Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MuHondo Yenyika II, North Africa ndiyo yaiva nhandare yehondo dzakawanda dzakarwiwa muEurope. Nokupinda kweGermany muFrance muna 1940, mauto eAllied akakurumidza kudzora nyika dzaichimbotongwa neFrance. Nhamba
Kugara kweAnglo-America muNorth Africa kwakatanga kutanga kweAlgeria yemazuva ano. Mukati menguva iyi, masimba anobata (ose ari maviri Masimba Akabatana neAxis) akavamba kugovera mashoko nezvipikirwa zve"nyika itsva nokuda kwavanhu vaimbodzorwa". Zvipikirwa zvokusunungurwa zvakafadza vanhu veAlgeria, sezvo ivo pakupedzisira vaizokwanisa kuumba rudzi rune uchangamire. Muna Zvita 1942, Ferhat Abbas akaronga Chirevo cheAlgeria, ndokuchipa kune vese maAllied nevakuru veFrance. Ichi chiziviso chaida kuzivikanwa kweAlgeria iyo yaiva nesimba, uye isina kukoloniwa. Mukupindura, muna 1943, ugari hweFrance hwakapiwa senzira yokuzvisarudzira kuvagari veNorth Africa vakawanda. Ikoku, zvisinei, kwakanga kusina kukwana kugutsa vaAlgeria uye kumukira kwakakurumidza kutevera.