Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1938 da 1939 akwai imani mai girma cewa wani yaƙi tsakanin Faransa da Jamus ya zama ba makawa. A watan Satumbar 1939 gwamnatin Faransa ta ayyana yaƙi da Jamus, kuma an aiwatar da babban motsi. A taron karshe (kafin a dakatar da shi) CGT-SR) kwanaki goma da suka gabata, ya kammala shirye-shiryen da za a kira yajin aiki na gaba daya idan akwai wani babban motsi, amma waɗannan tsare-tsaren da alama ba su tsira daga gaskiyar mamayar Jamus da Soviet na Poland ba. Paul Lapeyre yana daga cikin waɗanda aka ɗauke su don shiga soja a watan Agusta / Satumba na 1939. Ya yi jinkiri na kwanaki da yawa kafin ya kai rahoto ga sansanin soja a Auch. An aika shi zuwa Alsace, wanda aka sake shiga cikin Faransa a 1919, kuma ya yi watanni da yawa a bakin kogin Rhine. Wataƙila a cikin yanayin mamayewar Jamusawa na Faransa, wanda ya faru a watan Mayu da Yuni 1940, cewa rundunar da Lapeyre ke aiki a ciki ta sami kanta kewaye da tilasta yin sallama. Yanzu fursunonin yaƙi na Jamus, Lapeyre da abokan aikinsa an tsare su a cikin barikin su na ɗan fiye da wata ɗaya kafin a tura su zuwa wani babban gona kuma a fara aiki a Hoisdorf, kimanin kilomita 25 (16 mil) zuwa gabashin Hamburg. Ƙoƙarin tserewa ya kasa. Lapeyre ya kwashe shekaru biyar masu zuwa a cikin sansanonin aiki guda hudu. A wani lokaci ya kauce wa an tura shi zuwa sansanin kisan gilla a Rava-Ruska, amma a ƙarshe an mayar da shi zuwa yankin Hamburg inda ya yi aiki tare da sauran fursunonin yaƙi. A cikin mako guda a watan Yuli 1943
Hare-haren bama-bamai na "abokan haɗin gwiwa" sun lalata injin injin da aka ba shi. A ƙarshe, duk da haka, Ingilishi ya 'yantar da shi ("... par les Anglais") a watan Yunin 1945.