When the SOL was extended to North Africa it brought together the most determined supporters of the Révolution Nationale, a project by the Vichy government to essentially undo the French Revolution and remove the stain of liberalism from French society. Among these people were Pierre Gallet, Marcel Gombert and Jean Bassompierre, as well as Noël de Tissot and a doctor Durandy. Bassompierre invented the “twenty-one points of SOL” pictured on the right.
During the landing of November 8, 1942 in North Africa under Operation Torch, Darnand orders the SOL units to resist the Allied invasion. Pétain saluted in a speech on January 5, 1943 the "devotion", the "dynamism", the "fidelity" and the "spirit of sacrifice" of the SOL who, alongside the African Army, fought against the Allies.
During the landing of November 8, 1942 in North Africa under Operation Torch, Darnand orders the SOL units to resist the Allied invasion. Pétain saluted in a speech on January 5, 1943 the "devotion", the "dynamism", the "fidelity" and the "spirit of sacrifice" of the SOL who, alongside the African Army, fought against the Allies.