New Zealand 1914-1920
New Zealand troops invaded Samoa on 29 August 1914 on behest of the United Kingdom at the start of World War I; although Germany refused to surrender, no resistance was offered and New Zealand occupied the former German colony until 1920. During this time the New Zealand flag, a blue Ensign with the four brightest stars of the Southern Cross constellation on the fly, was flown. The flag, designed and adopted for restricted use in 1869, had become New Zealand's national flag in 1902.