Second Samoan Civil War
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The Second Samoan Civil War was a conflict that reached a head in 1898 when Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States were locked in dispute over who should have control over the Samoan islan
Tivoli Hotel in 1896, used as the command post for American force during the battle at Apia.
United States Marines and a naval gun in Upolu, 1899.
Samoan warriors and American servicemen during the Siege of Apia in March 1899.
German flag raising ceremony commemorating the creation of German Samoa in 1900.
German Samoa
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German Samoa, officially the Kingdom of Samoa, was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1920, consisting of the islands of Upolu, Savaiʻi, Apolima and Manono, now wholly within the Independent State of
Second Samoan Civil War
…any casualties. The war eventually resulted, via the Tripartite Convention of 1899, in the partition of the Samoan Islands into American Samoa and German Samoa. First Samoan Civil War…
Saluafata harbour (R. Hellgrewe, 1908), 10 miles east of Apia
Group with Governor Wilhelm Solf (wearing peaked cap), New Zealand parliamentarian Charles H. Mills and paramount chief Mata'afa Iosefo during a visit by Mills to German Samoa, 1903
Governor Wilhelm Solf at Apia in 1910