 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo isina kuganhurirwa yepasi pegungwa yakatangwa muna 1915 semhinduro kukuvharirwa kweGermany negungwa reBritain. Mitemo yemibayiro, iyo yakanyorwa pasi peHague Convention ya1907 - yakadai seiyo yaida kuti vatengesi vanorwisa vatengesi vanyevere vavariro dzavo uye vape nguva yokuti vashandi vapinde muzvikepe zvevaponesi - haina kuremekedzwa uye ngarava dzezvokutengeserana dzakanyudzwa pasinei nokuti dzaiva dzorudzi rwupi, dzaitakura zvinhu zvipi, kana kuti dzaienda kupi. Kutevera kunyura kwe 7 May 1915 uye kupikisa kwevanhu vakawanda munyika dzakasiyana-siyana dzisina kwazvakarerekera, kusanganisira United States, tsika yacho yakabviswa. Zvisinei, Germany yakatangazve tsika yacho musi wa1 February 1917 uye yakazivisa kuti ngarava dzose dzokutengesa pasinei nokuti dzaibva kunyika ipi dzaizonyudzwa pasina nyevero. Izvi zvakatsamwisa ruzhinji rweUnited States, zvichiita kuti United States iputse ukama hwekudyidzana neGermany mazuva maviri gare gare, uye, pamwe chete neZimmermann Telegram, zvakatungamira kupinda kweUnited States muhondo mwedzi miviri gare gare kudivi reAllied Powers. 