Kammala wannan jumlar: Komawa London a watan Afrilu 1942, an sanya shi kwamandan dukkan sojojin ruwa na Free France da kwamishinan kasa don rundunar sojan ruwa. Ya binciki rukunin sojojin ruwan Faransa a Afirka ta Tsakiya, Levant, Madagascar da Djibouti. A farkon kamfen a Arewacin Afirka, an sanya shi shugaban ma'aikatan sojan ruwa, sannan babban janar a cikin janar Henri Giraud na farar hula da soja. Wannan ya sa ya zama daya daga cikin manyan gine-ginen hadewar sojojin ruwan Faransa na 'yanci da rundunar jiragen ruwan Faransa ta Vichy ta Arewacin Afirka. Daga nan sai ya bar wannan rawar don ya jagoranci Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 3, ta jagoranci shi zuwa
Operation Dragoon a cikin watan Agusta 1944. A shekara ta 1945, ya zama mataimakin Admiral kuma an sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan sojojin ruwa na Faransa a Gabas ta Tsakiya, inda ya kai da kuma tallafawa sojojin Janar Leclerc a Kudancin Annam kuma ya jagoranci saukar jiragen ruwa a Tonkin.