True or False? Fiji was conquered primarily through germs which spread, wiping out entire villages.

Fiji was initially annexed by the British in 1874. However, in 1875 three Fijians visited Sydney and caught measles there. On their return to Fiji, the British administration chose not to quarantine the three, despite having a very good knowledge of the effects a new disease could have on a population that had not encountered it before. As a result, Fiji was afflicted with a measles epidemic that killed more than 40,000, roughly two thirds of the total indigenous population. Whether the British deliberately introduced measles in order to control the native Fijians is uncertain, although it was claimed by some at the time. Regardless of whether it was a deliberate act of what could be called germ warfare or gross negligence, the measles epidemic did immediately follow the British annexation of Fiji and devastated all the islands.