 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zvokwadi yakanga yakaoma zvikuru. Pakanga pane kutya kwakapararira apo Germany yakazivisa hondo pana 1 August 1914, uye vanhuwo zvavo vakaona vadiwa vavo vachienda kunorwa mumavhiki akatevera. Varudzi vomukirasi yepakati ndivo vakanga vachishingaira zvikurusa uye vakabudisa maturakiti asingaverengeki namapepanhau okurumbidza chinzwano chitsva chezvamatongerwe enyika. Nhetembo dzehondo dzinofungidzirwa kuva miriyoni imwe dzakatumirwa kumapepanhau eGermany muna August 1914 oga. Kusawirirana kwakadzvinyirirwa neiri kuwanda kwemabhuku anokurudzira hondo, chipikirwa chokusatyora Burgfrieden uye rutyo rwokuderedza tsigiro nokuda kwavadiwa vari pamberi. Nokudaro kwakaratidzika kuti Mudzimu wa1914 wakanga uri wenyika yose. Kuyeuka Mudzimu waAugust 1914 kwakapfuurira kunyange apo tsigiro chaiyoiyo yehondo yakaderera nenjodzi dzinotyisa pamativi okurwisana uye nzara inotyisa pamativi okurwisana epamba anokonzerwa nokuvharirwa kweGermany neBritain. 