 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kamuri 40 yakaita basa rinokosha mukubatana kunoverengeka kwezvikepe mukati mehondo, zvikurukuru mukucherechedza kubuda kukuru kweGermany muNorth Sea. Hondo yeDogger Bank yakakundwa zvikurukuru nemhaka yokudzivirira kwakabvumira Navy kuisa ngarava dzayo munzvimbo yakarurama. Yakaita basa rinokosha mukurwisana kwezvikepe kwakazotevera, kusanganisira Hondo yeJutlandsezvo ngarava dzeBritain dzakatumirwa kunodzibata. Kugona kutsvaka nzira kwakabvumira kuti ngarava dzeGermany, ngarava dzepasi pemvura uye Zeppelins zviongororwe uye zviwanikwe. Sangano racho rakabudirira zvikuru, zvokuti pakapera hondo mashoko anopfuura mamiriyoni 80, anosanganisira kutumira mashoko kwose kusina waya kweGermany munguva yehondo akanga atorwa nevashandisi vezviteshi zveY ndokurondedzerwa. Zvisinei, kubudirira kwayo kunoshamisa zvikuru kwakanga kuri mukuvhura Tsamba yeZimmermann, teregiramu yakabva kuHofisi Yokunze yeGermany yakatumirwa neWashington kumumiriri wayo Heinrich von Eckardt muMexico. 