Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: French West Africa yakanga isiri nzvimbo yokurwisana kukuru. Chiito chimwe bedzi chikuru chakaitika ipapo: Hondo yeDakar (23<unk>25 September 1940). Nharaunda yacho yakaramba iri pasi pekutonga kweVichy France mushure mekudonha kweFrance (25 June 1940) uye kusvika muna
Kupinda kweAllied muNorth Africa (8<unk>16 November 1942). French Gabon, iyo chete koloni yeFrench Equatorial Africa isina kujoina Free France mushure mekumisa hondo, yakawira pakurwisa maFree French Mauto kubva kumakoroni akavakidzana mushure meHondo yeGabon (8-12 Mbudzi 1940), ichiwedzera kusarudzika West Africa. Kusiyana neFrance, mauto eFrance muWest Africa haana kuderedzwa mushure mekuramwa basa kwe1940 uye nharaunda iyi haina kupindira zvakanyanya neAxis masimba, ichipa kuwedzerwa kwakakosha kumauto eFree France mushure mekusunungurwa.