 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupera kweHondo yeBalkan, Helfferich akanga ari mumiriri wezvemari weGermany kumusangano wenyika dzakawanda 1913. Akanga ari Munyori weHurumende kubva muna 1916 kusvika muna 1917, uye akanzi ndiye aiva nebasa rokubhadhara mari yeHondo Yenyika I achishandisa zvikwereti panzvimbo pemitero. Aivimba nokukunda kwokupedzisira kweGermany uye nokubhadharisa mari inorema kuvaAllies. Akashandawo seMutevedzeri weChancellor Georg Michaelis naGeorg von Hertling. 