 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mutemo wokuFrance wokune dzimwe nyika mumakore anotungamirira kuHondo Yenyika I wakanga wakavakirwa zvikurukuru pakuvenga uye kutya simba reGermany. France yakawana mubatanidzwa neHumambo hweRussia muna 1894 pashure pokunge nhaurirano dzezvamatongerwe enyika pakati peGermany neRussia dzakanga dzatadza kubudisa chibvumirano chipi nechipi chinoshanda. Chibvumirano cheFrance neRussia chakashanda sedombo repakona rehurongwa hwekunze kweFrance kusvikira muna 1917. Chimwe chisungo neRussia chakagoverwa nemari huru dzeFrance dzokudyara nezvikwereti pamberi pa 1914. Muna 1904, gurukota rezvekunze reFrance Théophile Delcassé akaronga Entente Cordiale naIshe Lansdowne, Gurukota rezvekunze reBritain, chibvumirano chakapedza nguva refu yekukakavadzana uye kuvengana kweAnglo-French. Entente Cordiale, iyo yaishanda sesangano risiri rapamutemo reAnglo-French, yakasimbiswazve neFirstuye Dambudziko rechipiri reMoroccan ra1905 na1911, uye nokukurukurirana kwakavanzika kwevarwi vehondo nevashandi vengarava. Kuswedera pedyo kwaDelcassé neBritain kwakapokana muFrance sezvo Anglophobia yaive yakakurumbira pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechi20, manzwiro ayo akasimbiswa zvakanyanya neFashoda Incident ya1898, umo Britain neFrance vakange vava kuda kuenda kuhondo, uye neHondo yeBoer, umo maonero evanhu veFrance aive zvakanyanya kudivi revapikisi veBritain. Pakupedzisira, kutya simba reGermany kwakanga kuri chisungo chaisunga Britain neFrance pamwe chete. 