 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna September 1914, pashure pokunge hondo dzatanga pakati peGermany, France neRussia, Reich yakanga yava kuda kutora Paris, vaFrance vakakurudzira Russia kurwisa East Prussia. Nicholas II akatanga kurwisa kukuru, kuchiguma norukundo rweRussia muHondo yeGumbinnen. Mauto eRussia akasvika kumucheto kweKönigsberg asi haana kuitora ndokugara paInsterburg. Uku kukunda kweRussia uye kubatwa kweEast Prussia neRussia kwakaponesa Paris kupfurikidza nokumanikidzira vaGermany kutumira mauto mazhinji kumapurovhinzi avo eEast. Gare gare Hindenburg naLüdendorff vakadzorera Russia shure muhondo yeTannenberg, nokudaro vakasunungura East Prussia kubva kumasoja eRussia. Bva mauto eRussia akaramba ari murutivi rwokumabvazuva zvikurusa rwenharaunda yacho kutozosvikira pakuvamba kwa 1915. 