Daga farkon karni na 16, yawancin ƙoƙarin sojan Faransa an sadaukar da su ne don tabbatar da mallakar ƙasashen waje da kuma kawar da rashin amincewa tsakanin mazauna Faransa da mazauna ƙasar. An rarraba sojojin Faransa a duk faɗin daularta, da farko don magance jama'ar yankin. Daular mulkin mallaka ta Faransa a ƙarshe ta rushe bayan gazawar da aka yi na murkushe 'yan kishin Aljeriya a ƙarshen shekarun 1950, gazawar da ta haifar da rushewar Jamhuriyar ta huɗu. Tun daga Yaƙin Duniya na II, an mayar da hankalin Faransa kan kiyaye matsayinta a matsayin babbar ƙasa da kuma tasirin ta a Kwamitin Tsaro na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Faransa ta kuma taimaka wajen ƙoƙarin haɗa kan sojojin Turai don kare kansu don daidaita ikon Rasha da kuma rage dogaro da yaƙe-yaƙe na Turai kan Faransa.
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