 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pierre Joseph Auguste Messmer akaberekerwa muVincennes muna 1916. Akapedza kudzidza muna 1936 pachikoro chemitauro ENLOV uye gore rakatevera paEcole nationale de la France doutre-mer National School of Oversea France. Ipapo akava mushandi wehurumende mukuru muhurumende yekoloni uye akava chiremba wemitemo muna 1939. Pakatanga Hondo Yenyika II, aive sous-lieutenant we12th regiment yeSenegalese tirailleurs, uye akaramba kuzvipira kweFrance mushure mekukundwa. Akabva abira muMarseille ngarava inotakura zvinhu yekuItaly Capo Olmo, pamwe neshamwari yake uyo akazova mukuru wemauto eFrance, ndokuenda kutanga kuGibraltar, ndokuzoenda kuLondon uye akazopinda muFree French Forces senhengo ye13th Demi-Brigade yeFrench Foreign Legion. Messmer akabva apinda mumushandirapamwe muEritrea, muSyria, muLibya, achitora chikamu muHondo yeBir Hakeim, uye mumushandirapamwe weTunisia. Akarwawo paHondo yeEl Alamein muEgypt. Akabatanidzwa muLondon General Koenigs military staff uye akabatanidzwa mukumhara muNormandy muna August 1944 uye Liberation yeParis. 