 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 14 July 1914, rwendo rwomugungwa rwegore negore rwokuNorway rwakavamba. Kutyisidzira kwehondo mukati meJuly Crisis kwakaita kuti Kaiser Wilhelm II agumise rwendo rwacho nokukurumidza, pashure pemavhiki maviri chete; uye pakupera kwaJuly ngarava dzakanga dzadzoka pachiteshi. Deutschland yakasvika Kiel musi wa29, ndokuendeswa kuWilhelmshaven musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu. Nokutanga kwehondo, Deutschland uye vamwe vose veII Squadron vakapiwa basa rokudzivirira mhenderekedzo yegungwa pamuromo weElbe. Basa iri rakambomiswa kubva musi wa 2 kusvika musi wa 23 Gumiguru, apo ngarava yakadzokera kuWilhelmshaven, uye kubva musi wa 27 Gumiguru kusvika musi wa 4 Mbudzi, nokuda kwekugadziriswa muKiel. Musi waNovember 10, akapinda muchirongwa chekuenda kuBaltic vakananga kuBornholm, uko kwakapera pasina zviitiko mazuva maviri gare gare. Pakazosvika 17 November, ngarava yacho yakanga yaiswazve pamhenderekedzo yegungwa pedyo neElbe. Apo hanzvadzi dzake dzakanga dzichivhara kudenha pamhenderekedzo yeEnglandMusi waDecember 15-16, Deutschland yakaramba iri pabasa rokurinda pamuromo weElbe. 