General Valeriano Weyler of the Spanish Army.
Valeriano Weyler.
Valeriano Weyler was called The Butcher.
He was a former Cuban Governor and Spanish Army General known as The Butcher who was a master of the reconcentration camps to quell revolts.
His methods were less then humane, but he could put an end to revolt. The media called him the butcher, and much of Yellow Journalism centers around his program of reconcentration camps which did cause thousands of deaths.
general V. Weyler
General V. Weyler was known as The Butcher during the Spanish-American War
Valeriano Weyler.
Valeriano Weyler was called The Butcher.
General V. Weyler was called The Butcher.
Nicknamed "The Butcher"....Weyler was sent down from Spain in the late 1800's to put thousands of Cubans into harsh-treatment camps. This helped spark the Spanish-American War.
"Butcher" Weyler
He was a former Cuban Governor and Spanish Army General known as The Butcher who was a master of the reconcentration camps to quell revolts.
Weyler killed many Cubans when putting down revolts around 1868. He confined rebels and unloyal Cubans to concentrstion camps where they died from starvation and disease. (He was a spanish general fighting Cuban rebellion.)
Valeriano Weyler, a Spanish general, was called "The Butcher" due to his brutal tactics during the Cuban War of Independence from 1895 to 1898. He implemented a policy of reconcentration, forcibly relocating Cuban civilians into camps where many suffered from poor conditions, starvation, and disease. His harsh methods aimed to suppress the rebellion but resulted in widespread suffering and condemnation, earning him the notorious nickname.
Rex Weyler was born on 1947-09-10.
Javier Weyler was born on 1975-07-03.
John Weyler was born on December 19, 1948.