 Austria yakabatana nemuvengi wayo wetsika, France, muDiplomatic Revolution 1756; Austria, France, neRussia vose vakanga vakabatana vachirwisana nePrussia. Frederick akarwisa vavengi vake neuto revarume 150 000, achitanga Hondo Yemakore Manomwe. Mauto eAustria akanga achinjwa naKaunitz, uye kuvandudzwa kwacho kwakaratidzwa mukukunda kwavo Prussia paKolin. Zvisinei, Frederick akawana kumwe kwokukunda kwake kukuru paRossbach, uko mauto ePrussia aFriedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz akaparadza uto guru reFrance nehupfumi hwakaderera, kunyangwe vaive vashoma vaviri kune mumwe. Frederick akabva amhanyira kumabvazuva akananga kuSilesia, uko Austria yakanga yakunda uto rePrussia raitungamirirwa naDuke weBevern. Mushure mokunge mauto eAustria aumba mauto akaoma uye akavanda mauto eAustria, vaPrussian vakabudirira kurwisa vavengi vavo paLeuthen, Friedrich achitungamirirazve hondo yacho; mauto eAustria mupurovhinzi yacho akaparara, zvichikonzera kukunda kwePrussian kunoshamisa kudarika kwavakaita paRossbach. 