Above: Scene of Spanish - American War in 1898 {mosimage}(1898), conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895. Spain's brutally repressive measures to halt the rebellion were graphically portrayed for the U.S. public by several sensational newspapers, and American sympathy for the rebels rose. Above: ... Read More

Above: Map of Piedmont, Italy - battleground during France and Spain conflict In 1801 a conflict broke out between France and Spain on one side with Portugal on the other. History came to term it as the War of the Oranges Above: Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte France under Napoleon Bonaparte, together with Spain, demanded Portugal to enter into an alliance with France. Since the time of the Anglo-Portuguese Treaty of 1373, Portugal had remained an ally of Britain. Above: Thousands ... Read More