Kuwedzera kuzvinetso zvakatarisana naNapoleon III mukuwana vavakidzani vangangodaro, Bismarck akashanda nomwoyo wose kuti France ipatsanurwe nemamwe masimba eEurope. Kubvira muna 1863, Bismarck akanga aita nhamburiko dzokurima Russia, achibatira pamwe, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, mukubata navapanduki vePoland
. Kufamba uku kunokosha kwakaita kuti Bismarck awane rusaruro rweRussia kana Prussia ikaenda kuhondo, uye kwakadzivisawo Austria kutora rutivi rweFrance sezvo Austria yaitsigira zvizere vaPoland. Apo Alexander II akauya kuFrance parwendo rwepamutemo muna 1867, akanga ari pamugumo wokugamuchira kuedza kusingabudiriri kuuraya kwakaitwa nePoland-akaberekerwa Anton Berezovski paaitasva naNapoleon III uye Empress Eugenie. Tsar Alexander akagumbuka zvikuru kuti kwete bedzi kuti matare eFrance akanga apa Berezovski mutorongo panzvimbo porufu asiwo kuti pepanhau reFrance rakanga ratsigira muPolish panzvimbo paAlexander. Ichi chinoitika chakaparadza nokusingaperi mirangariro yake yeFrance ndokuona mukupindura kushanya kwake kwakagamuchira chikonzero nei baba vake vakanga vachivenga vaFrench.