Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 7 ga Nuwamba, 1942, Darlan ya tafi Algiers don ziyarci dansa, wanda aka kwantar da shi a asibiti. Washegari, 8 ga Nuwamba, Alliedungiyar Alliedungiyar Yammacin Turai ta mamaye Arewacin Afirka ta Faransa
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin daren 7 zuwa 8 ga Nuwamba, dakarun ƙungiyar masu goyon bayan Allied a Algeria (ba a haɗa su da Free France ba) sun kame iko da Algiers don tsammanin mamayewa. A cikin wannan tsari, sun kama Darlan. Allies sun yi tsammanin ƙarancin juriya daga sojojin Faransa a Arewacin Afirka, maimakon haka suna tsammanin za su yarda da ikon Janar Henri Giraud, wanda aka ciro daga Faransa don karɓar iko. Amma an ci gaba da yin hamayya, kuma babu wanda ya saurari Giraud, wanda ba shi da matsayi na hukuma. Don kawo ƙarshen juriya da sauri da kuma tabbatar da haɗin gwiwar Faransa, Allies sun zo yarjejeniya tare da Darlan, wanda a matsayin kwamandan kwamandan zai iya ba da umarnin da ya dace. Dwight D. Eisenhower, kwamandan kawancen a wurin ya amince da Darlan a matsayin kwamandan dukkan sojojin Faransa a yankin kuma ya amince da nadin kansa a matsayin Babban Kwamishinan Faransa a Afirka (shugaban gwamnatin farar hula) don Arewa da Yammacin Afirka a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba. A sakamakon haka, a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba, Darlan ya umarci dukkan sojojin Faransa su shiga Allies. An yi biyayya da umarninsa; ba kawai a Arewacin Afirka na Faransa ba, har ma da sojojin Vichy a Afirka ta Yammacin Faransa tare da abubuwan da ke da amfani a Dakar.