# Renault nationalized (1945)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1945-renault-nationalized
Location: France

Post-liberation economic restructuring included nationalization of Renault. Within the broader Occupation, Liberation & Fourth Republic period, Defeat in 1940 divided France between Vichy, occupation and resistance. Liberation restored republican government, followed by reconstruction, welfare-state building, European integration and violent decolonization under the Fourth Republic. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Charles de Gaulle (Leader of Free France / Provisional Government). Renault nationalized mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Renault nationalized mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power.

Ruler at the time: [Charles de Gaulle](https://history-france.com/rulers/charles-de-gaulle-1940)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Renault nationalized](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Renault+nationalized&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Renault nationalized](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Renault+nationalized)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)