 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1939 maSpahis akaumbwa nemabrigade matatu akazvimirira, rimwe nerimwe remaregiment maviri uye richiri rakatasva bhiza. Murwi mumwe nomumwe waiumbwa nezvikamu zvina zvemauto ane mapurisa mashanu uye varwi 172 mune chimwe nechimwe. Zvirwi zvitatu zvakaona basa rinoshanda muFrance muna 1940. Hermann Balck aiva nepfungwa yokuti vakanga vari mauto akanakisisa aakasangana nawo muhondo mbiri dzenyika. Rimwe regiment reSpahi 1er Régiment de Marche de Spahis Marocains rakazvisarudzira richishandira maFree French munguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Vachigara muSyria yaidzorwa neVichy sechikamu chechikwata chevatasvi vemabhiza, vamwe vechikwata ichi vakayambuka muganhu kuenda kuTransjordan munaJune 1940. Mushure mekushanda muEritrea, chikwata ichi chakazogadziriswazve uye chakashongedzerwa nemotokari dzehondo nemaBritish muEgypt. Chirongwa ichi chakawedzerwa uye chakashandiswa michina chakashanda muEgypt, Libya neTunisia, uye chaive chikamu chemauto eFrance akasunungura ParisMuna August 1944. 