Dee a n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ná mmalite nke Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ "Protée" e kenyere 3rd Submarine nkewa, dabere na Toulon, n'akụkụ ụmụnne ya ndị nwanyị, na. Na mbido ọnwa Febụwarị afọ 1940, e zigara ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri nke atọ na Casablanca nwa oge ka ha gaa nyochaa agwaetiti Canary, ebe ụgbọ mmiri German abụọ na-ebu ibu nọ. E kenyeziri ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri n'okpuru osimiri na Mediterranean na Eprel 12, nke mbụ na Bizerte mgbe ahụ, na-enweghị "Fresnel", na Beirut, n'okpuru ikike nke onye isi ndị agha Britain na Alexandria. "Protée" sonyere n'ọtụtụ ngagharị n'ime Dodecanese ruo mgbe edebanye aka na nkwekorita agha n'etiti France na Germany
N'abalị iri abụọ na abụọ n'ọnwa Jun afọ 1940. N'ụbọchị iri abụọ na ise n'ọnwa Juun, ụbọchị nkwekorita agha malitere, onye isi ụgbọ mmiri "Protée" leghaara iwu ịlaghachi Beirut anya, kama ọ gara Alexandria, wee bụrụ akụkụ nke Force X. A baara onye isi ụgbọ mmiri ahụ mba maka ihe a merenụ.