France yaive imwe yenhengo dzakatanga NATO (1949). France yakaedza kudzora French Indochina asi yakakundwa neViet Minh muna 1954 paHondo yeDien Bien Phu. Mwedzi mishoma gare gare, France yakatarisana neimwe kurwisana neanopesana nekoloni muAlgeria. Kutambudzwa uye kudzvinyirira, pamwe nekuurayiwa kwevanhu kunze kwekutongwa kwakaitwa kuchengetedza Algeria, iyo yaionekwa sechikamu chakakosha cheFrance uye imba yevanopfuura miriyoni imwe vagari veEurope, yakaparadza nyika uye yakatungamira kuhondo yevagari vemo. Muna 1958, iyo isina kusimba uye isina kugadzikana French Fourth Republic yakapa nzira kuFifth Republic, iyo yaisanganisira basa rakakura rehupfumi hweAlgeria. Muna 1962, Mutungamiri weAlgeria Charles de Gaulle akakwanisa kuchengetedza nyika yakazvimiririra pamwe nekutora matanho anorema pamusoro pemamirioni mazana maviri. Hondo yekusununguka yakaguma nemutungamiri weAlgeria.
Charles de Gaulle