thats my fat gun-loving bastard child right there" - Britain
The front fell off. That's not very typical, I would like to make that point.
Well, how is that not typical?
@@mi38029 It doesn't. These ships are built to very rigorous maritime standards. No cardboard, for starters. No glue. No tape.
@@Communist-Doge Rubber?
I mean there is a lot of eveidence that it was a False Flag. McKinley was just trying to find a way to annex colonies "legally"
@@Communist-Doge No tape or glue? Well no wonder the front fell off!
America had run out of destiny to manifest and they’re looking for more.
Fake news and/or media hysteria played a big part in this conflict beginning. In retrospect, it's rather embarrassing and we Americans rarely talk about this war anymore (because of its controversy).
@@thunderbird1921 Americans dont talk about any wars actually, except for WW1, WW2, The Middle East, Vietnam, and the independence. Oh, and the war of the century, the extremely bloody and hed-blowing war of 1812, oh, and the civil war.
Wonder why...
@@g_g1241 You don't make any sense, so they talk about almost all their major wars? What a shock.
@@eodyn7 It's sarcasm dummy
Spain: insults McKinley
Also Spain: *hears boss music in manifest destiny*
aaaah.....actually, dat was BAWS music!
fuck america!!! BRING BACK SPAIN!!!!
Can you do more in detail to the phillipene american occupation? By what I've read, though there are few youtube vid on it, it was bad.
The occupation by the Japanese during WW2 also I think
american censorship maybe
@@mastrorick ill probably make a video on it
Worse than the 3 century-long Spanish occupation.
The war was bad. The actual colonial era was meh. It was marked with improvements in infrastructure and education. However America routinely tried to turn the Philippines into a dependency.
America: Hey, that's a real nice empire you got there.
Spain: *sweating profusely*
poor ufcking fspnaords
The front fell off is one of the all time greatest sketches. Awesome reference.
Cuba gets Soviet ballistic rockets.
Spain: Remember Cuba, to hell with Murica!
doesn't rhyme
Very cool slogan of revenge!
@@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014 a
Spain wasn't Soviet.
@@dobbysboggart6883 He didn't mean spain is a soviet lol, it means spain is laughing how americans fought for cuba before and now cuba is a threat under its soviet influence, ever heard of cuban missile crisis?
One of the best channels on RUclips. Great vid as always!
0:27 - "CONGRESS CONTINUES TO DO NOTHING"
Seems like this is still a headline today.
I'm so happy you covered the capture of Guam in detail. It's always been my favorite.
Conveniently places battleship in Cuban waters
Ship explodes
...
*"OH NO, WE'VE BEEN HIT! BUT BY THE SPANISH!!!...WE SWEAR!!!!!"*
I wonder if they held off on sending another more convenient ship because it didn’t rhyme.
@@DoABarrelRol1l yeah america were assholes back in the day lmao!!! poor spain I neeed to go there and ressurect SPANISH EMPIRE!
The contemporary theory by scientists, working off of the (admittedly limited) available data, is that it was probably an explosion in the coal room, due to all the flammable dust in the air, and some random spark
Which means that the age of American empire began with a mechanical mishap occurring at a time when newspaper owners really wanted a war to move copy, which is second only to "Genghis Khan had an intelligence network that stretched all the way to Britain, and was prepared to conquer all of Europe, when he drank himself to death, forcing his army to return to Mongolia to elect a new Khagan, thus cancelling the invasion," on the wild historical turning points
Little disappointed you didn't mention how William Randolph Hearst stoked the flames of war with Spain through his introduction of yellow journalism
That seems to be mentioned most often, but the Spanish oppression of the Cubans, Puerto Ricans and the people of the Philippines, is frequently overlooked.
@@DTD110865 Lmao you should be ashamed of saying that after the US killed 1200000 civilians in the Philipines war with USA
@@TF-km2ls Source?
@@AG-yc7vt Según el periodista político estadounidense James B. Goodno, el número de hombres, mujeres y niños civiles filipinos que perecieron como consecuencia directa de los enfrentamientos sobrepasó la sexta parte de la población total del país (o sea, murieron entre 1,2 millones y 1,5 millones).
En 1908, el sacerdote católico Manuel Arellano Remondo estimó que hubo un poco más de un millón de hombres, mujeres y niños civiles filipinos muertos por la guerra
@@DTD110865 the Spanish were no more oppressive to the Philippines than the US was after
"Karl, where are all the ships of the Spanish Navy?"
"Well, looking at the trajectory of the moon and sun, probably at the bottom of the ocean."
Karl... that kills people
@myles Shafer Best comments ever
Spain:
America: you’ve yeed your last haw
'It meant amazing well'
'For America'
Had me dying
They liberated the Spanish colony of the Philippines to stablish the US colony of the Philippines
Cuba was a state with all it's rights but might as well take it
@ボイス correct, usa did not liberate us it conquered which is still sad but it's almost as seen that it was the USA that liberated us because they flexed their ships on manila bay against the spanish, but by that time when that event happened, most of the islands was already set free, the inhabitants of the the differing islands were already kicking out the spaniards except for one place and that was manila, the spaniards were already clinched by filipinos and of course uncle sam entered.
🇵🇭: thanks for helping us oust spain. Does that mean we’re free?
🇺🇸: well yes. But actually no.
More like under new management
@@math3000 I mean, not to glorify the imperlism and stuff but I guess it was a little bit better then spain with how they managed it, and Im sure if the spanish did beat the rebels and they also somehow take the philipeense back durring the spanish civil war after spain is under nationalism, they wouldve most likely been a colony under harsher treatment, still does not justify the colonialism though, just basically saying how I guess the new mangement was better because they gained a strong allie after ww2 and were acutally devoleped while being a colony compared to spain Im pretty sure.
"The Front Fell Off!" - Clarke & Dawe 😂🇦🇺
"But since yellow fever didn't wear a Spanish uniform"
*Sees Spain colored yellow*
**HMMMMMMM...**
There's always a boat being attacked when it comes to the U.S, hmmm....
Its kind of hilarious to me how many times America has gone to war over frankly dubious reasons.
The war of 1812
America: stop kidnaping our sailors to serve in your military.
England: yeah whatever.
America: I'm gonna use this as an excuse to invade Canada
England: Whatever, I don't care, I have France to fight.
The Mexican American War
America moves troops onto disputed land and Mexico fires.
Polk: American blood has stained the land we must seek revenge!
Congress: what land? we don't own it? oh whatever, do what you want.
America conquers half of mexico.
The Spanish American War
Maine explodes
Spain: so I examined this and it was just an accident
America: WAR WAR WAR WAR
Spain: you aren't listening to me are you?
America WAR!
World War 1
The Zimmerman Note
Wilson: this sounds like bullshit made up by the UK but whatever if it gets this country to fight so be it.
Vietnam War
The Gulf of Tonkin incident
Johnson: the North Vietnamese have attacked our ships unprovoked. We must go to war.
Navy: Um... what are you talking about-
Congress: War!
The Iraq War
Bush administration: Iraq has weapons of Mass destruction!
CIA currently suffering from a bad case of group think: yes I confirmed it
State Department: bruh, this is fake.
Bush Administration: Shut Up. War!
Pentagon: this is going to be very expensive.
Bush Administration: no it won't!
Republican Party: War!
the public: War!
the news got in on this too for some reason: War!
Democratic Party: I think this is dumb but if I say no now it might cost me the elections...
@@Moonlitwatersofaqua I wouldn't consider a decent amount of these dubious tbh
The only one that isn't dubious is the Zimmerman Note. but its so ludicrous that I include it anyway.
With the War of 1812 England had apologized for impressing American sailors and tried to resolve the conflict. but communication in 1812 was terrible. Nevermind the fact there were factions in the United states who were looking for a war.
The Mexican American War was controversial during its time because the land that Mexico shot American soldiers on was disputed and America purposefully put them there. Most likely they were put there to incite a war.
The Maine blew up due to an internal malfunction. Spain assessed the wreck and that was what they found at the time. But the war still happened due to yellow Journalism rallying the public up for War. and a few decades later the Americans assessed the ship and came to the same conclusion.
The Gulf of Tonkin incident is to this day debated about whether it even occurred. And that officially started the Vietnam War.
The Iraq War started because the Bush administration was looking for any reason to invade Iraq. They found proof of Weapons of Mass Destruction in a source that was known to be a fake lead. but the Bush Administration facilitated an environment of group think in America's intelligence community to press out anyone who disagreed with invading Iraq. The Iraq War intelligence analysis done by the CIA and other intelligence studies is now used as a case study on how not to do your job as an analyst.
@@Moonlitwatersofaqua You seem quite anti-american for no reason, the iraq war was not because they "wanted to invade iraq" it was because of huge instability and a dictatorship like government
@@nehankaranch2149 I'm actually quite nationalistic, thank you very much. I spent a lot of time studying studying the Iraq War. Iraq was not an unstable dictatorship. It was not in threat of collapse. And it was not a country that was prone to attacking its neighbors. It had lost that capability after the Persian Gulf War. The Iraq War was initially about removing Weapons of Mass Destruction from the country and it was further justified by supposed links to Al Qaeda. Both reasons ended up having no basis so "Spreading Democracy" was an attempt to rebrand the mission by the Bush Administration and save face.
I love these little characters he uses in his animation. They are adorable.
You should cover the Philippine side of this conflict, as well as the War of Independence against the Americans
3:33 *: "Because yellow fever doesn't wear a Spanish uniform"*
I love this channel
But Spain is yellow so Yellow Fever should count
The USS Maine blows up
America: Well I guess it’s time for war
Ad Victoriam
0.48 I got a really good chuckle from that. Was not expecting a Clarke and Dawe reference
0:26
"Does your wife want to vote?"
- Brooklyn Divorce Lawyers INC
The Spanish empire was dead,the American empire was born. ¡Quite poetic! Considering that the oldest cities in the US are former Spanish foundations, and that the US sees Latin America as it's backyard, Washington really replaced Madrid
Después de 300 años dominando el mundo el imperio español librando batallas contra ingleses holandeses japoneses franceses otomanos etc etc ya no pudimos más, Estados Unidos todavía no ha hecho ni la mitad que hizo España sintiéndolo mucho… por cierto así nos agradecisteis los americanos que los españoles os ayudáramos a la independencia, que sepáis los americanos que si hoy día soys independientes es gracias a España y no gracias a Francia como piensan algunos . Saludos desde España.
@@francisco-pk5rt you lost buddy to emgland and america and more lol
@@francisco-pk5rt we domt meed to thank you
We beat you fair amd square now go cry about it or give back all tje solver amd gold from mexico of youre so kind 😂😂😂😂 spanish people are butthurt no wonder there economy is bad amd fertility rates dropped lol we won amd could easily occupy your poor nation . Btw france helped us more than spain ❤❤ thats a fact theu went broke and in debt for us . Spain didnt
@@ishrendon6435 Usatards lost against Vietnam when Spain won them in XIX and give the colony to France. You didn't even won against afghans when the spanish fought for almost 300 years against the barbary states in similar geographic contexts.
Hitler didn't go to war against Spain for a reason...
And remember this, you the usatards are near of the reason why Spain fall: a lot of open fronts. Russia, China and the arab brics would defeat them and you would know the defeat and black legend the spanish know for so long.
@@ishrendon6435 but we also won many times against them
"Let's go, boys, we got those Yankee Bastards on the run!!" US General Joseph Wheeler during the Spanish-American war.
@Luís Filipe Andrade He was an old Confederate cavalry commander caught up in the moment.
The Northerners are called Yankees and the Southerners are called Dixie's.
Some generals have more acute fight-the-last-war syndrome than others.
I know I'm a year late but. For Canadians you are all Yankee doodles.
Nice brief synopsis of actions and underlying motivations .
The Spanish woudn't have lost the war if they had the financial backing of James Bisonette
They would have. Spain has proper German equipment and Cuba could be sustained. The Spanish held no chance at sea, but this was not a problem, Cuba was a large and populated island that could sustain a war effort. What led Spain to lose was it's incompetent leadership, not at the top but at the bottom. Officers of the Spanish army constantly withdrew and retreated in Cuba, even when they were ready to fight, for example in Puerto Rico, where this wasn't as common, the Americans had an extremely hard time. Also, the Spanish fleet sent to relieve the Philippines could've gotten to the Philippines but the British were pro-American so the Spanish took extra time to pass through the Suez canal.
@@mcbabwe4977 No, they wouldn’t have lost. I will make this simple for you as you are clearly lost: with the financial backing of James Bisonette, you don’t lose. Name one country that has lost a war with James Bisonette’s financial backing… exactly, 0.
@@mcbabwe4977 someone missed the joke.
@@XXXTENTAClON227 US is unique ❤❤❤
@@XXXTENTAClON227 US wouldve won. We have better men ❤❤
My teacher's grandgrandpa fought that war but in the Spanish navy (I'm from Spain btw) and he said that the difference between both fleets where ridiculous. Spain had wood made ships that hadn't been reworked ever since the 18th century. I guess it was to much instability to worry about
solo justo antes de la guerra civil empezamos a construir una armada moderna
Thats a load of bullshit. Much of spanish ships were built in spain france and britain. Most Spanish ships then were made in the battles were laid down and made during the 1880-90's. Please dont spout bs
Well he’s wrong, because Spain had armored cruisers and protected cruisers as well as a pre-dreadnought and an armored warship, the battle of Santiago bay was intentionally lost by admiral Pascual because he sent his ships one by one out of the bay early in the morning while the American squadron was waiting.
@@CondeDeBarcano, españa empezó a construir una armada moderna desde 1859, para 1885 su armada se anticuo, asi que construyeron una nueva, que fue vendida como si nada a los yanquis por parte de el admirante Cervera, y en 1908 se empezaron a construir dreadnoughts destructores y submarinos.
Two "Maine Reasons" I see what you did there.
Speed learning is so fun. I can throw basic history around and sound smart. Getting the gist of key history this way is very helpful finding ones interest, and dipping ones toes into a history. BRAVO!
In Spain we call this war “El Desastre del 98” “The 98’s disaster”
Fun Fact: The Platt Amendment, which was included in the Cuban constitution as a condition for US troops to leave the island, stated, among other things, that the US could invade Cuba whenever without consulting with the Cuban government. It also limited the freedom with which Cuba could trade with non-US nations.
I'm so happy they mentioned the Puerto Rico campaign, I wish someone would make a full videos on it
I'm just waiting for this channel to blow up because it really deserved even more attention. Really great job, keep up the good work I love the videos, some I've even watched 5 or 6 times. Looking forward to more!
Thank you History Matters for making a video about this. :)
One more note: The Filipinos then gave America its first taste of jungle warfare which officially lasted until 1902, but guerrilla fighting by remnants of the Philippine Army as well as Moro insurgents (Muslim warriors who have long resisted the Catholic Spanish in the southern Philippines) continued until 1913.
The Filipinos death toll roll was btw 1 million and 3. Census 1896 vs 1906 or so.
0:49 love that reference.
"The Spanish Empire was dead, the American Empire was born."
You see it's like poetry, it rhymes.
Those newspaper titles at the beginning are some of the single greatest lines ive ever seen in a youtube video
Also the sign saying the USS Maine sank because "the front fell off" is a brilliant reference
Key West, Florida was the USS Maine's last home port, and it sailed from there to go to Havana. As such, many of the bodies recovered from the wreck are buried in a fenced-off section of Key West Cemetery. For a history buff, it's well worth a visit if you're anywhere close by.
0:47 Love the Clarke and Dawe reference
Back when Spain hating you meant “You’re screwed. Like really screwed.”
Well maybe in the 1500s and 1600s, by this period as you saw Spain got its shit kicked in.
Spain was also very powerful in the 1700s. But since the country got invaded by France, the Empire lost much of its power. It’s not even an empire anymore.
Sanuk Jang Lery The First French Empire?
@@Tom-2142 yes rip Spainiards
@@IsraelCountryCube we are still here supporting Palestine
REALLY loving these history vids. Succinct and humorous. The block characters holding signs is a nice touch.
“The front fell off”. Lol great reference
Cuba and the Philippines: Declares War for Independence
America: Do I hear the Call for *DEMOCRACY* ?
“The front fell off.” Brilliant, I see you’re a man of culture as well.
I was hoping I wasn't the only one to get that cheeky little reference.
All of Spain’s ships were, thankfully, towed beyond the environment.
There's nothing out there but sea, and birds, and fish
And 20,000 tons of the Spanish fleet.
😂 & a fire
Thank you for uploading
"The Spanish Empire was dead. The American Empire was born." What a fantastic line!
As an Australian I appreciate the "the front fell off" reference.
At first observation, it would seem to be the end of an already capsized boat😛
as a kiwi, so do i
RIP SPAIN SPOCKY BOI!!
Cuba and Philippines: We don't want to be colonized by Spain anymore!
USA: *Defeats Spain*
Cuba and Philippines: We don't want to be Colonized by the USA either!
USA: 😲
LOL!
Today's Cuba: We want GITMO back!
Philippines today: The government sucks! COME BACK USA !!!
@@AureliusLaurentius1099 Well to be fair, every government everywhere stinks in some way. It's like Democracy. It's terrible, but it's better than the other options.
@@danielharvison7510 every government stinks but you never hear Americans wanting to come en masse to the Philippines yet you see the opposite of that
LOL RIP SPAIN!
The square people jumping thought the flowers is a great running gag
Why did I read this “The Spinach American War” smh
Would definitely watch that topic.
Americans don't like to talk about it
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ROFL! 🤣 😂 😅
That would have been a better war.