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Outline
•Doctrine and Warfighting Function
•Strategic and Operational Overview
•Leaders of Opposing Forces
•Opening Moves and Chronology
•Conclusion UNCLASSIFIED
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Doctrine and Warfighting

Function
Doctrine
• Tenetsof Unified LandOperations-
Flexibility:
• Army forces engage the enemy
throughout their depth, preventing the
effective employment of reserves.
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Warfighting Function
• Combat power is the total means
of destructive, constructive, and
information capabilities that a
military unit or formation can apply
at a given time. Operations
executed through simultaneous
offensive, defensive, stability, or
DSCA tasks require the continuous
generation and application of
combat power.
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Strategic /
Operational
Overview
• On July 1, a combined
force of about 15,000
• American
Manila Baytroops
where,and
on
rebel
May 1,Cuban forces
Commodore
attacked 1,270
George Dewey,
entrenched
commandingSpaniards
the U.S.
in dangerous
Navy's AsiaticCivil
War-style
Squadron frontal
aboard USS
assaults
Olympia.at the Battle
of El Caney and Battle
of San Juan Hill
outside of Santiago.
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Opposing Forces/ Leadership

George Dewey
Admiral Patricio Montojo Admiral
Commander U.S Commander of Spanish
Navy's Asiatic Philippine Naval Stations.
Squadron

William Rufus
Major General Pascual Cervera Admiral
Command of the commander of the Cuba
Fifth Army Corps Squadron.
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OpeningMoves/ Chronology
• Cuban struggle for
independence 1985.
• 5 February Maine sank.
• April 25, The U.S. declare war.
• May 1, Battle of Manila Bay
• May 12, Began U.S. offensive in
Puerto Rico.
• June 22, Land campaign
• July 1, Battle of El Caney and
Battle of San Juan Hill.
• July 3, Battle of Santiago de
Cuba.
• August 12, Protocol of Peace
between The U.S. and Spain. Professional
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Doctrine and Warfighting

Function
Doctrine Warfighting Function
• Attack together, destroy quickly. • In a matter of hours Spanish
squadron is defeated.
(Philippines)
• Formidable power of the United
States.

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Conclusion
• Resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the
western Pacific and Latin America.
• Spain renounced all claim to Cuba, cede Guam and
Puerto Rico, and transferred sovereignty over the
Philippines to the United States for $20 million.
• The United States gained several island possessions
spanning the globe and a rancorous new debate over
the wisdom of expansionism.

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References
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
• https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/spanish-
american-war
• https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerra_hispano-estadounidense
• https://slideplayer.com/slide/8372831/