Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Rundunar sojan Faransa ta kunshi jirgin yaki, hudu masu jirgi (,, da ), masu hallaka uku (,, ) da kuma jirgin ruwa (). Faransanci ya zubar da bunkers na man fetur kuma ya cire kayan aiki daga bindigogi. Cunningham ya yi alkawarin mayar da ma'aikatan jirgin. A bayyane yake, bayan faduwar ikon Vichy bayan saukar da Biritaniya da Amurka a Arewacin Afirka
a watan Nuwambar 1942 da kuma mamayar Jamus na Vichy Faransa a watan Nuwambar 1942, Godfroy ya ki ya goyi bayan Allies ko da bayan duk sauran sojojin Faransa a Arewacin Afirka sun yi haka. Sai kawai, a ranar 17 ga Mayu, 1943, bayan da Allies suka tsabtace Arewacin Afirka na rundunonin Axis cewa, Babban Kwamandan Birtaniya, Levant, ya karbi wasika daga Godfroy, yana nuna sha'awar "don shiga Navy na Faransa a Arewacin Afirka". An fara jigilar jiragen ruwa na Faransa a Alexandria.