Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 7 August 1914, Britain yakakumbira kuti Japan iparadze German East Asia Squadron. Musi wa15 Nyamavhuvhu, Japan yakapa Germany gwaro rokupedzisira richiti chiGermany chipiwe nzvimbo yeKiautschou Bay uye kuti ngarava dzeGermany dzibve mumvura dzeChina, nokudaro dzichipindira muHondo Yenyika I kudivi reTriple Entente. Nokupera kwechirango Japan yakazivisa hondo kuGermany, ichivharira, ichikomba uye pakupedzisira ichibata
Tsingtao. MunaGunyana, 1st ne2nd South Sea Squadrons vakaenderera kuGerman New Guinea, kwavakatora nzvimbo dzeGerman dzekutonga muRabaul, Caroline Islands, Palau, Mariana Islands neMarshall Islands. Mauto ehondo eJapan gare gare akabatanidzwa mukutsvaka kweGerman East Asia Squadron kuburikidza neIndia nePacific oceans.