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The conflict in the Pacific was one-sided. At the declaration of war, Commodore Dewey, commander of America's Asiatic Squadron based in Hong Kong was ordered to race his six ships to the Philippines. He arrived at Manila Bay on May 1 and found the obsolete Spanish fleet anchored in the bay. It was a one-sided battle.
The German navy defied U.S. blockade regulations, and Dewey threatened the navy commander with war, but this episode blew over, due in part to British assistance of U.S. On Aug. 13, 1898, U.S. troops arrived and captured Manila, collaborating with Filipino insurgents, led by Emilio Aguinaldo, to overthrow Spanish rulers. On Jul. 7, 1898, U.S. annexed Hawaii, so that it could use islands to support Dewey, and Hawaii received full territorial status in 1900.