Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1914 mauto echiJapan neeBritain akaparadza zvinhu zveGermany muChina. Japan yakatora nzvimbo yechiuto yeGermany muQingdao
, uye zvikamu zvakatorwa zveShandong Province. China yakanga ine nyonganyonga mune zvemari, isina kugadzikana zvikuru mune zvematongerwe enyika, uye isina simba zvikuru mune zvechiuto. China yakazivisa hondo kuGermany muna August 1917 sechinhu chokuronga kuita kuti ikodzere kupinda musangano worugare wapashure pehondo, uko yaikarira kuwana shamwari dzaizobetsera kudzivisa tyisidziro dzokuwedzera kweJapan. Vakaronga kutumira uto rokurwa kuWestern Front, asi havana kumbozviita. Vamiriri veBritain vaitya kuti US neJapan zvaizobvisa basa rokutungamirira reBritain mune zvoupfumi hweChina. Ivo vakatsvaka kurwisa Japan neUnited States, nepo panguva imwe cheteyo vachichengeta batira pamwe pakati pamarudzi ose matatu kurwisa Germany.