Second Samoan Civil War

Second Samoan Civil War
Map featuring the locations of battles in which British and U.S. 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
Allies: Samoa  United States  United Kingdom	Mataafans Supported by:  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Tanumafili I Albert Kautz Leslie Stuart	Mata'afa Iosefo
Casualties and losses
24 killed or wounded	127 killed or wounded 2 forts damaged

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 were granted the eastern section of the islands, the Germans were granted the western section of the islands, and the British were given the northern Solomon Islands of Choiseul, Isabel and the Shortland Islands that had formerly belonged to Germany.^[1][2] The German half is now an independent nation – Samoa. The U.S. half still remains under the control of the U.S. government as the territory of American Samoa.