Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge mazhinji eFrench Equatorial Africa azivisa kuFree France muna Nyamavhuvhu, "Le Malin" uye vaviri vehanzvadzi dzake vakatungamira boka revafambisi vechikepe vakatumirwa kuDakar munaGunyana kutyisidzira makoloni kuti adzokere kuVichy France. MaBritish nemaFree French vakatumira mauto kuti anyengetedze maFrench West Africa kuti abatane nemaFree French uye Hondo yeDakar yakatanga apo varwi vakaramba zvikumbiro zvavo. Vaparadzi vacho vakapiwa basa rokudzivirira, vachiisa chifukidziro chomutsi kuti vadzivirire ngarava dzokurwa padzairwisa ngarava dzeBritain. "Le Malin" yakanga ichigadziridzwa muCasablanca, Morocco yeFrance, apo maAllies akapinda muFrench North Africa
mukupera kwa1942. Yakakuvadzwa zvikuru mukati mekurwiswa uye yakatorwa pashure, ngarava yacho yaida kugadziriswa kwenguva pfupi isati yatumirwa kuUnited States nokuda kwekugadziriswa nekugadziriswa pakati pe1943. Akadzokera kuMediterranean pakutanga kwa1944 uko akapedza gore rose achitsvaka Axis kutakura pamwe nehanzvadzi dzake mbiri. Pakati pokurwisa, ngarava yacho yakapa rutsigiro rwekuvhara pfuti munguva yeOperation Dragoon, kupindirwa kweSouthern France pakati pe1944. "Le Malin" yakanga ine chimiro chayo chakagurwa mukati mekurwisana muna December uye kugadziridza kwakatora rinenge gore kuti kupedzwe.