AHC: No Spanish-American War

Spain decides discretion is the better part of valor and either gives Cuba its independence or sells it to the US. Of all of the US wars this is probably the easiest one to avoid.

Of course all bets are off if Germany tries to seize the overseas possessions of the failing Spanish Empire like they considered in OTL. That would be an interesting timeline.
 
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Spain decides discretion is the better part of valor and either gives Cuba its independence or sells it to the US. Of all of the US wars this is probably the easiest one to avoid.

Of course all bets are off if Germany tries to seize the overseas possessions of the failing Spanish Empire like they considered in OTL. That would be an interesting timeline.

Very interesting indeed. I'll need to look into it, but maybe I'll make a TL about it. It basically solved the "place in the sun" thing the Kaiser had going on.
 
Spain decides discretion is the better part of valor and either gives Cuba its independence or sells it to the US. Of all of the US wars this is probably the easiest one to avoid.

Of course all bets are off if Germany tries to seize the overseas possessions of the failing Spanish Empire like they considered in OTL. That would be an interesting timeline.

Had that happened, the Philippines may have ended up either British or Japanese after WW1. It would be interesting to see how the latter would have been.
 
If the Philippines had still been Spanish under Franco, would Japan have attacked them?

They might not have needed to. Spain under Franco would have been willing to trade with Japan. Part of the reason that Japan struck south was that the US blocked oil and scrap imports to the Empire. If Spain still controls their colonies Japan might be able to get the resources they need through trade.
 
Keep William Randolph Hearst from stirring things up.

Take the time for a proper investigation to prove the Maine explosion was an accident.
 
Spain decides discretion is the better part of valor and either gives Cuba its independence or sells it to the US. Of all of the US wars this is probably the easiest one to avoid.

Of course all bets are off if Germany tries to seize the overseas possessions of the failing Spanish Empire like they considered in OTL. That would be an interesting timeline.

Also a possiblity that the US does not annex the "Republic of Hawaii" (where the majority of the population could not vote) because that was not really a popular cause in the US or in Congress and it only passed due to the S-A war and Hawaii's potential military use.
 
I wonder how a Spanish Phillipines would have been during the Spanish Civil War? I can imagine Phillipino revolutionaries declaring independence and with the mother country in a right state, they would have won. Whether they can survive the second world war or even not be conquered by someone else before then is anyone's guess I think.

They might not have needed to. Spain under Franco would have been willing to trade with Japan. Part of the reason that Japan struck south was that the US blocked oil and scrap imports to the Empire. If Spain still controls their colonies Japan might be able to get the resources they need through trade.
So no Japanese involvement in WW2?
Also a possiblity that the US does not annex the "Republic of Hawaii" (where the majority of the population could not vote) because that was not really a popular cause in the US or in Congress and it only passed due to the S-A war and Hawaii's potential military use.
Therefore no Pearl Harbough to bomb.
 
Spain decides discretion is the better part of valor and either gives Cuba its independence or sells it to the US. Of all of the US wars this is probably the easiest one to avoid.

Not happening. Selling it to the yankees was never ever a possibility, no Spanish government would sell an integral part of Spain.
 
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