Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - French West Africa yakanga isiri nzvimbo yekurwisana kukuru. Chiito chimwe bedzi chikuru chakaitika ipapo: Hondo yeDakar (23<unk>25 September 1940). Nharaunda iyi yakaramba iri pasi pehutongi hweVichy France mushure mekudonha kweFrance (25 Chikumi 1940) uye kusvika pakurwiswa kweAllied kuNorth 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.