Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hitler akanga achinetseka nezvokukwanisa kwehondo yeAllied kupinda muAfrica. Kutevera 8 November
Sezvo mauto ehondo akanga ava kusvika kuWest neNorth Africa, akatanga kuzvidya mwoyo. Musi wa11 Mbudzi, chikamu ichi, sechikamu cheCase Anton, chakatumirwa kuVichy France, kuti chisvike kumahombekombe eMediterranean pakati pePerpignan neNarbonne. Kuungana munzvimbo inochengeterwa mhiri kweAix-en-Provence, divi rakagadzirira Operation Lila, kubatwa kweVichy French fleet pachiteshi chengarava cheToulon, kudzivirira kuti vasawire mumaoko eAllied. Nokuda kwebasa racho, boka racho rakakwidziridzwa nemapoka kubva kune mamwe mapoka, kusanganisira mapoka maviri emapurisa uye bhasikoro remudhudhudhu kubva kuSS Division Das Reich uye chikwata chezvikepe chinonzi "Gumprich" mushure memutungamiri wayo. Chikwata cheMarine "Gumprich" chakapiwa basa rokubata ngarava dzeFrance dzisati dzagona kufamba kana kuti kunyudzwa. Mapoka ehondo akapinda muToulon na4: 00 musi wa27 Mbudzi 1942 ndokutora arsenal huru uye kudzivirirwa kwemahombekombe. Zvisinei, havana kukwanisa kudzivisa kunyura kwezvikepe zveFrance muToulon, uye basa racho rakaguma rakundikana.