 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuurawa kwaArchduke Franz FerdinandmuSarajevo, mutungamiriri wehurumende yeHungary István Tisza nehurumende yake vakaedza kudzivisa kutanga uye kuwedzera kwehondo muEurope, asi nhamburiko dzavo dzokukurukurirana dzakanga dzisina kubudirira. Austria-Hungary yakanyoresa mamirioni 9 mauto anorwa: mamirioni 7.8 mauto muHondo yeNyika I anopfuura mamirioni 4 kubva kuHumambo hweHungary kudivi reGermany, Bulgaria, neTurkey. Mauto akasimudzwa muHumambo hweHungary akapedza nguva shoma achidzivirira nharaunda chaiyo yeHungary, kunze kweBrusilov Offensive muna Chikumi 1916, uye mwedzi mishoma gare gare, apo uto reRomania rakarwisa muTransylvania, ese ari maviri akadzingwa. Mukuenzanisa, yeuto rose, mwero wokurasikirwa kweHungary wakanga uri mukuru kupfuura imwe nyika ipi neipi yeAustria-Hungary. Masimba epakati akakunda Serbia. Romania yakazivisa hondo. Masimba epakati akakunda kumaodzanyemba kweRomania uye guta guru reRomania reBucharest. Muna 1916 Mambo Franz Joseph akafa, uye mambo mutsva Charles IV akanzwira tsitsi varwiri vorugare. Nenzira yakaoma zvikuru, masimba epakati akamira ndokuramba kudenha kweUmambo hweRussia. 