 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ngarava nhatu idzi dzakaona basa rakaganhurirwa munguva yeHondo Yenyika I, uye dzainyanya kubatikana nekudzivirira Navy yeAustria-Hungary muGungwa reAdriatic. Pashure pehondo, vakaita nzendo dzokudzidzisa muMediterranean uye vakapinda mumapurisa asina kupindira kunze kweSpain munguva yeSpain Civil War. Pashure pokunge Hondo Yenyika II yatanga, ngarava dzacho dzakanzi dziite basa rokutakura vanhu uye kupfuudza zvikepe zvinorwisa zvokutengeserana kusvikira France yadonha muna June 1940. Bretagne uye Provence vakanyudzwa neBritish Royal Navy panguva yeAttack paMers-el-Kébirmwedzi wakatevera; Provence yakazosimudzwa ndokudhonzwa kuToulon, uko yakanyudzwazve muna November 1942. Lorraine yakabviswa zvombo nemaBritish muAlexandria uye yakadzorerwa muna 1942 kuti ishandire neFree French Naval Forces. Yakapa rutsigiro rwepfuti panguva yeOperation Dragoon, kupindirwa kweSouthern France, uye yakapfura nhare dzeGerman kuchamhembe kweFrance. Akapukunyuka sechikepe chokudzidzisa pfuti uye imba inoshambira kusvikira kuma1950, asati aputsika kuti aputswe mu1954. Bretagne uye Provence zvakabviswa muna 1952 na1949. 