Flag of Samoa

<h2 id="historical-flags">Historical flags</h2>
<p>Prior to the <a href="/facts/First_World_War/vITTUanQ">First World War</a>, <a href="/facts/German_Samoa/R59rB6Wa">Samoa</a> was a <a href="/facts/German_colonial_empire/CC1hchUz">colony</a> of the <a href="/facts/German_Empire/lwQutJyN">German Empire</a>. German colonies used the flag of the <a href="/facts/Imperial_Colonial_Office/h88TDgVX">Imperial Colonial Office</a>, a black-white-red <a href="/facts/Tricolour_(flag)/8Rex9PUR">tricolour</a> defaced with the <a href="/facts/Reichsadler/ocoIFtht">Imperial Eagle</a>. The Imperial German government intended to introduce specific flags for the colonies (also based on the tricolour) and several proposals were created, but the war and the subsequent loss of all overseas territories prevented their official adoption. <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a> occupied <a href="/facts/German_Samoa/R59rB6Wa">German Samoa</a> in 1914 and officially gained control of the territory in 1919.
</p><p>From the capture by New Zealand forces on 29 August 1914, a defaced ensign with three palm trees encircled, and emblazoned on the fly were used. 
</p>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Flags_depicting_the_Southern_Cross/UsC9gD10">Flags depicting the Southern Cross</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China/T8IxxK9q">Flag of the Republic of China</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Flag_of_Myanmar/K49Xl7xr">Flag of the Union of Burma (historical)</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.fotw.info/flags/ws.html">Samoa</a> at <a href="/facts/Flags_of_the_World_(website)/hasn1Q5P">Flags of the World</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Samoa.html">World Statesmen – Samoa</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1"><p>"W. Samoa's Flag Approved In NZ". Pacific Islands Monthly. Vol. XIX, no. 8. 1 March 1949. p. 20. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia. <a href="https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-317397656/view?sectionId=nla.obj-328460056" target="_blank">https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-317397656/view?sectionId=nla.obj-328460056</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"NEW FLAG FOR WESTERN SAMOA". Otago Daily Times. 26 February 1949. p. 9. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via Papers past. <a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19490226.2.132" target="_blank">https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19490226.2.132</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994". PACLII. 28 July 1994. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021. <a href="http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act_2019/ofanaosa1994308/" target="_blank">http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act_2019/ofanaosa1994308/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994, section 5. <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Official Flag and National Anthem of Samoa Act 1994 UFO, section 7. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
</ol>

Flag of Samoa open-in-new

Flag of Samoa