 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pfungwa iyi inonyanya kuzivikanwa nevanhu vokuFrance, nokuti yakashandiswa naNoël de Castelnau muhondo yokutanga yeChampagne1914, uye naRobert Nivelle muNivelle Offensive 1917. Joseph Joffre, mukuru mukuru wemauto eFrance kubva muna 1911 zvichienda mberi, pakutanga akanga agamuchira dzidziso yacho nokuda kwemauto eFrance uye akachenesa uto ravatungamiriri vanodzivirira. Zvisinei, mativi ose akavamba hondo huru, dzinodhura uye dzisina maturo dzapamberi muchimiro ichi: vokuBritain muHondo yeSomme 1916, vokuGermany muHondo Yokutanga yeYpres 1914, vokuRussia muBrusilov Offensive 1916, zvichingodaro. 