Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mauto eGermany akanga asvika pakakwirira pavanhu muna 1916 uye Purogiramu yeHindenburg yakanga ine chinangwa chokuderedza mutoro pavanhu vakanga vasara kupfurikidza nokutsiva michina. Muna 1917, mauto echiFrench akanga akwanisa kumira pakurwiswa nemauto echiFrench neechiBritish, ukuwo mauto echiFrench akanga arwisa kumabvazuva nokumaodzanyemba. Mubatanidzwa wairwisana neGermany wakawedzera kugadzirwa kwezvombo zvehondo kunyange kupfuura kuwedzera kweHindenburg Programme, makwikwi emaindasitiri ayo Germany yakanga isingagoni kukunda; purogiramu yacho yakawedzera kushomeka kwevashandi muGermany. Shanduko dzokufungidzira munzira dzokuzvidzivirira dzeGermany dzakava nomuuyo mukuru zvikuru kupfuura wedzero muhukuru hweuto nokubudiswa kwezvombo. Kurwisa kweBritain muna 1917 kwakanga kwakanyatsokwanisa kudarika kwa1916 asi nzira dzokuzvidzivirira dzeGermany dzakashandurwa kuti dzikanganise migumisiro yekukura kweBritish Expeditionary Force (BEF). Hondo yeSomme (1 July <unk> 18 November 1916) yakanga yatora mari inenge uye
Hondo yechipiri yeAisne (16 Kubvumbi <unk> 9 Chivabvu 1917), chikamu chikuru cheNivelle Offensive, yakadhura imwe Hondo yechitatu yeYpres (31 Chikunguru <unk> 10 Mbudzi) yakawedzera kukuvara.