History of the United States II / Unit 7 USH2 0913 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Manila Bay
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The idea
Theodore Roosevelt, then assistant secretary of the navy, had ordered the attack, and on May first Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila.
In practice
A Spanish squadron sunk with no significant American loss.
Where people slip
The war over Cuba began in the Philippines. Mahan's bases were already in view.
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