TITLE: |
Rebellion in der Südsee: der Aufstand auf Ponape gegen die deutschen Kolonialherren 1910/11 / Thomas Morlang. |
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Rebellion in the South Seas who stood on Ponape against the German colonialists. |
AUTHOR: |
Morlang, Thomas |
SERIES: |
Volume 12 of Schlaglichter der Kolonialgeschichte |
PUBLISHED: |
Germany : Ch. Links, 2010. |
DESCRIPTION: |
200 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
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On October 18, 1910, came on the belonging to the Caroline Island Ponape (now Pohnpei ) the largest uprising against German colonial rule throughout the South Pacific. The reaction was not long in coming. " You know s still as we moved scorching and burning through the flourishing country, waving columns of smoke -burning villages as a signpost of the day, as a shining torch at night ?" One participant of punitive action, described the method used by the German po |
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licy of " scorched earth ",The merciless hunt for the insurgent Sokehs lasted until February 22, 1911. |
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Then, capitulated the last rebel. |
SUBJECT: |
Mercenary troops--Pohnpei, Micronesia. |
SUBJECT: |
--Germany--Colonies |
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Pohnpei, Micronesia.--Soldiers, Black |
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Pohnpei, Micronesia.--Pohnpei |
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Geschicte 20. Jh. |
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Aufstand--Ponape (1910-1911) |
SUBJECT: |
Kolonialkrieg -- deutscher--Ponape--Geschichte 20. Jh. |
ADDED ENTRY: |
Sokehs Rebellion |