Ka cika wannan jumlar: Hitler ya damu game da yiwuwar mamayewar Allied na nahiyar. Bayan ranar 8 ga watan Nuwamba
Saukowar Allied a Yammaci da Arewacin Afirka, damuwarsa ta karu sosai. A ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, an tura rukunin, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Case Anton, zuwa Faransa ta Vichy a baya, don isa gabar tekun Bahar Rum tsakanin Perpignan da Narbonne. Tattara a wani yanki na shirya a kusa da Aix-en-Provence, sashin ya shirya don Operation Lila, kama jirgin ruwan Faransa na Vichy a tashar jiragen ruwa na Toulon, don hana su fadawa hannun Allies. Don aikin, an kara rarrabuwa tare da raka'a daga wasu rarrabuwa, gami da ƙungiyoyi biyu masu sulke da rukunin babura daga SS Division Das Reich da kuma rukunin sojan ruwa da ake kira "Gumprich" bayan kwamandansa. An ba da umarnin Marine Detachment "Gumprich" don kama jiragen ruwa na Faransa kafin su iya tafiya ko kuma a rushe su. Kungiyoyin yaƙi sun shiga Toulon da ƙarfe 04:00 na ranar 27 ga Nuwamba 1942 kuma sun kama babban makaman da kuma kariya ta bakin teku. Koyaya, ba su iya hana nutsewar jirgin ruwan Faransa a Toulon ba, kuma aikin ya ƙare cikin gazawa.