Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupera kwaOctober 1914, rutivi rwose rwokumberi muBelgium neFrance rwakanga rwasimbiswa mumitsetse yemakomba, ayo akapfuurira kutozosvikira mavhiki okupedzisira ehondo. Kurwisa kwevanhu vakawanda kwakanga kusina maturo pamusana pemoto wezvombo zvehondo, uyewo kupfura kwepfuti nemapfuti. Mapato ose ari maviri akaisa pfungwa pakuparadza kurwisa kwevavengi uye pakudzivirira mauto avo pachavo nokuchera zvakadzika muvhu. Pashure pokuunganidzwa kwemauto muna 1915, rutivi rwokuMadokero rwakava hondo isina mugumo pakati pavakaenzana, yaizosarudzwa nokurasikirwa. Kurwiswa nechokumberi, uye kuurawa kwaiitwa, kwakanga kusingadzivisiki nemhaka yokuti mitsetse yezvimbambaira yairamba iripo yakanga isina mativi akazaruka. Kurasikirwa kwavanodzivirira kwakaenzana nekwevanorwisa, sezvo zvichengetedzo zvikuru zvakashandiswa mukurwisa kunodhura kana kuti zvakazarurirwa kune zvombo zvevarwi. Paiva nenguva apo hondo yezvimbambaira yakanga yakaoma yaikundikana, zvakadai sePanguva yeHondo yeSomme, asi mitsetse yacho haina kumbobvira yaenda kure zvikuru. Hondo yacho yaizokundwa nerutivi rwaigona kupa varwi vokupedzisira kuWestern Front. Hondo yomumakomba yakapararira paWestern Front kutozosvikira vaGermany vatanga kurwisa kwavo
Spring Offensive musi wa 21 March 1918. Hondo dzomumapako dzakaitikawo pane dzimwe nhandare, kubatanidza muItaly neGallipoli.