 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokurwisa kweBritain ngarava dzeFrance paMers-el-Kebirhurumende yaitsigira Vichy yakanga yaiswa pachitsuwa chacho, uye vaBritain vainetseka kuti chitsuwa chacho chaizotorwa neAxis. Somugumisiro, musi wa 5 May 1942, simba re amphibious raiumbwa nemapoka matatu emabhirigadi ehondo neuto rehondo uye mhepo yakatsigira Operation Ironclad. Nokuda kwebasa iri, No. 5 Commando, nhamba yevarume 365 pasi pemutungamiri weLt. Colonel W. Sanguinetti, yakabatanidzwa ne29th Brigade uye yakasvika pamberi pesimba guru pedyo neCourrier neAmbarata Bays kumucheto kuchamhembe kwechitsuwa uye kusvika kumadokero kweDiego Suarez, vakaita kurwisa kweFrance pamhenderekedzo yegungwa. 