 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Nezvingaitika hondo yenguva yemberi mbiri, Alfred von Schlieffen, Mukuru weGeneral Staff kubva muna 1891 kusvika muna 1906, akanga ataura hurongwa hwekuendesa hondo hwakazozivikanwa seSchlieffen Plan. Yakashandurwa naMoltke Muduku, chinangwa chayo chokukurumidza kukunda France chakaratidza kuva chisingabviri kuita. Muchiitiko chaicho cheHondo Yenyika Yokutanga; paWestern Front, kufambira mberi kweGermany kwakamira muhondo yemakomba pashure peHondo Yokutanga yeMarne. Zvisinei, kuEastern Front, mashandiro ePrussian akabudirira mukukomberedza nokupwanya vaRussia paTannenberg. Kunyange zvazvo vakagadzira nzira dzekupinda nadzo senzira yekudzokororazve nzira dzemazuva ano dzokurwa, havana kukwanisa kubudirira pakurwisa kwavo kweGermany kweChirimo kuWestern Front mugore rokupedzisira rehondo, uye vaGermany vakarasikirwa nehondo yekupera. 