 Kunyangwe kuita mumwedzi yekutanga yehondo neSerbia neRussia kunowanzoonekwa sekushomeka, mauto eAustria-Hungary haana kubatsirwa nekuparadzaniswa kwemukati uye kusava nechokwadi pakati pevakuru vehondo uye kuve nemauto eSerbia neRussia emhando dzakanyatsotsanangurwa dzehurongwa hwehondo yeAustria-Hungary. Zvose mune zvose panguva yeHondo yeHondo yeHondo yeNyika I uye pasinei nekutya kusatendeseka uye kuparadzana pakati pemarudzi akawanda eUmambo, mauto eAustria-Hungary anofanira kuonekwa seakaitwa zvakanyanya kusvika pakuguma kwezvematongerwe enyika mukupera kwa1918. Mauto eumambo akaitwa nounyanzvi hukuru zvose zviri zviviri Kurwisa kweOtranto, Caporetto, uye kudzivirira kwakatsiga kweIsonzo; uye nemigumisiro inotyisa Hondo yeGalicia, Hondo yeBrusilov neVittorio Veneto; pamwe chete nemitemo yakasiyana-siyana iri pakati. Pakupedzisira, uye vachitsigirwa zvikuru neGermany, mauto eUmambo akaramba akasimba, uye pasina zvakawanda zvakapararira pakati pevaya vaionekwa sevanoshushikanavezvinhu zvevanhu kusvikira mazuva ekupedzisira ehondo apo kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwe enyika kumba kwakatungamirira kukundwa kukuru zvose zviri mberi uye pagungwa sezvo hondo yakasvika pakuguma. 