Kunyange zvazvo aya akanga ari magwa eapasi pemvura azvino uno paakaitwa, akakurumidza kuva echinyakare uye akanga achiswedera pedyo nokushaya basa pakavamba Hondo Yenyika II. Mamiriro ezvinhu eArmistice yaJune 22, 1940 akadzivisa hurumende yeVichy kuita chirongwa chekuvandudza. Zvikamu 24 zvezvikamu 29 zvakashanda muhondo zvakarasika. Yakashandiswa pakudzivirira Second French colonial empire pasi pehurumende yeVichy, ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzechikoro dzakaona basa rinopesana neAllied offensives paHondo dzeDakar, Libreville neMadagascar. Zvizhinji zvezvikepe zvomugiredhi wacho zvakava mukutonga kweVasonganiri pashure pokumhara kweVasonganiri muNorth Africa
. Zvisinei vashomanene vakaona basa rinoshanda zvikuru pashure peizvi nemhaka yenguva yokugadziridza uye kuchinja kwakaitwa muUnited States pakati paFebruary 1943 naMarch 1945. Chimwe chakanga chisina kudaro chaiva, icho chakabatanidzwa mukusunungurwa kweCorsica. Ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzakapukunyuka dzainyanya kushandiswa nokuda kwezvinangwa zvokudzidzisa pashure pehondo, yokupedzisira yadzo ichibviswa zvombo muna 1952.