 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Musi wa1 July 1916, zuva rokutanga reHondo yeSomme, Mauto eBritain akatsungirira zuva rine ropa rakawanda munhoroondo yawo, achirwadziwa nokurasikirwa nevanhu 57 470 uye 19 240 vakafa; Victoria Crosses pfumbamwe dzakapiwa nokuda kwechiito pazuva iroro. Vazhinji vavakakuvadzwa vakaitika muawa yokutanga yorwisano yacho. Hondo yose yepaSomme yakaita kuti mauto eBritain arasikirwe nevarume vanenge hafu yemiriyoni. Hondo yacho haina kungorwiwa panyika; Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga yakaona hondo huru dzomugungwa pamwe chete nokushandiswa kwokutanga kukuru kwendege dzehondo. Hondo yomugungwa yainyanyozivikanwa nenhamburiko dzeHurumende Dzakabatana mukuvharira Hurumende dzeCentral negungwa. Mukudzorera, Masimba epakati akaedza kuputsa chipingamupinyi ichocho ndokuvamba chipingamupinyi chinobudirira cheZvitsuwa zveBritain neFrance nezvikepe zveU-boats nevanopamba. Hondo huru yomugungwa yeHondo Yenyika Yokutanga yaiva Hondo yeJutlandiyo yakanga iri bedzi kurwisana kukuru kwezvikepe zvehondo muhondo iyoyo. Mativi mana eVictoria Cross akapiwa nokuda kwechiito paJutland. Hondo iri mumhepo yakaona VCs 19 dzichipiwa kuvatyairi. Hondo Yenyika Yokutanga yakaona kufarira kukuru muvashandi vanobhururuka, kubatanidza muGermany Manfred von Richthofen - anozivikanwawo saThe Red Baron - pamwe chete nevashandi vokuBritain vakadai saAlbert Ball, Mick Mannock naBilly Bishop, avo vose vakanga vari vagamuchiri veVictoria Cross. Hondo dzakapera musi wa11 Mbudzi 1918 nekusainwa kweChibvumirano cheArmistice muCompiègne Forest, asi hondo yakanga isati yapera zviri pamutemo kudzamara zvibvumirano zvakasiyana-siyana zvorugare zvasainwa muna 1919. Pakupera kwehondo, masimba mana makuru oumambo Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary, uye Umambo hweOttoman vakanga vakundwa mune zvechiuto uye mune zvematongerwe enyika, uye maviri okupedzisira akarega kuvapo semasangano akazvimirira. Pavarwi vokuEurope mamiriyoni 60 vakaunganidzwa kubva muna 1914 kusvika muna 1918, mamiriyoni 8 akaurayiwa, mamiriyoni 7 akaremara zvachose, uye mamiriyoni 15 akakuvadzwa zvakakomba. 