Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pana 7 November 1942, Darlan akaenda kuAlgiers kunoshanyira mwanakomana wake, uyo akanga ari muchipatara. Zuva rakatevera racho, 8 November, vaWestern Allies
vakapinda muFrench North Africa. Mukati mousiku hwaNovember 7/8, mauto eboka reAllied muAlgeria (isina kubatana neFree France) akatora masimba eAlgiers achitarisira kupinda kwehondo. Mukuita kudaro, vakabata Darlan. VaAllies vakanga vatarisira kuti mauto eFrance muNorth Africa aizopikisa zvishoma, panzvimbo pezvo vaitarisira kuti vagamuchire chiremera chaGeneral Henri Giraud, uyo akabudiswa muFrance kuti atore mutoro. Asi kupikisa kwakapfuurira, uye hapana munhu akaterera Giraud, uyo akanga asina nzvimbo yebasa. Kuti vapedze nokukurumidza kurwisa uye kuti vave nechokwadi chokushandira pamwe kweFrance, vaAllies vakasvika pachibvumirano naDarlan, uyo somukuru mukuru mukuru aigona kupa mirairo inodikanwa. Dwight D. Eisenhower, mutungamiri weAllied panzvimbo yacho akaziva Darlan semutungamiri wemauto ose echiFrench munharaunda uye akaziva kuzvisarudzira kwake semukuru mukuru weFrance muAfrica (mutungamiri wehurumende yehurumende) kuNorth neWest Africa musi wa 14 November. Mukudzoka, musi wa 10 Mbudzi, Darlan akarayira mauto ose echiFrench kuti abatane neAllies. Murairo wake wakateererwa; kwete muFrance North Africa bedzi, asiwo nemauto eVichy muFrance West Africa nezvivako zvayo zvinobetsera muDakar.