 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekupinzwa muDRC munguva yehondo, National Reserve haina kumutsiridzwa. RDC yakaramba ichirinda vasungwa vehondo veGermany muna 1919, uye zvishoma nezvishoma yakaparadzwa sezvo misasa yevasungwa yakavharwa. Yakagadzirwazve muna 1922 seNational Defence Corps, iyo yakava Home Defence Battalions pakatanga Hondo Yenyika Yechipiri, iine basa rakafanana rekurinda nzvimbo dzisina kuchengeteka semutungamiri wayo weHondo Yenyika Yekutanga. Nokuda kweVF, zvidzidzo zvakava zvisingadiwi mukati mevhiki yekuguma kwehondo muFrance, uye pakupera kwa1918 mazhinji emabattalion eVF akanga avasiya. Paiva netariro mukati merusununguko rwekuti raizopfuurira mushure mehondo, zvichida sechinhu chekuchengetedza kuTerritorial Army, asi munaSeptember 1919 War Office yakazivisa kuti zvose kunze kwezvikwata zvemotokari, zvinonzi zvinobatsira kana zvasvika pakurwisa kutakura, zvaizoparadzwa. 