 Pashure pemakore mana ehondo pamativi akawanda muEurope nepasi rose, kurwisa kweVasungwa kwakatanga muna August 1918, uye nzvimbo yeGermany neCentral Powers yakashata, ichivatungamirira kukumbira rugare. Zvikumbiro zvokutanga zvakarambwa neAllied Powers, uye chimiro cheGermany chakava chinopererwa zvikuru. Kuziva kukundwa kwehondo kwakanga kwava kuda kuitika kwakaparira Kupandukira kweGermany, kuziviswa kwenyika musi wa9 Mbudzi 1918, kubviswa pachigaro kwaKaiser Wilhelm II, uye kuzvipira kweGerman, zvichiratidza kupera kweHumambo hweGerman uye kutanga kweRepublic yeWeimar. 