 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Nyamavhuvhu 1914 kutungamira kwe5th Army kwakapihwa Crown Prince Wilhelm weGermany, mugari wenhaka yeHohenzollern chigaro, naGeneral Schmidt von Knobelsdorf anoshanda semukuru wevashandi vake, uye aizoramba akadaro kusvika pakupera kwa1916. Kuvhurwa kwehondo kuWestern Front kwakaona 5th Army yeCrown Prince, pamwe neyakavakidzana ne4th Army yakarairwa naAlbrecht, Duke weWürttemberg, vachishanda pakati pechirongwa cheSchlieffen kurwisa kuBelgium neFrance. Musi wa 21 Nyamavhuvhu 1914, muhondo yakazozivikanwa seHondo yeArdennes, mauto e4 ne5 akaenda kuArdennes kunopikisa kurwisa kweFrance yechitatu neyechina mauto. Mumazuva maviri akatevera 5th Army yakaita basa guru mukumisa mauto eFrance anopikisa. Pakazosvika 23 August, pashure pokurasikirwa zvikuru uye kupfuurwa nenzira yakarongeka, mauto maviri echiFrench akadzingwa. Zvichitevera kukunda kweGerman 5th Army muHondo yeArdennesyakatamira kuVerdun, uko yaizogara kusvikira muna 1918. Muna February 1916 uto rechishanu reCrown Prince raizotanga Operation Gericht, kurwisa kweGermany kwakatanga Hondo yeVerdun, imwe yehondo dzine ropa rakawanda uye dzakarebesa munhau. Pakupera kwa1916, pashure pokurasikirwa zvikuru mukuedza kwayo paVerdun, General Max von Gallwitz akatora kutonga kwe5th Army. Hondo isati yapera, 5th Army yakarwa muhondo dzinoverengeka dzakakosha, kusanganisira Hondo yeSaint-Mihiel, munaGunyana 1918, payakakundwa neAmerican Expeditionary Force pasi paJohn J. Pershing. Hondo yeChishanu yakaramba ichipikisa Mauto eAEFs Meuse-Argonne Offensive kusvika paGadziriro yeGadziriro yeGadziriro ye11 November 1918. Pakupera kwehondo yakanga ichishanda sechikamu che Heeresgruppe Gallwitz. 