Spain

1 conflicts · 1898–1898 · 3,300 troops stationed

$9.6B

Total US Spending

1

Conflicts

2,446

US Deaths

3,300

Troops Stationed

4

Military Bases

1

Authorized

0

Unauthorized

US Conflicts Involving This Country

🗣️ What They Said

You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.

William Randolph Hearst (attributed), to artist Frederic Remington in Cuba (1897) — disputed but emblematic of media's role in starting wars (Spanish-American War)

🏗️ US Military Presence

3,300

Troops

4

Bases

$400M

Annual Cost

US presence since 1953Rota naval base and Morón Air Base.

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