Sokehs rebellion

Sokehs rebellion
Pohnpei: Sokehs Island and tribal area
Date 18 October 1910 – 22 February 1911 Location Caroline Islands, German New Guinea Result Restoration of order, all 426 Sokeh tribal members exiled
Belligerents
German Empire German New Guinea	Sokehs tribe
Commanders and leaders
Hermann Kersting Waldemar Vollerthun [de] Karl Kammerich	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.