| Sokehs rebellion |
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Pohnpei: Sokehs Island and tribal area |
| Date | 18 October 1910 – 22 February 1911 |
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| Location | |
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| Result |
Restoration of order, all 426 Sokeh tribal members exiled |
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| Belligerents |
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German Empire
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Sokehs tribe |
| Commanders and leaders |
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Hermann Kersting
Waldemar Vollerthun
Karl Kammerich |
Samuel |
| Strength |
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c. 200 – assault team of sailors and Melanesian police
3 light cruisers
1 survey ship/transport |
<50 armed rebels |
| Casualties and losses |
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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 Imperial German Navy units arrived and restored order.
