The American/Spanish war in 1898 -Spain loses colonies

American Spanish war in 1898 , Spain Loses Colonies

Conclusion about the Cuban incident

It is quite difficult to make a conclusion on the particular incident that lost 258 American sailors on board the battleship USS Maine , not because of the complexity of the incident but because of the lack of sufficient findings of the case . Even some address the incident as The USS Maine mysteriously blew up ' The USS Maine was sent to Havana harbor with a mission to protect US citizens in Cuba

According to Phillip Oppenheim The Spanish immediately apologized

br but what evidence there was pointed to an accidental explosion in the Ship 's magazine (p . 101 . The findings however was , the cause of the tragedy was an accidental explosion as a result of spontaneous combustion in the coalbunker near the powder magazine . This finding was particularly concluded by Hyman G . Rickover , a US Navy Admiral and a scientist , published in 1976 . Hyman 's findings may be convincing , but then Reckover 's findings according to a wikipedia article have been disputed by US Naval History Center (Wikipedia

My conclusion on the Cuba incident was the USS Maine was intentionally blown up either by some pro Spanish group such as the Spanish Voluntarios ' or by Cuban independence fighter in to spark the war between the United State and Spain . Citing Captain Sigsbee , the commanding officer of the Maine , Evelina Gleaves Cohen pointed out Captain Sigbee 's message reporting that the USS Maine was destroyed by a Mine . Sigbee 's message stated , I surmise that her berth was one planted previous to her arrival , perhaps long ago (Cohen ,

. 63 . It would be reasonable to believe in the survivor 's account as they have witnessed in detail what exactly had happened . It was intentional as the mine could not be there if it was not planted for that purpose . The only thing that maybe difficult to establish was who were behind this incident . theless , it serves its purpose

The Origin of the War

The origin of Spanish American war cannot be attributed to the so called Cuba incident ' as the USS Maine were sent to protect US citizens from the hostilities that were orchestrated by pro Spanish Voluntarios which gave the United States a basis to launch in the warship USS Maine . According to Wikipedia article , the war started after Spain rejected the American demand to resolve peacefully the Cuban struggle for independence . The explosion of the USS Maine may have ignited the already smoking conflict but it was the interest of the United States on Spain 's overseas territories that led to them to participate in the Cuban political struggles (Wikipedia . The USS Maine According to Oppenheim the USS Maine sailed provocatively into Havana harbor (p . 101

An internet article entitled Increasing Spanish-Cuban tensions : Late 19th Century , mentioned that when the conflict broke out in Cuba in 1895 , Spain sent 200 ,000 troops under the infamous general Weyler , also known as the Butcher ' to squash the insurrection...