WW1: Unusual Tales from The Great War.

About WW1: Unusual Tales from The Great War.

Ordinary people, extraordinary times. The war was not just the Western Front, Gallipoli, mud, blood and barbed wire. It was, as described on the tin; a World War. Japan, The White, Black, Red and Baltic Sea's. Siberia, Africa, China, Chile, Siam and Samoa. People, places and events you'll never have heard of. A new approach to what we thought we knew about. The fighting, politics, disasters, intrigues and social history of the time.

Publisher

Andy Stuart

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jul 2026

Latest episode

24 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

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   24 Oct 2026

   11. The Legacy of WW1 in the Pacific

   At the end of the war Germany's Pacific Empire was gone. Japan had emerged and was recognised as a global power and China was disillusioned by the betrayal of the European powers. Here I look into the impact on Japan in the following decades, the German's diaspora left behind and how Chinese foreign policy is affected today.

2. 

   18 Oct 2026

   10. China's War

   Throughout the 19th century China had been a weakening power despite a very long history of stability. An early WW1 battle saw Japan defeat the Germans at Tsingtao and then press China to concede, financial, economic and political control in vast areas of land. This pressure continued throughout the war. With restitution claims rejected in Paris, China refused to sign the Treaty. WW1 shaped China's 20th century and the country we see today.

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   11 Oct 2026

   9. The German Pacific Islands

   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.

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