Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mokunge vazhinji veFrench Equatorial Africa vazivisa kuti Free France muna August, "Le Malin" nehanzvadzi dzake mbiri vakafambisa boka revarwi vakatumirwa kuDakar muna September kunotyisa makoloni kuti adzokere kuVichy France. MaBritish nemaFree French vakatumira mauto kuti anyengetedze maFrench West Africa kuti abatane nemaFree French uye Hondo yeDakar yakatanga apo varwi vakaramba zvikumbiro zvavo. Vaparadzi vacho vakapiwa basa rokudzivirira, vachiisa chifukidziro chomutsi kuti vadzivirire ngarava dzokurwa padzairwisa ngarava dzeBritain. "Le Malin" yakanga ichigadziridzwa muCasablanca, Morocco yeFrance, apo
VaAllies vakapinda muFrench North Africa mukupera kwa1942. Yakakuvadzwa zvikuru mukati mekurwiswa uye yakatorwa pashure, ngarava yacho yaida kugadziriswa kwenguva pfupi isati yatumirwa kuUnited States nokuda kwekugadziriswa nekugadziriswa pakati pe1943. Akadzokera kuMediterranean pakutanga kwa1944 uko akapedza gore rose achitsvaka Axis kutakura pamwe nehanzvadzi dzake mbiri. Pakati pokurwiswa, ngarava yacho yakapa rubatsiro rwekuvhara pfuti munguva yeOperation Dragoon, kupindirwa kweSouthern France pakati pe1944. "Le Malin" yakanga ine chimiro chayo chakagurwa mukati mekurwisana muna December uye kugadziridza kwakatora rinenge gore kuti kupedziswe.