 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1898, apo kurwisana kwakapfuurira muPhilippines, USS Maine, yakanga yatumirwa kuCuba nemhaka yeitiro hanya yeU.S. nokuda kwokuchengeteka kwavagari vayo mukati menhambo yechinjo yeCuba yaipfuurira, rakaputika ndokunyura muchiteshi chengarava cheHavana. Ichi chiitiko chakaparira Hondo yeSpain neAmerica. Mushure mokunge Commodore George Dewey akurira chikwata cheSpain paManila, chikwata cheGermany chakasvika muManila ndokuita mabasa ayo Dewey, achiona izvi sechipingamupinyi chekudzivirirwa kwake, akapa hondo pashure apo vaGermany vakadzokera shure. Mambo weGermany aitarisira kukundwa kweAmerica, neSpain yakasiyiwa iri munzvimbo isina kusimba zvakakwana kuti vapanduki vatore Manila - vachisiya Philippines yakaibva kuti maGerman atore. 