 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Wilson akasimbirira pakusatora rutivi uye akaderedza gadziriro dzenguva yehondo kuti akwanise kutaurirana rugare. Pashure pokunge ngarava yeBritain inonzi Lusitania yanyura, navapfuuri veAmerica vanopfuura 100 vakanyura, Wilson akarayira kuti ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzeGermany dzibvumire vafambi navashandi kuti vasvike magwa avo okuponesa ngarava dzisati dzanyura. Germany yakabvuma ichingonyima, asi muna January 1917, yakasarudza kuti kurwisa kukuru kwevarwi vaifamba netsokakuWestern Front, pamwe chete nokurwiswa kukuru kwezvinhu zvose zvinotakura zvokudya kuEurope, kwaizova kunokosha. Rakaziva kuti kutangazve kwehondo isina kuganhurirwa yepasi pegungwa kwakanga kuchireva hondo neUnited States, asi rakarangarira kuti Mauto eU.S. aizotora makore kuunganidza ndokusvika, apo Germany yaizenge yatokunda. Germany yakasvika kuMexico neZimmermann Telegram, ichipa mubatanidzwa wehondo mukurwisana neUnited States, ichitarisira kuti United States yaizotsausa ngwariro yayo huru pakurwisa Mexico. London yakabata teregiramu yacho, mashoko ayo akatsamwisa pfungwa dzevanhu vokuAmerica. 