I te 1 o Akuhata 1943, i whakakotahihia ki nga Free French Forces ki te hanga i te French Liberation Army. I te waenganui o te tau 1944, neke atu i te 400,000 nga ope o tenei ope, a i uru ratou ki nga taunga o Normandy me te whakaekenga o te tonga o Parani, i te mutunga ka arahi i te haerenga ki Paris. Kāore i roa ka whawhai rātau ki Alsace, ki ngā Alps me Brittany. I te mutunga o te pakanga, 1,300,000 o rātau te kaha - ko te hōia whā nui rawa o Ūropi i Ūropi - ā, i whai wāhi rātau ki te whakaterenga a te Rōpū Taua ki Wīwī
me te whakaekenga o Tiamana. I whakatūria anō e te kāwanatanga o Wīwī Motuhake he kāwanatanga ā-waenganui i muri i te whakaoranga, e whakarite ana i te whenua mo te Whenua Tuawha i te tau 1946.