Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: On 21 March 1918
vaGermany vakarwisa. Kwamazuva matatu okutanga okurwisa, War Cabinet yakanga isina chokwadi nezvokukomba kwokutyisidzira. General Petain akanga akamirira uye achitarisira kuti kurwisa kukuru kwaizouya munharaunda yake yeCompiègne, anenge makiromita 75 kumaodzanyemba kwenzvimbo iyo kwakaitika chaizvoizvo. Vawana kukunda paEastern Front muna 1917, vaGermany vakachinjira pfungwa dzavo kuWestern Front munguva yechando ya1917-18 nokufambisa mapoka avo okurwisa kumabvazuva, nechitima, kuenda kuFrance. Kwakanga kuchifungidzirwa kuti Germany yakanga ine mapoka anopfuura 200 kuWestern Front pakazosvika chitubu cha 1918 (chichienzaniswa ne100 yeFrance ne50 yeEngland). Apo vaGermany vakarova pana March 21, vakaunganidza simba ravo romunhu ndokurova vaAllies panzvimbo yavo isina kusimba zvikurusa, pamharadzano pakati pemitsetse yechiNgezi neyechiFrench. Vakabatsirwa nehuwandu hwezvinhu: 1) kugadziriswa kweB.E.F. munguva pfupi yapfuura kuti ifukidze mutsetse wakareba mamaira makumi maviri nemasere kumberi, 2) kushomeka kwechivigiro chepakati chemauto chakarairwa nehutungamiriri hwevagari, asi icho chakaregeredzwa nemauto, 3) kuendeswa kwepamberi kwemapoka emativi ese kunzvimbo dzakatarisana kubva kwavaida, 4) kushomeka kwemutungamiri akabatana, izvo, panguva yedambudziko, zvakaita kuti vatungamiriri vemauto vatarise kune zvavo zvido zvemunyika, uye kwete izvo zvehuwandu, 5) kudzidziswa kwakanyanya kwemapoka evashandi veGerman mumhando nyowani dzemauto anonzi, "stormtroopers", 6) mamiriro ekunze akaoma akaita kuti ivhu riome, 7) mhute yakasimba mangwanani emazuva maviri ekutanga ekurwiswa, uye kushamisika kwakazara. 7)