Blood and Tears: French Decolonisation

The story of the decline of French colonial power. By the 1940s, trouble was brewing across the empire with violence in Algeria and full-scale war in Indochina.

The decline Of The French Empire goes on. In the 1950s, war In Vietnam leads to the loss of Indochina and the North African colonies fight for independence.

The decline of the French empire is almost complete, as the bitter Algerian war leads to independence in 1962 and most African and Pacific colonies follow.