Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva ye"Hondo Yenyengedzo" pamberi pokubatwa kweGermany kweFrance, Amilakhvari akanga achishumira muAlgiers muNorth Africa, asi muchirimo cha1940 akabatana neuto reFrance rakagadzirirwa kuNorway Campaign. Akarwa paNarvik uye ipapo
akaendeswa kuUnited Kingdom, uko akabatana neFree French Forces. Akabva apinda muhondo dzisina mufaro dzairwisana nemauto eFrance eVichy kuWest Africa, kuDakar (kuSenegal), uye kuEquatorial Africa, kuCameroon. Mune chinyorwa chinoshamisa chebasa, basa rake rehondo muna 1940 nokudaro rakanga ramutora kubva muAfrica kuenda kuArctic Circle ndokudzokazve, kusvikira kuEquator, zvose mukati memwedzi mishomanene.