 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pasinei nokuvimbiswa kwaDarlan, Churchill akanga achiri kunetseka kuti Darlan angarambwa nevezvematongerwe enyika, uye kunetseka uku hakuna kuderedzwa naDarlan pachake kuva gurukota rehurumende. Darlan akaramba kakawanda zvikumbiro zveBritain zvekuisa ngarava dzese mumaoko eBritain kana muFrench West Indies, uye mukuyedza kuita kuti maBritish asunungure ngarava dzehondo dzeFrance, akapa vhezheni yemitemo yekumisa hondo isingaenderane nezvaizivikanwa neBritish kubva kune mamwe masosi kuti ndizvo zvazviri. Vakanga vasina chivimbo chokuti Darlan akanga ari kuva akatendeseka kwavari mumwe mupi wezano wehurumende akanyora kuti akanga ava munyengeri sevamwe vose uye vakatenda kuti, kunyange kana akanga akatendeseka, aisagona kuita zvaakanga avimbisa. Kudavira uku kwakatungamirira kuOperation Catapult, apo, pana 3 July 1940 Royal Navy yakarwisa ngarava dzeFrance. Zvirongwa zveCatapult zvakanga zvanyorwa kare kare musi waJune 14-16. Darlan akanga ari pamba pake paNérac muGascony musi wa 3 July, uye aisagona kuonana naye. 