What is Cuba War?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Cuba War against Spain | place = [[Cuba|Spanish Cuba]] | partof = [[Banana Wars]] | date = 24th February 1895 - 12th August 1898 | image = Battle of Ceja del Negro.jpg | caption = '''Lieutenant General''' [[Antonio Maceo]]'s cavalry during the Ceja del Negro combat [[circa|ç]] 1896. | result = Cuban independence<br>[[Spanish American War]] | combatant1 = '''[[Cubans|Cuban rebels]]'''<br>[[Jimaguayu Assembly]]<br>[[Mambi Army]]<br>[[Cuban Revolutionary Party]] | combatant2 = '''[[Spain]]'''<br>[[Cuba|Captaincy General of Cuba]]<br>[[Puerto Rico|Captaincy General of Puerto Rico]]<br>[[Phillippines|Captaincy General of Phillippines]] | image_size = 299px | commander1 = [[Praxedes Mateo Sagasta]]<br>[[Domingo Mendez Capote|Domingo Mendez]]<br>[[Antonio Maceo]]<br>[[Calixto Garcia]]<br>[[Salvador Cisneros]]<br>[[Juan Bruno Zayas]] | commander2 = [[Valeriano Weyler]]<br>[[Arsenio Martinez Campos]]<br>[[Pascual Cervera]] | strength1 = 53,774 mambises troops | strength2 = 196,000 troops | casualties1 = 5,480 killed<br>3,437 dead from disease | casualties2 = 9,413 killed<br>53,313 dead from disease | casualties3 = 300,000 cuban civilians dead due to the [[Weyler's Reconcentration]] policy. }} The '''Cuban war against the Spanish''' was the conflict that led to the independence of the island nation from the Spanish kingdom in 1898. In 1895, [[José Martí]] led what was called ''El Grito de Baire'' or the '''Cry of Baire''' which led to the beginning of the War. In Cuba the war is called the Necessary War, while in Spain they call it the War on Cuba. [[Category:1890s]] [[Category:History of Cuba]]