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Apr 14, 2024 · Fighting centred on Manila, where U.S. Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898), and on Santiago de Cuba, which fell to U.S. forces after hard fighting in July.
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The results were unspeakable: an estimated 100,000 of its citizens died. In the entire war, only the battles of Berlin and Stalingrad resulted in more casualties.
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Nov 9, 2009 · On May 1, 1898, at Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroyed the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first major battle of the Spanish-American War (April-August 1898).
Feb 9, 2010 · At Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the Spanish-American War. Nearly 400 Spanish sailors were killed and 10...
The battle took place in Manila Bay in the Philippines, and was the first major engagement of the Spanish–American War. The battle was one of the most decisive naval battles in history and marked the end of the Spanish colonial period in Philippine history.
- 1 May 1898
- American victory
Dec 3, 2018 · Photograph Courtesy of the US Naval History & Heritage Command. By. Kennedy Hickman. Updated on December 03, 2018. The Battle of Manila Bay was the opening engagement of the Spanish-American War (1898) and was fought May 1, 1898. After several months of heightening tensions between the United States and Spain, war was declared on April 25, 1898.
Jul 18, 2017 · Ironically, Dewey’s stunning Manila Bay victory – which McKinley trumpeted as occurring during his administration – significantly helped the incumbent and his running mate, Dewey’s fellow Spanish-American War hero Theodore Roosevelt, decisively defeat Bryan in the 1900 election.
