Second Samoan Civil War

Second Samoan Civil War
Map featuring the locations of battles in which British and American forces fought.
Date 1898–1899 Location Apia, Upolu, Samoa, Pacific Ocean Result Compromise; Tripartite Convention Partitioning of the Samoan archipelago United States acquires American Samoa Germany acquires German Samoa Britain withdraws claim in exchange for concessions in the Solomon Islands Mata'afa Iosefo becomes paramount chief of Samoa
Belligerents
Samoa Supported by: United Kingdom United States	Mata'afans Supported by: German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Prince Tanu Albert Kautz Leslie Stuart	Mata'afa Iosefo

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 island chain, located in the South Pacific Ocean. At the war's conclusion in 1899, the United States was granted the eastern section of the islands, the Germans were granted the western section of the islands, and the British were given other Pacific island chains formerly belonging to Germany. The German half is now an independent nation: The Independent State of Samoa. The American half has voluntarily remained under the control of the American government as the territory of American Samoa.

Allies

The allies were the Samoan followers of Prince Tanu and supporting naval forces from the United States and the United Kingdom who fought against the rebels of Mata'afa Iosefo.

See also

• First Samoan Civil War
• Samoan crisis
• Mata'afa Iosefo
• Prince Tanu
• German Samoa
• Siege of Apia
• Battle of Vailele

Gallery

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  Tivoli Hotel in 1896, used as the command post for American force during the battle at Apia.
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  United States Marines and a naval gun in Upolu, 1899.
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  Samoan warriors and American servicemen during the Siege of Apia in March 1899.
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  German flag raising ceremony commemorating the creation of German Samoa in 1900.
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  Samoans, Americans and Britons holding a ceremony while erecting a monument on Mulinuu Peninsula, 1902.
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  Mata'afa Iosefo and followers, 1902.

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