 Mumwedzi yokutanga yeHondo Yenyika I munenge muna 1914, Masimba Epakati akapinda muNetherlands yeLuxembourg neBelgium mune zvave kuzivikanwa sokupinda kweGermany muBelgium. Kwakaita kuti Germany itore nyika mbiri idzi. Zvisinei, kufambira mberi kweGermany muFrance kwakakurumidza kumiswa, kuchikonzera kusafamba kwechiuto kwechikamu chikuru chehondo. Pakupedzisira, vanhu vanenge 56 000 vakaurayiwa pakurwiswa kwacho. 