Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru atu a Couve de Murville ki te rōpū o ngā kaitirotiro pūtea i te tau 1930, ā, i te tau 1940 ka noho ia hei Kaiwhakahaere o ngā pūtea o waho o te kāwanatanga o Vichy, ā, i noho ia ki te kaunihera whakatārewatanga o Wiesbaden. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1943, i muri i te taenga mai o Amerika ki Awherika ki te Raki
Ko ia tētahi o ngā rangatira matua o Vichy i uru atu ki te French Free. I wehe ia ki Algiers, ma te taha o Spain, i reira ka uru atu ia ki a General Henri Giraud. I te 7 o Hune 1943, i whakaingoatia ia hei kaitohutohu tahua mo te Komiti French o te National Liberation (CFLN). I etahi marama i muri mai, ka uru atu ia ki a General Charles de Gaulle. I te Hui-tanguru 1945, ka noho ia hei mema o te Kawanatanga Motuhake o te Reipa o France (GPRF) me te taumata o te kaikauwhau i piri ki te kawanatanga Itari.