Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nokuda kwaAdolf Hitler, chikonzero chikuru chokubvumira kuti France yakazvimiririra ivepo yakanga iri, mukushayikwa kweukuru hwezvikepe zveGermany, nzira bedzi inoshanda yokuramba kushandiswa kwemakoroni eFrance kuVasonganiri. Zvisinei,
Kubhururuka kweAllied muFrench North Africa musi wa8 Mbudzi 1942 kwakakonzera kuti chikonzero ichocho chinyangarike, kunyanya sezvo zvakakurumidza kuoneka kuti hurumende yeVichy yakanga isina chido chezvematongerwe enyika kana nzira dzinoshanda dzekudzivirira zviremera zveFrance zvekoloni kubva mukuzviisa pasi peAllied occupation. Uyezve, Hitler aiziva kuti aisagona kuisa mungozi rutivi rusina kuvhurwa paGungwa reMediterranean reFrance. Pashure pokukurukurirana kwokupedzisira naMutungamiriri weFrance Pierre Laval, Hitler akarayira kuti Corsica itongwe musi wa11 November uye Vichy France zuva rakatevera racho.