 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1910, mukuru mukuru weRussia Yuri Danilov akagadzira Chirongwa 19 pasi pacho mauto mana aizopinda muEast Prussia. Urongwa uhwu hwakashoropodzwa sezvo Austria-Hungary yaigona kuva tyisidziro huru kupfuura Humambo hweGermany. Saka panzvimbo pokuti mauto mana apinde muEast Prussia, vaRussia vakaronga kutumira mauto maviri kuEast Prussia, uye mauto maviri kuti adzivirire mauto eAustria-Hungary achipinda kubva kuGalicia. Mumwedzi yokutanga yehondo, Hondo yeUmambo yeRussia yakaedza kupinda muEastern Prussia kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero, asi yakadzoswa neGermany pashure pokubudirira kwokutanga. Panguva imwe cheteyo, kumaodzanyemba, vakabudirira kupinda muGalicia, vachikunda mauto eAustria-Hungary ikoko. MuPoland yeRussia, vaGermany vakakundikana kutora Warsaw. Asi pakazosvika 1915, mauto eGermany neAustria-Hungary akanga achifambira mberi, achiita kuti mauto eRussia arasikirwe zvikuru muGalicia nePoland, achiamanikidza kudzokera shure. Grand Duke Nicholas akadzingwa pachinzvimbo chake somukuru mukuru wehondo ndokutsiviwa naTsar pachake. Kurwisa kwakati kuti kwakarwisa vaGermany muna 1916 kwakakundikana, kusanganisira Kurwisa kweGungwa reNaroch uye Kurwisa kweBaranovichi. Zvisinei, Mukuru Mukuru Aleksei Brusilov akatungamirira basa rakabudirira zvikuru rokurwisa Austria-Hungary iro rakazozivikanwa seBrusilov Offensive, iro rakaona Mauto eRussia achiwana zvikomborero zvikuru. 