Ka kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Daga baya an tilasta masa guduwa, duk da haka, lokacin da kama wani abokin aikinsa ya yi barazanar fallasa shi. Ya tsere zuwa Oran, Algeria, a shekara ta 1941. A can, d'Astier da 'yan adawa na gida sun shiga cikin tsarin Vichy a Arewacin Afirka. Ƙungiyar Allies
Sun mamaye Arewacin Afirka a shekarar 1942, kuma, yayin da sojojin mamaye suka kusanci gabar tekun, kimanin mambobi dari hudu na Faransawa na Resistance, a karkashin umurnin d'Astier da José Aboulker, sun yi juyin mulki a birnin Algiers. Sun kwace muhimman wurare, haɗe da cibiyar tarho, gidan rediyo, gidan gwamna, da kuma hedkwatar rundunar sojojin Faransa ta 19. Sun kama Janar Alphonse Juin, kwamandan dukkan sojojin Vichy a Arewacin Afirka da Admiral François Darlan, babban kwamandan sojojin Vichy.