 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Hondo huru dzokutanga dzakanyorwa munharaunda yeFrance yemazuva ano dzakatenderedza kurwisana kweGallo-Roman uko kwakatonga kubva muna 60 BC kusvika muna 50 BC. VaRoma pakupedzisira vakabuda vakunda kupfurikidza nehondo dzaJulius Caesar. Pashure pokuparara kwoUmambo hweRoma, rudzi rwechiGermany rwaizivikanwa sevaFrank rwakava nesimba paGaul kupfurikidza nokukunda marudzi aikwikwidzana. Nyika yeFrancia, iyo France yakawana zita rayo kubva mairi, yakava nenzvimbo dzakakwirira dzokuwedzera pasi pamadzimambo Clovis I naCharlemagne, avo vakagadza musimboti wenyika yeFrance yemberi. MuMiddle Ages, kukwikwidzana neEngland kwakatungamirira kukakavadzana kukuru kwakadai seNorman Conquest neHondo Yamakore Ane Mazana. Neumambo hwairamba huchiwedzera kuva nechepakati, uto rokutanga rakamira kubvira munguva dzeRoma, uye kushandiswa kwezvombo zvokupfura, France yakadzinga vaEngland munharaunda yayo uye yakabuda muMiddle Ages sorudzi rune simba zvikurusa muEurope, bedzi kuti irasikirwe nomugariro iwoyo kuUmambo Hutsvene hweRoma neSpain pashure pokukundwa muHondo dzeItaly. Hondo dzeZvitendero dzakaremadza France mukupera kwezana ramakore rechi 16, asi rukundo rukuru paSpain muHondo Yamakore Makumi Matatu rwakaita kuti France ive nyika ine simba zvikurusa mukondinendi yacho zvakare. Panguva imwe cheteyo, France yakagadzira umambo hwayo hwokutanga hwokukurira muAsia, Africa, uye muAmerica. Pasi paLouis XIV France yakawana ukuru hwechiuto pamusoro pavakwikwidzi vayo, asi kurwisana kunowedzera nokurwisana nemasangano omuvengi akanga achiwedzera simba kwakadzora vavariro dzeFranceuye vakasiya umambo hwaparara pakuvamba kwezana ramakore rechi 18. 