Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muzana ramakore rechi 19 France yakavaka umambo hutsva hweFrance hwokukurira humambo hweBritain. Yakanyadziswa muHondo yeFranco-Prussian ya1870-71, iyo yakaratidza kusimuka kweGermany mukutonga muEurope. France yakabatana neGreat Britain neRussia uye yakanga iri kudivi rinokunda muHondo Yenyika Yokutanga. Rakakundwa nyore nyore pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II. Rakarwa hondo dzekoloni dzakarasika muIndochina (dzakapera muna 1954) uye
Algeria (yakaguma muna 1962). Republic yechina yakawa uye Republic yechishanu yakatanga muna 1958 kusvika zvino. Pasi paCharles De Gaulle yakaedza kudzivisa pesvedzero yeAmerica neBritain pavanhu vokuEurope. Kubva muna 1945 France yave iri nhengo yokutanga yeUnited Nations, yeNATO, uye yeEuropean Coal and Steel Community (yakatangira European Union). Senhengo yeCharter yeSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzapasi Pose, France ine imwe yezvigaro zvechigarire muSecurity Council uye inhengo yezvakawanda zvemasangano ayo akasarudzika neakabatana.