Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Jami'in Gida a Maroko kuma Babban Kwamandan a Arewacin Afirka na Faransa. Noguès ya firgita da labarin cewa gwamnatin Faransa tana neman tsagaita wuta
tare da Jamus. A ranar 17 ga Yuni 1940 ya aika da waya zuwa Bordeaux, inda gwamnati ke zaune a lokacin: "Dukan Arewacin Afirka sun firgita. Sojojin suna rokon su ci gaba da gwagwarmaya idan gwamnati ba ta da ƙin yarda. A shirye nake na dauki alhakin wannan hali da duk hadarin da yake tattare da shi, " watau neman wata alama don ci gaba da gwagwarmaya. Koyaya, bai yarda da kiran Janar Charles de Gaulle daga London a ranar 18 ga Yuni don ci gaba da yaƙi ba, yana gaya wa jami'in haɗin gwiwar Burtaniya cewa yana ganin halin de Gaulle "ba shi da kyau" kuma ya hana 'yan jaridar Arewacin Afirka buga kiran de Gaulle.