<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuedza kweGermany kuputsa kwakakundikana muhondo mbiri dzeYpres 1st2nd nekurasikirwa kukuru. Nhevedzano yezviito zvevakarwa hondo muna 1915 mukurwisana nenzvimbo dzeGermany muArtois uye  <response>: Champagne yakaguma nokurasikirwa kukuru kwevakabatana uye kuchinja kuduku kwenharaunda. Mukuru Mukuru weGermany Erich von Falkenhayn akasarudza kushandisa mikana yokuzvidzivirira iyo yakanga yazviratidza pachavo muna 1915 Allied offensives nokuedza kusundira France kupinda mukurwisa nzvimbo dzakasimba dzokuzvidzivirira pedyo neguta rekare reVerdun. Verdun rakanga rave riri rimwe ramaguta okupedzisira kuramba richidzivisa Hondo yeGermany muna 1870, uye Falkenhayn akafanotaura kuti senhau yokudada kworudzi vaFrance vaizoita chinhu chipi nechipi kuti vave nechokwadi chokuti harina kutorwa. Aitarisira kuti aigona kutora nzvimbo dzakasimba dzokuzvidzivirira mumakomo akatarisana neVerdun pamhenderekedzo yokumabvazuva yoRwizi rweMeuse kutyisidzira guta uye vaFrance vaizotanga kurwisa kwakasimba nzvimbo idzi. Akafanotaura kuti kurasikirwa kweFrance kwaizova kukuru kupfuura kwechiGermany uye kuti kupfuurira kwechiFrench kuzvipira kwemauto kuVerdun kwaizobvisa ropa reuto reFrance. Muna 1916, Hondo yeVerdun yakatanga, nzvimbo dzeFrance dzichiramba dzichirwiswa uye dzichirwiswa negasi rine chepfu uye dzichifa zvikuru pakurwiswa nemauto eGermany akanga akakurisa. Zvisinei, fungidziro yaFalkenhayn yechiverengero chikuru chevaFrench vakaurawa yakaratidza kuva isina kururama sezvo mativi ose akatambura kurasikirwa kukuru. Falkenhayn akatsiviwa naErich Ludendorff, uye pasina kubudirira kunooneka, Hondo yeGermany yakabuda muVerdun muna December 1916 uye hondo yakaguma. 