 Zvisinei, vaBritain vaizoguma vachisimuka vakananga kuvaFrench, zvino sezvo zvavaida zvainge zvagutswa. Bismarck akaedza kuita kuti kusawirirana navaBritain kuve kuduku, asi pashure pokubviswa pabasa kwaBismarck pakurayira kwaKaiser Wilhelm II muna 1890, mwero une ngwariro wesimba muEurope wakaparara. Kaiser wechiduku ane vavariro dzakakwirira akawedzera makakatanwa navaBritain kupfurikidza nomukwikwi wehondo yeAnglo-German uye Dambudziko Rokutanga reMoroccan; umo maGerman akapotsa aenda kuhondo neFrance neBritain pakati pa1905-06 pamusoro pekuzivikanwa kwaKaiser kwaSultan Abdelaziz weMorocco, achipokana nehutongi hweFrance ikoko. Izvi zvakaratidza kuti Entente Cordiale yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa yakanga yakasimba, uye kuti mubatanidzwa weAnglo-French waisazofamba, zvichinyatsogumisa mikana yose yokuti mubatanidzwa weAnglo-German umutse uye uputse simba racho. 