Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutevera Armistice yaJune 22, 1940, akaramba ari muVichy France Army uye kubva muna Chikunguru 1940 kusvika munaGunyana 1941, aive mubatsiri kune mukuru anotungamira 13th Military Division kuClermont-Ferrand uye mukuru wemauto wePuy-de-Dôme. Munguva iyi, de Lattre akashandisa mirayiridzo yehurumende ine chekuita nekuvandudza kuranga uye kubatana muuto, achitenda kuti hutongi hwaMarshal Philippe Pétain hwaitsigira zvido zverudzi. Achida kukurudzira majaya, akazarura zvikoro zvinoverengeka zvomumunda uye nzvimbo dzokurovedza zvechiuto <unk> dzakavakwa nevarwi veAlsace <unk> nechinangwa chokubudisa vakuru vakuru vane unyanzvi uye vakuru vakuru, vakadzidziswa mubasa reboka uye vanokwanisa kuparadzira ruzivo rwavo muuto rose reArmistice. Akakwidziridzwa kuva général de division (akaenzana naMajor General munyika dzinotaura Chirungu), aive mukuru wemauto muTunisia kwaakavhura imwe nzvimbo yekudzidzisa mauto. Kutevera kuendeswa kwemwedzi mina kubva pakupera kwaGunyana 1941 kusvika 2 Kukadzi 1942, akayeuchidzwa kuFrance mushure mekukakavadzana nemukuru wake Alphonse Juin uye akatumirwazve. Achidzokera kuFrance, de Lattre akatora mutoro we16th Military Division, yakavakirwa muMontpellier. Kutevera Vavengi
pakumhara kweFrance muNorth Africa musi wa8 Mbudzi 1942, Germany yakatora kumaodzanyemba kweFrance ndokuparadza Mauto eVichy. De Lattre akasungwa ndokuiswa mujeri kwemwedzi inoverengeka.