Cuba obtained independence from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish American War which came to an end in December of 1898. Cuba obtained independence from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish ...

Blaming the country that controlled Cuba, the United States on April 25 declared war against Spain. U.S. troops then prepared to descend on an island where tropical diseases would prove to be ...

In April 1898, months of tension between the United States and Cuba climaxed into war. After the destruction of the U.S.S. Maine and the Naval Court of Inquiry's implication of Spain, pro-war ...

On April 25, 1898, Congress approved a resolution declaring war on Spain. However, the war wasn’t limited to Cuba. To cripple the Spanish Navy on May 1, 1898, U.S. Naval ships commanded by ...

Dawning Suspicion. In Havana, Fidel Castro accused the U.S. of “a cold war act of aggression,” while Cuba’s men at the U.N. stormed about a new confrontation as dire as the 1962 mis sile crisis.