<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kweHondo Yenyika II Athos II yakanga ichiri munzira yekuFar East asi musi wa1 Kukadzi 1940 kuColombo, Celyon akabatana neAustralia New Zealand convoy, yakasarudzwa US1 nekuda kwekuvanzika uye kutakura mauto anosvika 13,500 kuenda kuNorth Africa, pasi pekufambiswa kwaitungamirirwa na. Pashure pokupfuura nomumugero weSuez ndokudzokera kuFrance Athos II akavamba basa reMarseilles, Egypt neSiria kutozosvikira 22 June 1940  <response>: Chibvumirano cheGermany neFrance chakaramba chiripo apo ngarava yacho yakaiswa paAlexandria, Egypt pamwe chete nedzimwe ngarava dzeFrance dzakatorwa muSuez Canal nemumvura dzeEgypt. Mukuwedzera kune ngarava dzevatengesi kwakanga kune uto rehondo reFrance, Force X, pasi paAdmiral Rene-Emile Godfroy iro rakanga riri kushanda pamwe chete nehondo yeBritain kunze kweAlexandria. Pashure pokuwa kweFrance neGermany yaidzorwa neVichy France yaidzora zviteshi zveFrance vaFrance vakatarisana nesarudzo dzokupfuurira neAllies pasi paGeneral de Gaulle, demilitarizing kana kunyudzwa neBritish. Chiito cheBritain chokurwisa ngarava dzeFrance paOran chakamisa kugadziriswa kwezvombo asi kwakatangazve pashure pokukurukuriranazve kwakaguma nokuderedzwa kwevarume veFrance, varume vanenge 4 000, kusvika pachikamu chimwe muzvitatu. Vafambisi vengarava vechiFrench zviuru zviviri vakanga vatosiya Alexandria apo Athos II yakabvumirwa kufamba nechikepe musi wa 13 Chikunguru 1940 nevashandi ve1,000 vakasara veForce X uye vamwe vashandi vevatengesi vevatengesi kuFrance. Muna September 1940 vakadzosera mauto eFrance kubva kuSyria ndokuzova ngarava yevarindi paAlgiers kusvikira yabatwa neAllies munaNovember 1942 panguva yeOperation Torch. 