 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera Kurwisa kweBritish paMers-el-Kébiruye kumwewo kurwisana nezvikepe zveFrance musi wa3 Chikunguru 1940, pakanga paine mamiriro ehondo pakati peBritain neVichy France. Kubva muna Chikunguru 1940 kusvika nguva pfupi mushure mekupinda kweAllied muFrench North Africa musi wa8 Mbudzi 1942, Laghouat yakashandiswa se de facto musasa wevasungwa vehondo veBritish Empire neCommonwealth vasungwa, kunyanya vakatorwa vafambisi vengarava nevatyairi vendege. Vasungwa vaiva paLaghouat vaisanganisira vokuCanada gumi nevashanu nevarume vanomwe vaibva kuDominion yeNewfoundland, mumwe wavo akachengetwa ikoko kwemazuva 472. Pakanga panewo vanhu vokuSouth Africa pakati pevasungwa, uye vashandi veRoyal Navy vaisanganisira vafambisi vechikepe vakabatwa mushure mokunge HMS Havock yakasungwa kunze kweKelibia, Tunisia, muna April 1942, uye mushure mokurasikirwa kweHMS Manchester muna August 1942. 