 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akanga ari mutsoropodzi ane hasha wehurumende yeFrance yenguva yehondo, achisimbisa kuti yakanga isiri kuita zvakakwana kukunda hondo. Chimiro chake chakatungamirirwa nechishuvo chokudzorera purovhinzi yeAlsace-Lorraine, maonero akagoveranwa nevanhu vose. Mumatsutso a1917 takaona kukundwa kune ngwavaira kweItaly paHondo yeCaporetto, kubatwa kwesimba kweBolshevik muRussia, uye runyerekupe rwokuti aimbova Mutungamiriri wehurumende Joseph Caillaux uye Gurukota rezvemukati menyika Louis Malvy vangave vakabatanidzwa mukubiridzira. Mutungamiriri wehurumende Paul Painlevé akanga achida kuvhura nhaurirano neGermany. Clemenceau akataura kuti kunyange kudzorerwa kweAlsace-Lorraine neGermany uye kusunungurwa kweBelgium kwaisazova kwakakwana kururamisa France kusiya maAllies ayo. Ikoku kwakamanikidza Alexandre Ribot naAristide Briand vose vari vaviri Vakuru Vokutanga, avo vokupedzisira vakanga vari vezvematongerwe enyika vane simba zvikuru uye vakanga vasvikirwa nomudhipatimendi weGermany kubvumirana pachena kuti kwaisazova norugare rwakaparadzana. Kwemakore akawanda, Clemenceau akapomerwa mhaka yokudzivisa rugare rwunobvira rwokugadzikana, asi zvino zvakajeka kubva mukunzvera magwaro echiGermany kuti Germany yakanga isina chinangwa chakakomba chokupa Alsace-Lorraine. Kuzivikanwa kwechishoro chake kwakamuita mutsoropodzi anozivikanwa zvikurusa uye munhu wokupedzisira akamira apo vamwe vakanga vakundikana. Vakuru, vaGermany vachiri kuNoyon rakanyora pepa raClemenceau risingaperi. 