Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Afirka ta Yammacin Faransa ("Afrique occidentale française", AOF) ba ta kasance babban wurin manyan yaƙe-yaƙe ba. Sai kawai wani babban mataki ya faru a can: yakin Dakar (23 zuwa 25 Satumba 1940). Yankin ya kasance a ƙarƙashin ikon Vichy Faransa bayan faduwar Faransa (25 ga Yuni 1940) kuma har zuwa mamayewar Allied na Arewacin Afirka
(8<unk>16 Nuwamba 1942). Gabon ta Faransa, ita ce kawai mulkin mallaka na Afirka ta Gabon ta Faransa da ba ta shiga cikin 'Yancin Faransa ba bayan yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta, ta fada cikin mamayewar Sojojin Faransa na' yanci daga yankunan da ke makwabtaka da ita bayan yakin Gabon (8 zuwa 12 ga Nuwamba 1940), wanda ya kara ware Yammacin Afirka.