Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na mmalite nke Agha Worldwa nke Abụọ "Athos II" ka nọ n'ụzọ ọwụwa anyanwụ ọwụwa anyanwụ mana na 1 Febụwarị 1940 na Colombo, Celyon sonyeere ndị Australia / New Zealand convoy, nke a na-akpọ US1 maka nzuzo ma na-ebufe ndị agha 13,500 na North Africa, n'okpuru escort mgbe ahụ nke. Mgbe ọ gafesịrị ọwa mmiri Suez wee laghachi France, "Athos II" bidoro ọrụ na Marseilles, Egypt na Syria ruo mgbe nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta nke German-French nke 22 June 1940
mgbe ụgbọ mmiri ahụ kwụsịrị n'Aleksandria, Egypt ya na ụgbọ mmiri ndị ọzọ nke France jidere na Suez Canal na mmiri ndị Ijipt. Tụkwasị n'ụgbọ mmiri ndị ahịa ahụ, e nwere ndị agha mmiri France, Force X, n'okpuru Admiral Rene-Emile Godfroy nke na-arụ ọrụ na ụgbọ mmiri ndị Britain si Alexandria. Mgbe ọdịda nke France na Germany na-achịkwa Vichy France na-achịkwa ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri French, ndị France chere nhọrọ nke ịnọgide na ndị Allies n'okpuru General de Gaulle, demilitarizing ma ọ bụ ndị Britain na-emikpu ha. Ihe ndị Briten mere ndị French n'Oran mere ka ha kwụsị ọrụ ndị agha, ma ha maliteghachiri ọrụ ndị agha mgbe ha nwesịrị mkparịta ụka ọzọ nke mere ka ndị agha France belata, ihe dị ka mmadụ 4,000, ruo otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ. Puku ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri abụọ nke France ahapụlarị Alexandria mgbe "Athos II" kwere ka ha jiri ụgbọ mmiri gaa France na July 13, 1940 na ndị ọrụ 1,000 fọdụrụnụ nke Force X na ụfọdụ ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri na-azụ ahịa. N'ọnwa Septemba afọ 1940, o weghachiri ndị agha France na Syria ma bụrụzie ụgbọ mmiri na-eche nche na Algiers ruo mgbe ndị Allies jidere ya na Nọvemba 1942 n'oge Operation Torch.