Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mauto okuJapan akakurumidza kutora zvinhu zvose zveGermany muPacific pakatanga Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga muna 1914. Japan yakatora koloni yeGermany ye
Qingdao, pamwe chete nezvikamu zvinopamba zveShandong Province. China yakanga ine nyonganyonga mune zvemari, isina kugadzikana zvikuru mune zvematongerwe enyika, uye isina simba zvikuru mune zvechiuto. Tariro yaro huru yakanga iri yokupinda musangano worugare wapashure pehondo, uye tariro yokuwana shamwari yaizobetsera kudzivisa tyisidziro dzokuwedzera kweJapan. China yakazivisa hondo kuGermany muna August 1917 sechinhu chokuronga kuti ikodzere kupinda musangano worugare wapashure pehondo. Beijing yakaronga kutumira chikwata chokurwa kuWestern Front, asi haina kumboita kudaro. Vamiriri veBritain vaitya kuti US neJapan zvaizobvisa basa guru reBritain somumwe wokutengeserana naye neChina. Ivo vakatsvaka kurwisa Japan neUnited States, nepo panguva imwe cheteyo vachichengeta batira pamwe pakati pamarudzi ose matatu kurwisa Germany.