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| 1945 September 2 |
| | | Ho Chi Minh proclaims the democratic republic of Vietnam, independent of the colonial power, France | |
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| 1946 |
| | | The Indochina War breaks out in Vietnam between the French colonial forces and the Vietminh | |
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| 1954 |
| | | The French abandon Vietnam, leaving the country divided at the seventeenth parallel | |
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| 1955 |
| | | An armed uprising in Morocco persuades France to accept the principle of independence for the colony | |
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| 1956 |
| | | French Morocco and Spanish Morocco win independence from the two colonial powers | |
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| 1958 |
| | | The colony of French Guinea opts for immediate independence as the republic of Guinea, breaking its links with France | |
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| 1960 |
| | | French Cameroun becomes independent as the republic of Cameroun, with Ahmadou Ahidjo as the first president | |
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| 1960 |
| | | French Togo becomes independent as the republic of Togo, with Sylvanus Olympio as president | |
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| 1960 |
| | | French Sudan becomes independent as the republic of Mali, with Modibo Keita as president | |
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| 1960 |
| | | The French colony of Dahomey (known from 1975 as Benin) becomes independent but suffers six military coups in its first twelve years | |
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