 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga muhondo uyu, mumwe muzvinabhizimisi Walter Rathenau aiva nenzvimbo dzakakwirira muDhipatimendi reZvinhu Zvokutanga reBazi reHondo, uku achiva sachigaro weAEG pakafa baba vake muna 1915. Rathenau akaita basa rinokosha mukunyengetedza War Ministry kuti igadzire War Raw Materials Department Kriegsrohstoffabteilung - KRA; akanga ari mutariri wayo kubva muna August 1914 kusvika muna March 1915 uye akagadza mitemo nemitemo. Vashandi vake vakuru vakanga vakakweretwa kubva kumaindasitiri. KRA yakanangidzira ngwariro pazvinhu zvakasvibirira zvinotyisidzirwa nechitambudzo cheBritain, pamwe chete nezvinopiwa zvinobva kuBelgium neFrance. Raigadza mitengo uye raidzora kugoverwa kwaiitwa kumakambani anokosha ehondo. Yakatanga kugadzirwa kwezvinhu zvokutanga zvinotsiva. KRA yakatambura nekusaita zvakanaka kwakawanda kunokonzerwa nekuoma uye udyire KRA yakasangana nekutengeserana, indasitiri, uye hurumende. 