Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kubva muna 1939 kusvika muna 1941 akava mukuru mukuru wemauto ehondo yeFrance muzvikepe zveMediterranean ipapo mukuru mukuru wemauto ehondo yeFrance yokumaodzanyemba. Mukati menguva iyi akasimudzirwawo kuva mukuru wehondo muna 1940. Basa rake rinotevera rakauya muna 1941, semutungamiri we3rd Cruiser Division, achibhururuka mureza wake pa "La Marseillaise" paToulon. Yakaramba iripo kusvikira muna 1942. Nezvokumhara kweAllied muNorth Africa
musi wa13 Mbudzi 1942, akaedza pasina kubudirira kugombedzera Jean de Laborde, mutungamiri mukuru weVichy France's high seas fleet, kuti aende nechikepe chake kuAfrica. Pakutanga kwaNovember 27 gore iroro, apo mauto eGermany akasvika muToulon arsenal, akarayira cruisers ayo kuti azviparadze.