Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Padzimwe nzvimbo, kwakanga kuchine nzvimbo yokushandisa zano rokumanikidzira. VaGermany vakaita hondo yakakwana yokutsakatisa vaRussia muHondo yeTannenberg. Muna 1915 Britain neFrance dzakatangisa Hondo yeDardanelles yakanga ine vavariro dzakanaka asi isina kunyatsogadzirirwa uye pakupedzisira isina zvibereko, ichibatanidza simba rengarava uye kumhara kwechikepe, mukuedza kubatsira mubatanidzwa wavo weRussia uye kubvisa Umambo hweOttoman muhondo. Hondo yokuPalestine yaitungamirirwa neuto rehondo, iro raibudirira munharaunda yacho, uye vaBritain vakawana kukunda kuviri kukuru paGaza
(1917) uye Megidho (1918). Colonel T. E. Lawrence nevamwe vakuru vakuru vokuBritain vakatungamirira maArabu asina kurongeka pamushandirapamwe wokurwisa maOttoman, vachishandisa nzira uye nzira dzakagadzirwa munguva dzeHondo dzeBoer.