Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kubva muna 1942 kusvika muna 1944, vagari vomuFrance vanenge 160 000, kusanganisira vaJudha vanenge 75 000, vakaendeswa kumisasa yechibharo nomumisasa yevasungwa muGermany nePoland yainge yapambwa. Muna September 1943, Corsica yakanga iri nzvimbo yokutanga yeFrance huru kuzvisunungura kuAxis. Pana 6 June 1944, maAllies akapinda muNormandy uye muna August akapinda muProvence
. Mugore rakatevera maAllies neFrench Resistance vakabuda vakunda pamusoro peAxis masimba uye hutongi hweFrance hwakadzorerwa nekugadzwa kweHurumende yeChinguva Chete yeFrench Republic (GPRF). Hurumende yenguva pfupi iyi, yakagadzwa naDe Gaulle, yakanga ine chinangwa chokuramba ichirwa neGermany uye kubvisa vashandi vayo muhofisi. Yakaitawo shanduko dzinoverengeka dzinokosha (kodzero dzokuvhota dzakapfuurirwa kuvakadzi, kusikwa kwegadziriro yechengetedzo yezvemagariro evanhu).