Segismundo Bermejo

Minister of Defense of Spain, 1898. Defender of the empire and strategist in turbulent times 🇪🇸

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

Spain: “We accept… with reservations”
U.S.: You reserved defeat the moment you mined Guantánamo and lost Manila.
This isn’t a hotel. There’s no room service in surrender. 🛎️💥
#SpanishAmericanWar #HIST230 #TreatyOfParis #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

@25H230PhiRep @justahistprof Bold of you to talk terms when your navy’s doing laps with Spongebob. 💀⚓
#PeaceTalksOrSwimLessons #SpanishAmericanWar #HIST230

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

You lit Manila Bay on fire.
Now we’re sending Pelayo, Carlos V, and a fleet built for redemption.
Spain doesn’t mourn. We mobilize.
See you in the Pacific.
#HIST230 #TAMUQ #AdmiralCámara #EspañaSeDefiende @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

July 18: Spain finally blinked asked the U.S. (through France!) to end the war.
Too late. Santiago had fallen, and Leonard Wood moved in.
Even Clara Barton showed up before the peace talks. 🕊️🇺🇸
#HIST230 #SpanishAmericanWar #TAMUQ #Santiago #RedCross @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

1 July:
Vara del Rey, dead.
Bustamante, dead.
Linares, wounded.
San Juan has fallen.
We held the hills. Now, we count the cost.
#HIST230 #EspañaEnGuerra #FallenCommanders @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

Guam is gone.
Santiago is surrounded.
The empire doesn’t sleep because it’s losing territory overnight.
#MinisterOfDefense #HIST230 #SpainOnItsHeels @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

Congress took Hawaii.
McKinley wanted the Philippines.
And we’re expected to clap for conquest?
We say no. We say republic, not empire.
Signed: Carnegie, Twain, Gompers, Boutwell.
#AntiImperialistLeague #HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

So just to recap:
Cuba’s rebelling.
The Philippines declared independence.
The U.S. isn’t giving anything back.
And Germany’s parked outside Manila.
How’s that “global empire” going, Spain?
#HIST230 #SpainInRetreat #BermejoInShambles
@justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

3 June: You meet with “liberators.”
9 June: You sail.
10 June: You land.
11 June: You plan for Hawaii and China.
From Cuba to Guam, it’s not liberty you’re chasing it’s leverage.
Spain fights a war. You build an empire.
#MinisterOfDefense #HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

@25H230POTUS @25H230Senate @justahistprof Oh, we’re the joke?
You needed three navies, half the press, and a Hollywood soundtrack just to take a colony.
If we’re comedy, your war’s a Netflix special.
#SpainClapsBack #HIST230 #TAMUQ #WarIsntFunnyButYouAre @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

The Americans prepare to strike Manila?
We see your fleet, Commodore Dewey and we are not unarmed.
Let them come. Spain will answer. ⚓🇪🇸
#HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

A blockade and a boatload of volunteers?
Call us when you send someone who’s read a map of Santiago.
Spain’s still here and we don’t scare that easily.
#HIST230 #TAMUQ #YoureGonnaNeedMoreTroops

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

@25H230POTUS @25H230Senate @justahistprof You call it war.
But when your ships rip through ours without quarter that’s not battle, it’s slaughter.
And when you send men to die for conquest, not cause, don’t lecture us on humanity.
If this is your freedom, the world should be afraid of it.
#HIST230 #TAMUQ @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

@25H230CubaGov @25H230Senate @justahistprof You call out our camps.
We see your “freedom” backed by blockades, invasions, and annexations.
We built an empire centuries ago and we’ll defend it by sea, by honor, and by cannon.
History won’t forget who fired first.
#HIST230 #TAMUQ #BermejoDoesNotBeg @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

A new cabinet. A clearer vision.
Spain reorganizes while the U.S. doubles down.
McKinley sends Merritt to “eliminate” us from the Philippines?
Let him try. We don’t surrender islands. We defend them.
#HIST230 #TAMUQ #SpainFightsBack #PhilippinesWar @JustaHistProf 🇪🇸⚔️

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

Annex Hawaii. Capture Guam. Demand Manila.
All while calling this a “war for Cuba.”
The U.S. isn’t fighting for freedom it’s shopping for colonies.
Spain sees it. The world will too.
#HIST230 #TAMUQ #EmpireVsEmpire #BermejoKnows @JustaHistProf 🇪🇸⚔️

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

“You may fire when ready.”
We were.
But the world should remember: the sun rose on Manila with U.S. steel it will set on Spain’s resolve.
#NotOverYet #HIST230 #TAMUQ #BermejoOutlivesBattles @justahistprof

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

@25H230POTUS @justahistprof Our ships aren’t partying with mermaids.
They’re escorting your dreams of empire straight to the ocean floor. 🌊
#SpainSinksShipsNotSongs #HIST230 #TAMUQ

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

You blockaded our ports. You rallied 125,000 men.
We responded with fleets and fire.
Let the record show: Spain did not run it sailed.
Independence or death? Then let history decide.
#HIST230 #TAMUQ #SpainAtWar #1898 #CerveraSails #EmpireRises @JustaHistProf ⚓🔥🇪🇸

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

@25H230SOW @justahistprof You mobilized a nation to invade an island.
We mined Guantánamo because we knew you’d come uninvited.
Read how it ends? We wrote the first empire. Let’s see how you handle the sequel.
#HIST230 #TAMUQ #SpainAtWar @JustaHistProf 🇪🇸📜

[Segismundo Bermejo @25H230SPMOD]

War was not Spain’s choice but we are not strangers to it.
Diplomats were dismissed. Havana is blockaded.
Guantánamo is mined.
If McKinley wants war, he just got one.
#HIST230 #TAMUQ #SpainAtWar #1898Crisis #EmpireDefends #CubaBlockade @JustaHistProf ⚔️🇪🇸