A watan Nuwambar 1942 sojojin Faransa na Vichy sun yi tsayin daka a kan...
saukar dakarun Allied a Faransa Arewacin Afirka na kwana biyu, har sai Admiral François Darlan ya yi shawarwari na tsagaita wuta tare da Allies. Dangane da saukowar, sojojin Jamus da Italiya sun mamaye yankin da ba a mamaye shi ba a kudancin Faransa kuma sun kawo karshen Vichy Faransa a matsayin wani bangare tare da kowane irin ikon cin gashin kai; sannan ya zama gwamnatin marigayi ga yankunan da aka mamaye. A watan Yunin 1943, tsoffin hukumomin mulkin mallaka na Vichy-masu aminci a Arewacin Afirka ta Faransa karkashin jagorancin Henri Giraud sun cimma yarjejeniya tare da 'yan Faransa' yanci don haɗuwa da tsarin mulkin wucin gadi na kansu tare da Kwamitin Kasa na Faransa ("Comité Français National", CFN) don kafa gwamnatin wucin gadi a Algiers, wanda aka sani da Kwamitin Faransa na 'Yanci na Kasa ("Comité Français de Libération Nationale", CFLN) da farko Darlan ya jagoranta.