Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 25 Nọvemba 1942, ozugbo Allied Invasion nke Vichy French North Africa, Corps Francs d'Afrique (CFA) (African Corps Franc) bilitere na French Morocco n'ime Free French Forces site n'aka General Giraud. Giraud dọtara ndị otu nke ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo niile sitere na ndị Moroccan sitere n'okpukpe dị iche iche (Ndị Kraịst, ndị Juu, na ndị Alakụba) wee nye ha aha "Vélite", aha sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ nke ndị agha na-agba ọsọ nke Napoleon's Imperial Guard, bụ ndị a kpọrọ aha ndị Velites Rom. E si na Henri d'Astier de la Vigerie na José Aboulker's Géo Gras French Resistance Group nke bụ onye kpatara ọgba aghara Algiers ebe ndị na-agbachitere weghaara Algiers n'abalị nke 8 Nọvemba 1942 na nhazi na ndị agha nke Algeria.
Ndị agha Allied rutere n'otu abalị ahụ. Na ijide Algiers, ha jisiri ike ijide Admiral Darlan na General Juin, nke dugara na Darlan Deal ebe ndị agha Vichy French bịara n'akụkụ ndị Allied. E mechara gbuo Darlan site n'aka Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, onye mbụ so na Corps Francs d'Afrique. Ha rụrụ ọrụ dịka Free French nke ha na ndị British Commandos.