Toulouse yakanga ichitova nzvimbo yokutarira yevapoteri vechiGerman vaitiza mumisasa yaiva kumaodzanyemba kweFrance, kana kuti vakangoita nzira yavo yokumaodzanyemba apo uto reGermany rakapinda muFrance richibva kuchamhembe muna May 1940. Kubatana kwakasimbiswa nemakomonisiti echiFrench ayo akanga ava chinhu chinotungamirira muRésistance movement mukurwisana nechiuto chechiGermany chokugara kuchamhembe uye hurumende yaPétain iri kumaodzanyemba. Kubvira panguva yaakapukunyuka Beling akanga ari rutivi rwenhare yevashandi vepasi pevhu yakatsigirwa zvakanaka. Basa rake mubato panguva ino rinotsanangurwa zvakasiyana: maererano nesosi imwe chete aive mutungamiri webato reGerman mudunhu reToulouse, anozivikanwa nevakomana pasi pezita rezita rezita re "Claude" kana "Clément". MunaGunyana 1940 Beling akasvika pachibvumirano naMaurice Tréand (aimiririra Central Committee yeFrench Resistance muhurukuro dzavo pamwe chete) izvo zvakatungamira mukumisikidzwa kweinonzi sub-chikamu mukati meFrench Résistance sangano. Ikoku kwakagovera hwaro hunokosha hwekushandira pamwe kwepedyo pakati pemakomonisiti eGermany anoshanda "pasi pevhu" muFrance yakatorwa uye vashandi veRésistance, vachideredza kusavimbana kwakanga kuripo mumamiriro ezvinhu. Résistance yakakwanisa kupa "rubatsiro rwezvivakwa", kusanganisira kupihwa magwaro ehunhu ekunyepedzera ayo maCommunist echiGerman aive awana hunyanzvi hwemitauro yakakodzera aigona kusanganisa nevanhu vakapoterera vanotaura chiFrench. Vashandi veRésistance vaiwanzokwanisawo kuronga nzvimbo dzokuvanda sezvo basa reGermany rakava rinodzvinyirira zvikuru uye, zvikurukuru pashure pa1942
, vashandi vebasa rekuchengetedzwa kweGermany vaiwanzosangana mumigwagwa yeFrance, kunyange mune inonzi "nzvimbo yakasununguka".