 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kuurayiwa kweArchduke Franz Ferdinand musi wa 28 Chikumi 1914 muSarajevo kwakakonzera kutevedzana kwezviitiko zvakatungamira kuJuly Crisisuye chiziviso chakazotevera cheAustria-Hungary chokurwa neSerbia musi wa 28 July. Zviitiko zvakafamba nokukurumidza mumazuva akatevera. Pana 30 July 1914 Russia yakazivisa kuunganidzwa kuzere mukupindura kuzivisa kweAustria-Hungary hondo kuSerbia. Austria-Hungary yakazivisa kuunganidzwa kuzere zuva rakatevera racho. Musi waAugust 1 vose vari vaviri Germany neFrance vakarayira kuunganidzwa kuzere uye Germany yakazivisa hondo kuRussia mukutsigira Austria-Hungary. Nepo hukama pakati peAustria-Hungary neItari hwainge hwavandudzika zvakanyanya mumakore maviri akatevera kuvandudzwa kwe1912 Triple Alliance, kuwedzera kwemari yeAustria-Hungary, makakatanwa ezvematongerwo enyika pamusoro pesimba muAlbania, uye kunetsekana kweItari pamusoro pekugona kubatana kwenyika muHumambo hweMontenegro kwakakonzera hukama pakati pevaviri vakabatana kuti vakundikane mumwedzi inotungamira kuhondo. 