Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War

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military campaign theater of war

The Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War was the principal naval and land battleground between the United States and Spain in 1898, centered on operations around Cuba and Puerto Rico that decisively shaped the war’s outcome.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cuban campaign of the Spanish–American War	1
Puerto Rican Campaign	1
U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ theater of war ⓘ
characterizedBy	amphibious landings ⓘ combined naval and land operations ⓘ naval blockades ⓘ
commandedBy	Arsenio Linares y Pombo ⓘ Joseph Wheeler ⓘ Pascual Cervera y Topete ⓘ Ramón Blanco y Erenas ⓘ William R. Shafter ⓘ surface form: William Rufus Shafter William T. Sampson ⓘ Winfield Scott Schley ⓘ
conflictBetween	Spain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1898-08 ⓘ
followedBy	U.S. Military Government in Cuba ⓘ surface form: United States military government in Cuba United States occupation of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: United States military government in Puerto Rico
hasLocation	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Cuba ⓘ Daiquirí, Cuba ⓘ El Caney ⓘ U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ surface form: Guantánamo Bay Kettle Hill ⓘ Manila Bay ⓘ Ponce, Puerto Rico ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ San Juan Heights ⓘ San Juan, Puerto Rico ⓘ Santiago de Cuba ⓘ Siboney, Cuba ⓘ
hasMajorEvent	Battle of El Caney ⓘ Battle of Guantánamo Bay ⓘ Battle of Las Guasimas ⓘ Battle of San Juan Hill ⓘ Battle of Santiago de Cuba ⓘ Bombardment of San Juan ⓘ surface form: Blockade of San Juan Bombardment of San Juan ⓘ Capture of Ponce ⓘ Landing at Daiquirí ⓘ Landing at Siboney ⓘ Naval blockade of Cuba ⓘ Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Puerto Rican Campaign Siege of Santiago ⓘ
hasParticipant	Cuban Liberation Army ⓘ surface form: Cuban insurgents Puerto Rican autonomists ⓘ Spanish Army ⓘ Spanish Navy ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Spanish–American War ⓘ
result	United States occupation of Puerto Rico ⓘ collapse of Spanish naval power in the Caribbean ⓘ contribution to Spanish decision to seek peace ⓘ decisive United States victory ⓘ surrender of Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
significantFor	emergence of the United States as a Caribbean power ⓘ end of Spanish colonial rule in the Caribbean ⓘ negotiation of the Treaty of Paris (1898) ⓘ
startTime	1898-04 ⓘ
strategicObjective	destroy Spanish Caribbean Squadron ⓘ expel Spain from Cuba ⓘ seize Puerto Rico ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War → hasMajorEvent → Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puerto Rican Campaign

Pascual Cervera y Topete → militaryTheater → Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War ⓘ

Siege of Santiago → partOf → Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cuban campaign of the Spanish–American War

U.S. Military Government in Cuba → relatedTo → Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico

Siege of Santiago → theater → Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War ⓘ