Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Onye France na-ebibi ihe "Épée" bụ otu n'ime iri na abụọ e wuru maka ụgbọ mmiri French n'oge ngwụsị afọ 1930. A rụchara ụgbọ mmiri ahụ n'oge Agha France n'etiti afọ 1940 na ọrụ mbụ ya bụ inyere aka na-eduga ụgbọ agha na-ezughị ezu na French Morocco naanị ụbọchị ole na ole tupu Agha France.
Ndị France bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ nkwekọrịta agha ha na ndị Germany. Mgbe ndị Briten wakporo Dakar n'ọnwa Septemba, ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị agha anọ nyere iwu ka ha wakpo ụgbọ mmiri ndị Briten, ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ naanị ọgụ na-enweghị isi na onye agha ndị Briten. "Épée" nyere aka na-eduzi otu n'ime ndị agha nke ndị Britain mebiri n'oge July Attack na Mers-el-Kébir, French Algeria, laghachi France na November. A kpọghachitere ya na French Morocco na Mee 1941 maka ọrụ escort nke na-adịgide ruo Ọktọba.