瑙魯內戰

瑙魯內戰（英語：Nauruan Civil War）發生在1878年—1888年10月，戰爭雙方分別為效忠時任瑙魯國王阿維達（英語：Aweida）的力量和那些試圖推翻他、支持另一位競爭者的勢力。內戰的導火索是火器被引入島上，導致全體瑙魯居民（瑙魯人）掌握了武器。在戰爭的大部分時間裏，忠於國王的一方和反叛者陷入僵局，一方控制着島嶼的北部，另一方則控制着南部。

1880年左右，瑙魯內戰中身穿傳統戰鬥盔甲的瑙魯戰士

1888年，德意志帝國介入，幫助阿維達復位，並沒收了交戰雙方的火器。德軍最終從雙方參戰人員手中收繳了791支步槍，幾乎相當於島上剩下的成年居民人均擁有一支槍。據歷史學家估計，1848年瑙魯的人口約為1400；戰爭結束時，人口減少至約900。

隨着內戰結束，瑙魯實際上被置於德國的控制之下，不久之後成為德國殖民地，隸屬德屬新幾內亞^[1][2]。

參考文獻

1. The Nauru War - The Smallest Conflict in History. MilitaryHistoryNow.com. 2013-02-18 [2022-01-03] （美國英語）. The conflict, which was fuelled by equal parts locally-made palm wine and European armaments, broke out during a wedding feast on the three-kilometre-wide island in 1878. A disagreement between two guests over the finer points of dining etiquette grew hostile, at which point one of the debaters produced a pistol and began blazing away. A stray bullet struck the son of a clan chief killing him. The island’s factions, who were already nursing old grudges, used the occasion to attack one another. The fighting escalated from there.
2. Petit-Skinner, Solange. The Nauruans: Nature and Supernature in an Island of the Central Pacific. MacDuff Press. 1981: 29. ISBN 9780960627202 （英語）. This pervasive influence ended, in 1878, with a full scale war which broke out between the people of the Northern and Southern districts.