N'ọnwa Nọvemba afọ 1942, ndị agha mba ndị ọzọ jikọrọ aka lụso ndị France agha n'ebe ugwu Afrịka.
na nzaghachi, ndị agha Germany weghaara Vichy France. Ha jidere otu ụgbọelu French Navy H-246, tinyere ụgbọelu atọ nke Air France. Ụgbọelu abụọ ọzọ nke Air France nọ na Algiers n'oge ahụ ma si otú ahụ gbapụ n'aka ndị Germany. (A kwụsịrị iji ụdị H.246 eme ihe na 1941).