Colombey yakawana mukurumbira somusha nenzvimbo yokuvigira yomuzana ramakore rechi 20 murwi nomukuru wehurumende Charles de Gaulle, uyo akawana chivako chakakura kumucheto kwakadziva kumadokero kwomusha muna 1934. De Gaulle akadzokera kuColombey kakawanda apo hupfumi hwake hwezvematongerwe enyika hwakaderera, kutanga pakagadzwa Republic yechina muna 1946, uyezve pakati pa1953 na1958, asati ave purezidhendi zvakare pakukwirira kweAlgeria Crisis
. Kuenda kwake kwokupedzisira kuColombey kwakauya muna 1969 uye akafira ikoko gore rakatevera racho. "Colombey" yakashandiswa zvikuru sechirevo chezvematongerwe enyika chokubva kwenguva pfupi kwomunhu wehurumende muupenyu hwezvematongerwe enyika kutozosvikira nyika yake yauya kuzomudana zvakare.