Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Emmanuel d'Astier de la Vigerie akaberekerwa muParis musi waNdira 6, 1900 uye mushure mekudzidza pachikoro chepamusoro cheSainte-Geneviève muVersailles, akabatana neEcole Navale (chikoro cheFrance chechikepe, chinotarisira dzidzo yevakuru veFrench Navy) muna 1919. Achirega basa muuto rehondo muna 1931, d'Astier akatanga basa rokunyora nhau, achinyorera "Marianne" uye "VU". Nokutanga kweHondo Yenyika II muna 1939, akaunganidzwa kuti ashande pa centre de renseignements maritimes de Lorient (English: maritime information centre of Lorient), kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweFrance kusvika pakuparara kweFrance muna 1940. Kuramba chibvumirano chokumisa hondo neGermany
, akabatanidzwa mubato reResistance (English: the Last Column), achiburitsa zvinopesana nekushambadzira kupokana nekubatana neGerman, uye akashanda semupepeti wepepanhau "La Montagne". Pashure pokunge Last Column yaparadzwa nokusungwa muna 1941, akahwanda achishandisa zita remadunhurirwa rokuti "Bernard". Pakazosvika 1943, mushure memisangano muLondon naCharles de Gaulle, uye muWashington neMutungamiri weUnited States Roosevelt, kuti vawane kuumbwa uye kuzivikanwa kweFree French Forces, vakashanyirazve London saKomisheni wePolitical Affairs weLe Directoire des Mouvements unis de Résistance (Chirungu: iyo Directory yeUnited Movements of Resistance).