<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-2nd AIF yaqala imisebenzi yayo yokuqala eNyakatho Afrika nge-Operation Compass, eyaqala ngo-  <response>: Impi YaseBardia. Lokhu kwalandelwa ukuhlinzeka amayunithi ase-Australia ukuvikela i-Axis eMpini yaseGrisi. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kweGrisi, amabutho ase-Australia abamba iqhaza eMpini yaseKrethe, okwathi, yize yaphumelela kakhulu, yahluleka futhi kwabe sekuyalelwa enye indlela yokuhoxa. Phakathi neMpi YamaGreki, amabutho ahlangene abuyiselwa emuva eGibhithe futhi kwaqala ukuvinjezelwa kweTobruk. Izisebenzi zokuzivikela eziyinhloko zaseTobruk kwakungabantu base-Australia be-Ninth Division; okuthiwa Amagundane aseTobruk. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-AIF ibambe iqhaza emkhankasweni waseSyria naseLebanon. I- 9th Division yalwa eMpini Yokuqala neyesiBili yase-El Alamein ngaphambi kokuthi ibuyiselwe ekhaya ukuyolwa namaJapane. 