Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chiitiko chezvematongerwe enyika muna 1944<unk>45 chakanga chichidzorwa neResistance, asi chakanga chine mapoka akawanda. Charles de Gaulle nechikamu cheFree France vakanga vavakirwa kunze kweFrance, asi zvino vakauya kuzotonga, vakabatana neSocialists, maChristian Democrats (MRP), uye chakanga chasara chebato reRadical. VaKomonisiti vakanga vanyanyodzvinyirira Rwisano mukati meFrance, asi vakashanda pamwe chete nehurumende muna 1944/45, pamirairo yaibva kuKremlin. Pakanga pane kubvumirana kukuru kwokuti masimba anokosha ayo akanga ave achishanda zvakajeka navaGermany aifanira kuitwa enyika, zvakadai semotokari dzeRenault namapepanhau makuru. Gadziriro itsva yeSocial Security yakadikanwa, pamwe chete nezvibvumikiso zvitsva zvinokosha kumasangano evashandi. Masangano acho akakamukana kuva mapoka emakomonisiti, eSocialist, uye echiKristu Democrat. Ashungurudzwa nokusakwanisa kwake kudzora masimba ose akanga achitonga, de Gaulle akasiya basa pakuvamba kwa1946. Pana 13 October 1946, bumbiro idzva rakagadza Fourth Republic. The Fourth Republic yaiva nehurumende yeparamende yaidzorwa nemasangano akawanda. France yakaedza kudzorazve French Indochina asi yakakundwa neViet Minh muna 1954. Mwedzi mishomanana gare gare, France yakatarisana nomumwe munhu anorwisana nekoloni
Kurwisana muAlgeria uye gakava pamusoro pokuti kana kwete kuchengeta kudzora kweAlgeria, ipapo musha wevanopfuura miriyoni imwe vagari veEurope, vakaparadza nyika uye vakapotsa vatungamirira kuhurumende nehondo yevagari vemo. Charles de Gaulle akakwanisa kuchengeta nyika yakabatana achitora matanho okugumisa hondo. Hondo yeAlgeria yakapedzwa neZvibvumirano zveÉvian muna 1962 izvo zvakatungamira kurusununguko rweAlgeria.