Alternative History
Spanish-American War
Date August 18 1881 - March 22 1884
Location Cuba , Philippines , Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean
Result Joint American-Japanese Victory
  • Independence of Cuba and the Philippines
  • Collapse of the Spanish Colonial Empire
Belligerents
United States of America

Empire of Japan
Cuba
Philippines

Kingdom of Spain
Strength
300,000

150,000
40,000
30,000

250,000

The Spanish-American War also known as the Spanish-Japanese War in Japan and the Cuban and Filipino Wars of Independence in Cuba and the Philippines was an conflict that saw the final collapse of the Spanish Colonial Empire just 1 year after the disastrous German-Spanish War.