Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Mgbalị ndị Germany mere imebi ya dara n'agha abụọ a lụrụ na Ypres (1st/2nd) na nnukwu ọnwụ. Usoro mwakpo ndị Allied na 1915 megide ọnọdụ ndị Germany na Artois na Champagne
butere nnukwu ọnwụ na obere mgbanwe na mpaghara. Onye isi ndị agha Germany bụ Erich von Falkenhayn kpebiri iji uru nchebe nke gosipụtara onwe ha na mwakpo ndị Allied nke 1915 site n'ịgbalị ịmanye France ịwakpo ọnọdụ nchebe siri ike dị nso n'obodo oge ochie nke Verdun. Verdun bụ otu n'ime obodo ndị ikpeazụ guzogidere ndị agha Germany na 1870, Falkenhayn bukwara amụma na n'ihi mpako mba ha, ndị France ga-eme ihe ọ bụla iji hụ na e weghị ya. Ọ tụrụ anya na ya nwere ike iwere ọnọdụ nchebe siri ike n'ugwu ndị dị n'akụkụ Verdun n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Osimiri Meuse iji yie obodo ahụ egwu na ndị France ga-ebuso ọnọdụ ndị a agha. O buru amụma na ndị agha France ga-anwụ karịa ndị nke ndị Germany, nakwa na ọ bụrụ na ndị agha France anọgide na-aga agha na Verdun, "ọ ga-eme ka ndị agha France gharazie inwe ndị agha". N'afọ 1916, Agha nke Verdun malitere, ebe ndị agha France nọ n'okpuru ogbunigwe na mwakpo gas na-egbu egbu mgbe niile ma na-ebute nnukwu ọnwụ n'okpuru mwakpo nke ndị agha Germany buru ibu. Otú ọ dị, amụma Falkenhayn banyere ọnụ ọgụgụ ka ukwuu nke ndị France nwụrụ anwụ gosipụtara na ọ dị njọ ka akụkụ abụọ ahụ tara nnukwu ọnwụ. Erich Ludendorff nọchiri Falkenhayn, na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma ọ bụla, ndị agha Germany hapụrụ Verdun na Disemba 1916 ma agha ahụ biri.