 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kuzvitonga kwayo muna 1830, Belgium yakanga yakamanikidzwa kuramba isina kwayakarerekera nokusingagumi nechibvumirano cha1839 sechikamu chevimbiso yokuzvitonga kwayo. Hondo isati yatanga, Belgium yaiva umambo hunotongwa nomutemo uye yaizivikanwa nokuva imwe yenyika dzakabudirira zvikuru munyika yose. Musi waAugust 4, 1914, uto reGermany rakapinda muBelgiumMazuva mashomanene bedzi pashure pokupa hurumende yeBelgium chikumbiro chokuti ibvumire kufamba kwakasununguka kwemauto eGermany kuyambuka miganhu yayo. Hondo yeGermany yakakurumidza kupinda muBelgium, ichikomba ndokutora maguta akasimbiswa eLiège, Namur neAntwerp ndokusundira hondo yeBelgium yevanhu 200 000, yaitsigirwa nehama dzavo dzeFrance neBritain, kumadokero. Nhamba huru yavapoteri yakatizirawo kunyika dzakapoteredza. Muna October 1914, kufambira mberi kweGermany pakupedzisira kwakamiswa pedyo nomuganhu weFrance neuto reBelgium paYser uye neuto reFrance neBritain rakabatana paMarne. Somuuyo, mutsetse wapamberi wakadzikama nechikamu chikuru cheBelgium chakatodzorwa neGermany. Pasina kurwisa kwakasimba, Belgium yakawanda yakaramba ichidzorwa neGermany kusvikira hondo yapera. 