The First Samoan Civil War refers to the conflict between rival Samoan factions in the Samoan Islands of the South Pacific. The war was fought roughly between 1886 and 1894, primarily between Samoans though the German military intervened on several occasions particularly in defence of Tamasese, their choice for Tafa'ifa, the King of Samoa after the reigning king Malietoa Laupepa was unsurped and exiled. Tamasese and his German allies faced a rival faction headed by popular Samoan chief Mata'afa Iosefo. Tensions heightened with the United States after a German shelling of Mata'afa's rebel villages also resulted in destruction of American owned property in 1887. One battle at Vailele in September 1888, following German bombardment of his rebel villages, resulted in Mata'afa's warriors destro
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