Sokehs rebellion | |||||||
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![]() Pohnpei: Sokehs Island and tribal area | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Sokehs tribe | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Samuel ![]() | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
c. 200 - assault team of sailors and Melanesian police 3 light cruisers 1 survey ship/transport | <50 armed rebels | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Initial Ambush: 4 Germans, 5 Melanesians killed Later Skirmishes: 3 Germans, 2 Melanesians killed 6 Germans, 9 Melanesians wounded |
6-10 killed 15 executed |
The Sokehs rebellion was an uprising of the Sokehs tribe against local German rule that started on Sokehs Island off the main island of Pohnpei in the Eastern Caroline Islands (presently the Federated States of Micronesia) in 1910/1911. The German district commissioner, Gustav Boeder, three other German officials and five islanders were killed by the rebels before German naval units arrived and restored order.