Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan Harin Biritaniya a Mers-el-Kébir (da kuma wasu wurare) a kan rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Faransa a ranar 3 ga Yuli, 1940, an yi yaƙi tsakanin Burtaniya da Vichy Faransa. Daga Yuli 1940 har zuwa jim kadan bayan da
Bayan mamayewar Faransa ta Arewacin Afirka a ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, 1942, an yi amfani da Laghouat a matsayin sansanin fursunoni na "a zahiri" don fursunonin Daular Burtaniya da na Commonwealth, galibi matukan jirgin ruwa da matukan jirgin sama da aka kama. Wadanda aka tsare a Laghouat sun hada da 'yan Kanada goma sha biyar da maza bakwai daga Dominion na Newfoundland, daya daga cikinsu an tsare shi a can na kwanaki 472. Akwai kuma 'yan Afirka ta Kudu a cikin wadanda aka tsare, kuma ma'aikatan Sojojin Ruwa na Royal sun hada da ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa da aka kama bayan da HMS "Havock" ya tashi daga Kelibia, Tunisia, a watan Afrilu 1942, kuma bayan asarar HMS "Manchester" a watan Agusta 1942.