Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokupinda kweAllied muNorth Africa
muna November 1942 zvakaguma nokutsauka kwezvikamu zvikuru zveumambo hweFrance hwokumahombekombe egungwa, "Richelieu" yakatamiswa kudzorwa neFree France. Akatumirwa kuUnited States nokuda kwekugadziriswa nekugadziriswa kwemazuva ano kuti aunze ngarava kusvika kune zvitsva zveAmerica neBritain, kusanganisira bhatiri rakasimba rinopesana nemhepo yemakumi mashanu nematanhatu eBofors pfuti uye makumi mana nemasere Oerlikon autocannon, kunyange zvazvo US Navy yakaramba kugovera radars yayo yepamusoro neFrench. Pashure pokupedza kugadziridza nokuvandudza, ngarava yakashanda neBritish Home Fleet mukuvamba kwa1944; ikoko, yakashanda sorutivi rwesimba rinorinda kurwisana nengarava yehondo yeGermany iyo yakatyisidzira nzira dzekutakura kuenda kuSoviet Union. Haana kuona chiito mukati menguva iyi, sezvo ngarava dzeGermany dzakaramba dziri pachiteshi chengarava, zvikurukuru somugumisiro wokushomeka kwemafuta.