 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto eAllied akanga ava akakura, pasinei nokubuda kweRussia muhondo nemhaka yeChibvumirano cheBrest-Litovsk muna March 1918. Greece neuto rayo mapoka mapfumbamwe vakazvipira zvizere kuEntente, nepo zviuru zvitanhatu zvevaCzech neSlovak vaimbove vasungwa vehondo vakachengetwa kumberi kweItaly vakapihwazve zvombo, vakarongwazve, uye vakaendeswa kumberi kweMacedonia kunorwira Entente. VaBulgaria vakanga vawedzerawo mauto avo mukati ma1917, uye muhuwandu hwevanhu, mativi maviri aya aive akaenzana mabhataironi maringe nemabhatani, pamwe nemabhatani gumi echiGerman. Zvisinei, sezvo 1918 yakafambira mberi, kwakanga kuri pachena kuti Chibvumirano chakanga chine simba rakanga risina Masimba Makuru. Kukundwa kweRussia kwakanga kusina kupa betsero inokosha kuMasimba Makuru. Umambo hweOttoman hwakanga hwava kurasikirwa zvishoma nezvishoma nenyika dzechiArabhu. MuAustria-Hungary, mativi asiri echiGermany neechiHungary ehumambo hwenyika dzakawanda akakura nenzira yakajeka. Pamberi peMadokero, kurwisa kwakasimba kwechirimo kweGermany kwakanga kusati kwakunda France, nepo kuiswa kweAmerica kwakanga kuchinyanya kubudirira. Kunyange zvazvo Bulgaria neUnited States dzakanga dzisiri muhondo, kukunda kweGermany paUnited States kwakaratidzika kuva kusingabviri mupfungwa. Pakupedzisira, uye chinokosha zvikurusa nokuda kweBulgaria, inodokuva nharidzano dzayo dzose dzehondo dzomunharaunda dzakanga dzatowanwa, asi sezvo Hondo Yenyika I yakanga isati iri Hondo yeBalkan yechitatu bedzi, Bulgaria haigoni kurega. Parutivi pevamwe vayo, Bulgaria yakaramba ichitambura kurasikirwa kukuru uye kushaiwa kwevanhuwo zvavo, kusanganisira kushomeka kwezvokudya, sezviri pachena kuzadzisa zvinangwa zvisina kuzadzikiswa zvevabatsiri vayo. Sezvo Bulgaria yaiva nehurumende yehurumende imwe chete, yaida kuti vanhu vayo varambe vachitsigira hondo, ukuwo kunetseka uye kusagutsikana nehondo zvairamba zvichiwedzera. 