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In 1888, Otto von Bismarck, the ruler of Germany, wanted to establish a German colony in Samoa, a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. A German navy fleet was sent to Samoa to shell native villages. Some of these shells struck American property in Samoa, and German sailors later ripped down an American flag. The United S
