Kammala wannan jumlar: A shekara ta 1940, an ba shi umurnin 2nd Armored Cuirassier Regiment. Rundunarsa ta yi ƙoƙari ta dakatar da hare-haren Jamus a Belgium, amma, kamar sauran sauran ƙungiyoyin Faransa, an tilasta masa komawa baya. Lokacin da Faransa ta fadi ga Nazis, Touzet du Vigier, yanzu yana aiki da gwamnatin Vichy na Marshal Petain, an zaba shi ya jagoranci sashen sojan doki na hedkwatar sojojin a Versailles. Duk da haka, Touzet du Vigier a asirce ya yi aiki tare da juriya na Faransa. Shugabanninsa, waɗanda suka yi watsi da ayyukansa na ɓoye, sun aike shi zuwa Mascara, Tunisia, inda ya ɗauki umurnin wani yanki. Lokacin da
Allies sun mamaye Afirka, Touzet du Vigier ya sauya bangare zuwa na De Gaulle's Free French.