 Hondo Yenyika I yakaguma nokusainwa kwechibvumirano cheArmistice musi waNovember 11, 1918. Kunyange zvazvo kurwisana kwakamira, mukana wehondo wokutangazve wakanga uchiripo uye rugare rwakasvika bedzi apo vamiriri veGermany vakasayina Chibvumirano cheVersailles pana June 28, 1919, makore mashanu chaiwo pashure pokuurawa kwaArchduke Franz Ferdinand. United States yakapinda muhondo yacho pashure pokunge yava nemakore ichitsviriridza. Apo rakatumira varume kunzvimbo dzokutanga dzeEurope, mauto eU.S. akaramba akaparadzaniswa, ane mapoka evasvinu navachena bedzi. Pasinei zvapo nokuparadzaniswa, vanhu vokuAfrica vokuAmerica vakawanda vakanga vachiri kuzvipira kubatana nehondo yeAllied. Pakasvika nguva yokunyarara neGermany, vanhu vokuAfrica vokuAmerica vanopfuura 350 000 vakanga vapinda muchiuto uye vakaisa upenyu hwavo mungozi kuti vashumire neAmerican Expeditionary Force kuWestern Front. 