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2 days ago · The Spanish–American War [b] (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
- April 21 – August 13, 1898, (3 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
1 day ago · Map of military operations since 1950. 1950–1953: Korean War: The United States responded to the North Korean invasion of South Korea by going to its assistance, pursuant to United Nations Security Council resolutions. U.S. forces deployed in Korea exceeded 300,000 during the last year of the active conflict (1953).
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4 days ago · After the Spanish-American War, the United States was indisputably one of the great powers of the world. The U.S. rising to this level of power—one of the curiosities of this era—arguably has much less to do with the acquisition of a formal empire and more to do with the long-time-in-coming correction of the national and world economies.
4 days ago · The Spanish American wars of independence (Spanish: Guerras de independencia hispanoamericanas) took place throughout Spanish America during the early 19th century, with the aim of political independence from Spanish rule.
- 25 September 1808 – 29 September 1833, (25 years and 4 days)
- Patriot victory.
4 days ago · April 22, 1775. In the aftermath of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith wrote a report for General Thomas Gage, documenting the events of April 18–19, 1775. Smith reported the Americans fired first at Lexington, but the British fired first at Concord. This portrait of Francis Smith was painted by Francis ...
4 days ago · The Mexican-American War lasted from 1846 until 1848. It grew out of unresolved border disputes between the Republic of Texas and Mexico after the independence of the former during the Texas Revolution of 1836. Texas was admited into the United States on 1845 and as a consequence tension with Mexico increased over the disputed border.
4 days ago · Ramon de Carranza was a Spanish naval attache during the Spanish-American War who established a spy ring in Montreal. His objective was to acquire information about the American naval strategy that could have been valuable to Spanish military officials. Ultimately, the spy ring was broken by the U.S. Secret Service, and Carranza was forced to ...
