<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqhumeni kweMpi Yezwe II i-Athos II yayisesendleleni yaseMpumalanga Ekude kodwa ngoFebhuwari 1, 1940 eColombo, uCelyon wajoyina umzila wase-Australia New Zealand, owaqanjwa ngokuthi i-US1 ngenxa yobumfihlo futhi uthutha cishe amabutho angama-13,500 eNyakatho Afrika, ngaphansi kokuholwa yi. Ngemva kokuwela iSuez Canal abuyele eFrance, u-Athos II waqala ukusebenza eMarseilles, eGibhithe naseSiriya kwaze kwaba ngoJuni 22, 1940, lapho kwaphela khona impi phakathi kweJalimane neFrance  <response>: lapho umkhumbi wawubekwe e-Alexandria, eGibithe kanye neminye imikhumbi yaseFrance eyabanjwa eSuez Canal nasemanzini aseGibhithe. Ngaphezu kwemikhumbi yezohwebo kwakukhona nebutho lasolwandle laseFrance, iForce X, ngaphansi kuka-Admiral Rene-Emile Godfroy eyayisebenza nemikhumbi yaseBrithani eyayiphuma e-Alexandria. Ngemva kokuwa kweFrance neVichy France eyayilawulwa amaJalimane eyayilawula amachweba aseFrance amaFulentshi abhekana nezinketho zokuqhubeka nama-Allies ngaphansi kukaJenene de Gaulle, ukuzikhipha ezimpini noma ukucwiliswa amaBrithani. Izenzo zaseBrithani ngokumelene nemikhumbi yaseFrance e-Oran zavimbela ukubuyiselwa kwezikhali kodwa lokho kwaqalwa kabusha ngemuva kwezingxoxo ezengeziwe nomphumela wokunciphisa amandla emikhumbi yaseFrance, amadoda angaba ngu-4 000, kwadingeka kube yingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu. Izisebenzi zaseFrance eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili zase zivele zishiya i-Alexandria lapho i- Athos II ivunyelwa ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ngomhlaka 13 Julayi 1940 nabasebenzi abangu-1,000 XNUMX abasele beForce X kanye namanye amalungu eqembu lomthengisi eFrance. NgoSepthemba 1940 wabuyisela emuva amabutho aseFrance esuka eSyria wabe eseba umkhumbi wokugada e-Algiers waze wabanjwa ama-Allies ngoNovemba 1942 ngesikhathi se-Operation Torch. 