Welcome back to another episode of pplpod! This week, we are diving deep into military history to explore one of the most astonishing and disastrous engagements of the World War I East African campaign: the Battle of Tanga, also famously known as the Battle of the Bees.

In November 1914, the British Indian Expeditionary Force "B", commanded by Major-General Arthur Aitken, launched an amphibious invasion on the strategic port of Tanga in German East Africa. What was supposed to be a decisive British victory turned into a chaotic military blunder. We break down how a significantly smaller defense force of German Schutztruppen, led by the cunning Lieutenant Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, managed to outmaneuver the British forces.