Immediately, German and Italian reinforcements landed in French Tunisia and on 14 November the idea of an African Phalange was proposed in Paris with the support of the Third Reich Ambassador Otto Abetz.
In December, German authorities approved the plan and 330 volunteers were recruited under the command of Cristofini.
The troops trained at the Bordj-Ceda camp and a 210 man company, called Französische Freiwilligen Legion, was eventually incorporated into the 2nd Battalion, 754th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, part of the 5th Panzerarmee.
Colonel Cristofini was a supporter of the union of Corsica with Italy and defended Italian irredentism ideals.
He was put on trial for treason after the Allies retook Corsica, and sentenced to death.