Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ:
mmeri nke Algeria na 1830, mgbe ahụ na nguzobe nke French Indochina (na-ekpuchi Vietnam nke oge a, Laos, na Cambodia) na usoro nke mmeri ndị agha na Scramble maka Africa, ebe ọ guzobere njikwa na mpaghara na-ekpuchi ọtụtụ West Africa, Central Africa na Maghreb. Na 1914, France nwere alaeze ukwu nke karịrị square kilomita 6,000,000 ma nwee ihe dị ka nde mmadụ 110. Mgbe ha merisịrị n'Agha Ụwa Mbụ, e tinyekwara Togo na ihe ka ukwuu na Cameroon n'ihe ndị France nwe, Siria na Lebanọn ghọkwara ógbè ndị France na-achị. Maka oge ka ukwuu site na 1870 ruo 1945, France bụ mba nke atọ kachasị ukwuu n'ụwa, na-esote Britain na Russia (mgbe e mesịrị Soviet Union), ma nwee ihe onwunwe ndị ọzọ na-esote Britain. Mgbe Agha Secondwa nke Abụọ gasịrị, France gbalịsiri ike ichebe ókèala French mana ọ meriri Agha Indochina nke Mbụ (onye bu ụzọ na Agha Vietnam) ma nye Algeria nnwere onwe mgbe ogologo agha gasịrị. Taa, France ka nwere ọtụtụ ógbè ndị dị ná mba ndị ọzọ, ma ọnụ ọgụgụ ha nile bụ nanị onyinyo nke alaeze ukwu France nke oge ochie.