Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I Whiringa-ā-rangi 1942, ka tau mai ngā Rōpū Whakakotahitanga ki Awherika ki te Raki
Hei whakautu, ka nohoia e ngā ope Tiamana a Vichy France. I hopu rātau i te waka rererangi H-246 kotahi a te French Navy, me ngā waka rererangi e toru a Air France. E rua atu rererangi Air France i Algiers i taua wa ka mawhiti i te hopu a nga Tiamana. (I tangohia te tauira H.246 i te whakamahi i te 1941).