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| 1954 |
| | | An invasion of Guatemala from Honduras, with CIA support, brings to power a right-wing military junta | |
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| 1954 |
| | | In an armistice ending the Indochina War, France acknowledges the independence of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam | |
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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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| 1956 |
| | | Russian and Warsaw Pact troops invade Hungary to end the uprising and arrest Imre Nagy | |
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| 1956 |
| | | The Kremlin imposes János Kádár on Hungary as head of a new government | |
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| 1957 |
| | | Kwame Nkrumah leads the Gold Coast into independence under a name of historic resonance, Ghana | |
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| 1958 |
| | | On his second day in power, de Gaulle visits Algiers to confront the settlers with an unwelcome message | |
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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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| 1958 |
| | | Sekou Touré, the first president of Guinea, settles in for twenty-six years of dictatorial rule | |
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