Global War
Global War’ tells the extraordinary story of how Germany tried to open the war up around the world and how Britain desperately tried to close it down., War for Europe meant war for the world. Germany gambled that Britain might risk everything to protect her empire, even victory on the Western Front. So, to divert British resources, maverick German commanders led the British a dance across the Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. They became legends in Germany and Britain – men like Admiral Graf von Spee, who inflicted Britain’s greatest naval defeat for 250 years. The global war sucked in Africans, Chinese and Indians to serve in France. Meanwhile, the war in Africa exploited its people and left behind a wasteland, but sowed the seeds of self-determination., A look at how the events of WWI spread across different regions of the world as Germany attempted to divert British resources., Rare archive footage from around the world and accounts from survivors re-examine how Britain called for global support during the Great War.
