Forgive me, I am completely ignorant in this subject. From what I understand, as soon as the war started, the Germans barely put up any fight in holding their new colonies in Asia. Wasn't one of Germany's biggest desires, around this time in history, to start being a world power like Britain? Why, then, would they not put more effort into defending them?
They were un defendable these colonies were right on the doorstep of Australia and New Zealand two British colonies with millions of people compared to the German colonies couple of thousands. If they had tried they would have failed. Any attempt to reinforce would have resulted in the ships sinking by the Royal Navy.if they had attempted to reinforce before the war then they would be blockaded and surrender. The action the Germans took was the only option.