 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupedzisira, zvisinei, budiriro yavanopandukira yakaderera. Pasina rubatsiro rweFrance, vaItaly vakakundwa zviri nyore nevaAustria. Neimwe rombo nounyanzvi, Austria yakakwanisawo kudzora mirangariro yorudzi yaibvira muGermany neHungary, yakabetserwa pamwe chete nokukundikana kweGungano reFrankfurt kubatanidza nyika dzeGermany kuva rudzi rumwe. Makumi maviri emakore gare gare, zvisinei, vaItaly navaGermany vakaziva zviroto zvavo zvokubatanidzwa nokuzvimirira. Mutungamiriri wehurumende weSardinia, Camillo di Cavour, akanga ari wechiRusununguko akangwara uyo akanzwisisa kuti nzira bedzi inobudirira yokuti vaItaly vawane rusununguko yakanga iri kana vaFrench vakanga vari kudivi ravo. Napoleon III akabvuma chikumbiro chaCavour chokuti abatsirwe uye France yakakunda Austria muHondo yeFrance neAustriara1859, richigadzirira kuzvimiririra kweItaly. Kubatanidzwa kweGermany kwakaitika pasi pokutungamirira kwaOtto von Bismarck, uyo akaparadza vavengi vePrussia muhondo pashure pehondo, pakupedzisira achikunda France muna 1871 uye achizivisa Umambo hweGermany muHoro yeMirror paVersailles, achigumisa imwe nhoroondo mukutyaira kwenyika. VaFrench vakazivisa nyika yechitatu pashure pokurasikirwa kwavo muhondo. 