Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Kutevera Kurwiswa kweBritain paMers-el-Kébir (uye kumwewo) kurwisa ngarava dzeFrance musi wa3 Chikunguru 1940, pakanga paine mamiriro ehondo pakati peBritain neVichy France. Kubva muna July 1940 kusvikira nokukurumidza pashure pokupinda kweAllied
yeFrench North Africa musi wa 8 Mbudzi 1942, Laghouat yakashandiswa se "de facto" musasa wevasungwa vehondo weBritish Empire neCommonwealth vasungwa, kunyanya vafambisi vengarava nevatyairi vemhepo. Vasungwa vaiva paLaghouat vaisanganisira vokuCanada gumi nevashanu nevarume vanomwe vaibva kuDominion yeNewfoundland, mumwe wavo akachengetwa ikoko kwemazuva 472. Pakanga panewo vanhu vokuSouth Africa pakati pevasungwa, uye vashandi veRoyal Navy vaisanganisira vafambisi vechikepe vakabatwa mushure mokunge HMS "Havock" yakasungwa kunze kweKelibia, Tunisia, muna April 1942, uye mushure mokurasikirwa kweHMS "Manchester" muna August 1942.