Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Inozivikanwawo se"Hondo Itsva;" kana kuti Hondo yeChibvumirano. Mitemo yeArmistice ya22 Chikumi 1940 yakave nechokwadi chekuti mauto eVichy France mauto aive nemapurisa mashoma uye mota dzakashongedzwa. Chikamu chimwe nechimwe chaiva nezvikwata zvitatu zvevarwi, chikwata chokuongorora chemabhatirioni maviri uye chikwata chevarwi. Apo maAllies akaburuka muNorth Africa, vaGermany vakapinda muVichy France uye utungamiriri hwemauto eVichy French hwakaudza uto kuti rigare muzvimbudzi zvaro pane kuurawa munhandare. Mauto eVichy akabva aparadzwa nemaGerman, kunyangwe ivo vakabvumidza kuumbwa kweimwe yuniti (1st Regiment yeFrance) kutanga kwa1943. Pashure pokunge vaAllies vaburuka kumaodzanyemba kweFrance
Muna 1944, 1st Regiment yeFrance yakabatana nemauto eAllied uye yakaumba hwaro hwezvikwata zvakati wandei zvakazvimiririra izvo zvakashanda mumushandirapamwe wa1944-45. Zvimwe zvikamu zvemauto eVichy, zvinotakura nhamba dzezvikamu zve1940, zvakagadzirwazve muna 1944-45 sechikamu cheArmy of Liberation.