 Kunze kwechikamu cheAnglophile chinokurudzira kutsigira kwokutanga kweBritish uye chikamu chinorwisa Tsarist chinonzwira tsitsi hondo yeGermany neRussia, pfungwa dzevanhu veAmerica dzakaratidza iyo yemutungamiri wenyika: manzwiro okusatora rutivi akanga akasimba zvikuru pakati pevaIrish America, maGerman America, uye maScandinavian America, pamwe chete pakati pevatungamiriri vechechi uye vakadzi vose zvavo. Pane rumwe rutivi, kunyange Hondo yeNyika I isati yatanga, murangariro weAmerica wakanga uri wakashata zvikuru kuGermany kupfuura kune imwe nyika ipi neipi muEurope. Nokufamba kwenguva, zvikurukuru pashure pemishumo yeutsinye hweGermany muBelgium muna 1914 uye pashure pokunyura kweyevashandi vomumugwagwa RMS Lusitania muna 1915, vagari veAmerica vakawedzera kuona Germany somurwisi muEurope. 