 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika I, East Prussia yakava nhandare yehondoapo Umambo hweRussia hwakapinda munyika yacho. Mauto eRussia pakutanga akasangana nokudzivisa kuduku nokuti chikamu chikuru cheuto reGermany chakanga chakanangidzirwa kuWestern Front maererano neSchlieffen Plan. Pasinei nokubudirira kwokutanga uye kutorwa kwemaguta eRastenburg neGumbinnen, muHondo yeTannenberg muna 1914 uye Hondo Yechipiri yeMasurian Lakes muna 1915, vaRussia vakakundwa zvakasimba uye vakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure. VaRussia vakateverwa neuto reGermany raipinda munharaunda yeRussia. 