Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yeHondo yeFrance, Gabriel Bablon akaramba ari muMorocco uye haana kurwa muhondo ipi neipi. Achisarudza kupfuurira kurwa, akasarudza kuungana kuFree France paakaiswa muzororo rekuregedza muna December 1941. Mwedzi wakatevera wacho, akakwanisa kupinda muLondon achipfuura nomuGibraltar uye akabatana neFree French Forces. Akabva angopiwa basa mu13th Demi-Brigade yeForeign Legion 13e DBLE muLebanon. Akatamira kuNorth Africa neyuniti yake muna 1942, akaratidzira kugona kwekurwa panguva yeWestern Desert Campaign () uye akakuvara kekutanga nekuputika kwegomba muna Ndira, ndokuzove nemugodhi muna Chikumi panguva yeHondo yeBir Hakeim (). Akatungamira battalion yechipiri mushure mekukwidziridzwa kuva Chef de bataillon, akasarudzika zvakare kugona panguva yeChipiri Hondo yeEl Alamein (). Musi wa 23 Gumiguru Colonel Dimitri Amilakvari, mutungamiri wehurumende we13e DBLE, akaurayiwa uye Gabriel Gabon akamutsiva ari mukuru weyuniti. Akatungamirira boka racho munguva yemishandirapamwe yeTunisia () neItaly (2). Musi waMay 17, 1944, paSan Giorgio a Liri, akakuvadzwa zvakare nekuputika kwegirinedhi. Akaburuka musi wa31 August 1944 mu
achiburuka muProvence (), akapinda muKusunungurwa kweFrance (). MunaSeptember, aine chinzvimbo cheLieutenant-Colonel, akatungamira 24th Infantry Regiment () pamapoka e10th Infantry Division () inotungamirwa naGeneral Pierre Billotte ().