Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Charles de Gaulle paakadzokera musimba seMutungamiri weFrance muna 1958, France yakanga yatove isina kusimba zvikuru neHondo Yenyika II uye nekukakavadzana muIndochina uye
Algeria. Akatanga kupa kuzvitonga kuzvitonga zveFrance zvakasara muAfrica kumaodzanyemba kweSahara muna 1960 mukuedza kuchengetedza hukama hwepedyo hwetsika nehupfumi navo uye kudzivisa hondo dzinodhura dzekoloni. Kuenzaniswa nokuparadzaniswa kweFrench Indochina neAlgeria, kuchinjwa kwesimba muSub-Saharan kwakanga kuri, zvikurukuru, kune rugare. Kunyange zvakadaro, de Gaulle akanga achida zvikuru kuchengetedza chimiro cheFrance sesimba renyika yose (kana kuti) uye senhare kuBritain neAmerica mupasi rapashure pekoloni. Nokudaro, akaona ukama hwepedyo neFrance yaimbova nhapwa dzeAfrica somukana wokuwedzera mufananidzo weFrance pachikuva chenyika, zvose zviri zviviri sesimba guru uye sesimba rinopesana pakati peUnited States neSoviet Union munguva yeHondo Yemashoko. United States yakatsigira kuvapo kweFrance muAfrica kuti nzvimbo yacho irege kuwira pasi pesimba reSoviet. Nenzira yakafanana, United Kingdom yakanga isina fariro huru muWest Africa, iyo yakasiya France sesimba guru bedzi munharaunda iyoyo.