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The German flag was also raised over Saipan in November 1899.  For the first time the Marianas were politically split into two units, with the Northern Marianas under German rule and Guam in American hands.  This marked the beginning of a separation that has continued up to the present.
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(Georg Fritz Collection, MARC)