Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Napoleon III akanga aedza kuwana migove yenharaunda kumativi ose ari maviri Hondo yeAustria nePrussian isati yatanga uye yapera, asi pasinei nebasa rake somurevereri munhaurirano dzorugare, haana chaakawana. Ipapo akavimba kuti Austria yaizobatana muhondo yokutsiva uye kuti vaichimbova vavakidzani vayo - zvikurukuru nyika dzokumaodzanyemba dzeGermany dzeBaden, Württemberg, uye Bavaria - vaizobatanawo munhau yacho. Tariro iyi yaizova isina maturo sezvo chibvumirano cha1866 chakatanga kushanda uye chakabatanidza nyika dzose dzeGermany muhondo - kana zvisiri nomufaro - kurwisana neFrance. Panzvimbo pehondo yokutsiva Prussia, ichitsigirwa nevavengi vakasiyana-siyana veGermany, France yakaita hondo nehurumende dzose dzeGermany pasina vavengi vayo. Kugadziridzwa kwechiuto kwakaitwa navon Roon uye zano rokushandisa raMoltke zvakabatanidzwa mukurwisana neFrance nomuuyo mukuru. Kumhanyisa kwokuunganidza kwePrussian kwakashamisa vaFrance, uye mano ePrussian okuunganidza simba munzvimbo dzakananga - achiyeuchidza nezvenzira dzaNapoleon I makore makumi manomwe akanga apfuura - akakunda kuunganidza kweFrance. Vachishandisa njanji dzavo dzakanga dzakarongwa zvakanaka, mauto ePrussian aiendeswa kunzvimbo dzehondo akazorora uye akagadzirira kurwa, nepo mauto echiFrench aifanira kufamba nzendo refu kuti asvike kunzvimbo dzehondo. Pashure pehondo dzakawanda, zvikurukuru
PaSpicheren, Wörth, Mars la Tour, uye Gravelotte, vaPrussian vakakunda mauto makuru eFrance ndokupfuurira kuguta guru reMetz uye guta guru reFrance reParis. Vakabata Napoleon III ndokutora uto rose sevasungwa paSedan musi wa1 September 1870.