<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-regiment yayiguqulwe yaba amathangi ngo-1937 futhi kamuva yaqeqeshwa eCairo ibanikeza inzuzo enengqondo. Nakuba kungenzeka babecabanga ukuthi babelahlekile eGibithe, lapho i - Italy ingena empini ngo - June 10, 1940, lowo mcabango washeshe waphela engqondweni yabo. Babeyingxenye ye-7th Armoured Brigade ku-7th Armoured Division futhi bahlanganiswa yi-8th ne-11th Hussars. Ngo-14 Juni 1940 ama-7th Hussars, kanye neqembu leKings Royal Rifle Corps kanye ne-battery ye-4th Royal Horse artillery bathatha iFort Capuzzo, ngenkathi ama-11th Hussars ethatha iLa Maddalena. Babambe iqhaza eMpini yaseSidi Barrani ngoDisemba 1940 nasempini  <response>: Impi yaseBardia ngoJanuwari 1941. UHitler wasungula i-Afrika Korps ngaphansi komyalo kaJenene Erwin Rommel ukuze aqinise amaNtaliyane: ngo-Ephreli 1941, amabutho ahlangene eTobruk anqunywa amaJalimane namaNtaliyane kodwa ngoJuni 1941 i-7th Armoured Division yaphinde yalungela ukulwa njengengxenye ye-Operation Battleaxe, ithole amathangi amasha kanye nabasebenzi abengeziwe. URommel wabe eseqala ukucindezela ama-Allies ukuba abuyele eGibithe. I-regiment yasiza ukubambezela ukuqhubekela phambili kukaRommel yize isikhulu esiphethe uLieutenant Colonel Freddie Byass nabanye abaningi babulawa eMpini yaseSidi Rezegh ngoNovemba 1941. 