 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waJuly 6, 1916, Umambo hweRomania hwakataura hondo kuGermany neAustria-Hungary, zvichitevera kubudirira kwekutanga kweBrusilov Offensive kurwisa kukuru kweRussia kurwisa mauto eMasimba epakati kuEastern Front. Mauto eRomania akapinda muTransylvania panguva iyoyo yaiva chikamu cheUmambo hweAustria neHungary, pamwe chete nemauto eRussia. Zvisinei, mauto eGermany aitungamirirwa naGeneral Erich von Falkenhayn akamisa kurwisa muna November 1916, uye akadzinga mauto eRomania. Panguva imwe cheteyo, mauto eAustria-Hungary neOttoman akapinda muRomania yokumaodzanyemba, achimanikidza nyika yacho kupinda muhondo yokurwisana pamativi maviri. Masimba epakati akapinda mukati-kati meRomania ndokukunda rutivi rwokumaodzanyemba rwenyika Wallachia, kubatanidza Bucharest pakupera kwa1916. Mauto eRomania, aitungamirirwa naMarchal Constantin Prezan, akadzokera kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweRomania Moldavia. Zvisinei, muzhizha ra1917, Prezan, achibatsirwa naIon Antonescu, akabudirira kudzivirira nzvimbo dzakanga dzasara dzisina kubatwa nemauto eGermany neAustria-Hungary aitungamirirwa naField Marshal August von Mackensen. General Alexandru Averescu akatungamira Second Army mukukunda paHondo yeMărășești Chikunguru 22 kusvika Nyamavhuvhu 1, 1917, nepo Major General Constantin Cristescu naEremia Grigorescu vakatungamira First Army mukukunda pa Hondo yeMărășeștiAugust 6 kusvika September 8, 1917 