Battle Analysis of San Juan Hill
Battle analysis of San Juan Hill
Introduction
Throughout American history, a number of battles come to hold iconic positions in the shaping of this great nation: Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Alamo, Gettysburg, Belleau Wood, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and the Battle of the Bulge, just to name a few. When the Spanish-American War of is thought of, the Battle of San Juan Hill undoubtedly comes to mind. Americans think of the great sacrifices throughout the fight. They think of Teddy Roosevelt charging up San Juan hill, leading his Rough Riders to a miraculous victory. They remember this all-American combination of valiant cowboys, Ivy Leaguers, Pawnee Scouts, polo players and New York City policemen (Roosevelt, 1999).
The Spanish-American War was “A Splendid Little War,” shaped by the xenophobia of the yellow press methods of William Randolph Hearst and others. This misinformation drove the community and the politicians to command that a hesitant President McKinley go to combat to boot the unkind Spanish out of Cuba, and to “Keep in mind the Maine” (Azoy, 1961). It was obviously an elective combat and despite the fact that we approved a commandment that we would not take possession of Cuba, we broke up with the Spanish settlements of the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam (Roosevelt, 1999).
Background
The names of San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill were given to these battles in the aftermath of this short-lived war. In this battle 760 Spanish army men were prearranged throughout the "San Juan Heights" region in preparation of an American attack on July 1, 1898. For indistinct causes, Spanish General Arsenio Linares failed to support this point, choosing to grasp nearly 10,000 Spanish reserves in the city of Santiago (Jeffry, 1996, p. 313).
Spanish top of hill entrenchments, while characteristically well-concealed, were not all appropriately located for plunging fire, making return fire at the going forward Americans more
Introduction
Throughout American history, a number of battles come to hold iconic positions in the shaping of this great nation: Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Alamo, Gettysburg, Belleau Wood, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and the Battle of the Bulge, just to name a few. When the Spanish-American War of is thought of, the Battle of San Juan Hill undoubtedly comes to mind. Americans think of the great sacrifices throughout the fight. They think of Teddy Roosevelt charging up San Juan hill, leading his Rough Riders to a miraculous victory. They remember this all-American combination of valiant cowboys, Ivy Leaguers, Pawnee Scouts, polo players and New York City policemen (Roosevelt, 1999).
The Spanish-American War was “A Splendid Little War,” shaped by the xenophobia of the yellow press methods of William Randolph Hearst and others. This misinformation drove the community and the politicians to command that a hesitant President McKinley go to combat to boot the unkind Spanish out of Cuba, and to “Keep in mind the Maine” (Azoy, 1961). It was obviously an elective combat and despite the fact that we approved a commandment that we would not take possession of Cuba, we broke up with the Spanish settlements of the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam (Roosevelt, 1999).
Background
The names of San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill were given to these battles in the aftermath of this short-lived war. In this battle 760 Spanish army men were prearranged throughout the "San Juan Heights" region in preparation of an American attack on July 1, 1898. For indistinct causes, Spanish General Arsenio Linares failed to support this point, choosing to grasp nearly 10,000 Spanish reserves in the city of Santiago (Jeffry, 1996, p. 313).
Spanish top of hill entrenchments, while characteristically well-concealed, were not all appropriately located for plunging fire, making return fire at the going forward Americans more
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