 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakutanga, zvaiita sokuti umambo hukuru uhwu huviri hwaizova shamwari dzakasimba. Chancellor weGermany Otto von Bismarck akaumba Sangano raMadzimambo Matatu muna 1872 achibatanidza pamwe chete Russia, Austria, neGermany. Sangano racho rakataura kuti republicanism uye socialism vaiva vavengi vakafanana, uye kuti masimba matatu aizokurukura nhau dzipi nedzipi dzine chokuita nomutemo wokumwe. Bismarck aida ukama hwakanaka neRussia kuitira kuti France irambe yakaparadzaniswa. Muna 18771878, Russia yakarwa hondo yakakunda neOttoman Empire uye yakaedza kumanikidza Chibvumirano cheSan Stefano pairi. Ikoku kwakatsamwisa zvikurukuru vaBritain, sezvo vakanga vane hanya kwenguva refu nokuchengeta Umambo hweOttoman uye kudzivisa kutora kweRussia Bosphorus. Germany yakagamuchira musangano weBerlin1878, umo kugadziriswa kworugare kwakapfava kwakagamuchirwa. Zvisinei, Germany yakanga isina fariro dzakananga muBalkans, iyo yakanga iri zvikurukuru nzvimbo yeAustria neRussia yesimba. 