Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1942, Fancourt akanga apiwa basa rokutungamirira ngarava inotakura zvikepe inonzi HMS "Searcher", yakanga ichiri kuvakwa muUnited States. Ikoku kwakamiswa, zvisinei, uye akatora murairo we4th Destroyer Flotilla iyo yaiva nemidziyo miviri, HMS "Broke" uye HMS "Malcolm", yakagoverwa ku
Operation "Torch", kuvhozhokera kweAllied kuFrench North Africa. Vanoparadza vakanga vachifanira kuburutsa boka revaAmerican Rangers. Basa racho raive rekupinda muAlgiers chiteshi musi wa8 Mbudzi, kuburitsa mauto uye kudzivirira maVichy French kubva mukunyudza ngarava dzavo kana kuparadza zvivakwa zvengarava (Operation "Terminal").