WW1: Unusual Tales from The Great War.

After the Battle of Tsingtao and the demise of the German Asian Fleet, what happened to the Islands? The New Zealanders on Samoa and the "Battle with the Wireless Mast". The Australians on New Guinea and their first casualties of the war, indiscipline and looting.

As Britain was recalling regiments from it's Empire, they were replaced by units from the Indian Army with new challenges and different loyalties. In Singapore, the 5th Light Infantry of Muslim soldiers from the North West Frontier were one such Regiment.

As the German fleet headed west, the SMS Emden sailed to the Indian Ocean and created havoc amongst allied naval and commercial shipping. When beaten by HMAS Sydney, a great Australian victory, an abandoned landing party create their own heroic history to return home.

In August 1914, under Admiral von Spee, the German Navy crossed the Pacific to inflict a terrible defeat on the British at the Battle of Coronel. A few months later their fate was sealed at the Battle of the Falklands.

The German port territory of Tsingtao, was taken by Japan with the aid of a small British contribution in the autumn of 1914. An early allied victory that few people know about. It created a number of firsts; Germans fighting and British supporting Japan, seaborne aircraft attacks, night aircraft bombing raids. 5,000 PoWs were sent to Japan leaving a lasting music legacy.