France yaive imwe yenhengo dzakatanga NATO (1949). France yakaedza kudzora French Indochina asi yakakundwa neViet Minh muna 1954 muhondo yeDien Bien Phu. Mwedzi mishoma gare gare, France yakatarisana neimwe kurwisana neanopikisa-colonialist muAlgeria. Kutambudzwa kwakarongeka uye kudzvinyirira, pamwe nekuurayiwa kwevanhu kunze kwekutongwa kwakaitwa kuchengetedza kutonga kweAlgeria, panguva iyoyo yaionekwa sechikamu chakakosha cheFrance uye imba yevanopfuura miriyoni imwe vagari vekuEurope, yakaparadza nyika uye yakatungamira kuhondo yevagari vemo. Muna 1958, iyo isina kusimba uye isina kugadzikana French Fourth Republic yakapa nzira yeChishanu Republic, iyo yaisanganisira basa reAlgeria. Muna 1962 nyika yakabudirira kuchengetedza hutongi hweAlgeria pamwe nekutora matanho anorema pakati penharaunda dzeAlgeria.
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