Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Yakapedzwa mazuva mashomanana vaGermany vasati vakunda Hondo yeFrance muna June, "Richelieu" akatizira kuDakar muFrench West Africa kuti arambe ari pasi pesimba reFrance. Ikoko, akauya pasi pakurwiswa kweBritain kwakadzokororwa kwakanga kwakarongerwa kumanikidza hondo kuti ibatanidze Free French Naval Forces kana kumunyudza; izvi zvaisanganisira panguva yeOperation Catapult muna Chikunguru 1940 uye Hondo yeDakar munaGunyana. Yakakuvadzwa mukurwiswa kwose, ngarava yacho yakagadziriswa zvishoma nezvishoma isati yapedzisira yaendeswa kuFrench Free control pashure pokunge
Kupinda kweAllied muNorth Africa muna November 1942. Pashure pokuendeswa kuUnited States nokuda kwokugadziriswa nokuvandudzwa kukuru, ngarava yakashanda neBritish Home Fleet mukuvamba kwa1944 isati yaendeswa kuEastern Fleet nokuda kwemabasa mukurwisana navaJapan muIndian Ocean. Izvi zvaibatanidza mabasa anoverengeka okubhomba uye muna May 1945 akanga aripo panguva yeHondo yeMalacca Strait, kunyange zvazvo akanga ari kure kure kuti arwise ngarava dzeJapan vasati vanyudzwa.