<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ibutho lase-Australia laqala ukusebenza ku-Operation Compass, ukuhlasela okuphumelelayo kweCommonwealth eNyakatho Afrika okwenziwa phakathi kuka-December 1940 no-February 1941. Yize iDivision 6 yayingahlomele ngokuphelele, yayisiqedile ukuqeqeshwa kwayo futhi ngo-14 Disemba, yakhulula iDivision 4 yaseNdiya. Njengoba kunikezwe umsebenzi wokuthatha izinqaba zase-Italy ezedluliswa yiBrithani 7th Armoured Division ngesikhathi sokuqhubekela phambili kwayo, ngoJanuwari 3, lo mkhakha wangena  <response>: Kwenzeka okuthile eBardia. Nakuba le nqaba yayigadwe ibutho elikhulu, amasosha ase-Australia angena ngokushesha emigqeni yokuzivikela yase-Italy esekelwa amathangi nezikhali zempi zaseBrithani. Iningi labavikeli lazinikela ngoJanuwari 5 futhi ama-Australia athatha iziboshwa ezingama-40,000. I- 6th Division yalandela le mpumelelo ngokuhlasela inqaba yaseTobruk ngomhlaka 21 kuJanuwari, ukuyithola ngosuku olulandelayo nokuthatha amaTaliyane angama-25,000 njengeziboshwa. Ngemva kwalokhu, abase-Australia baqhubekela entshonalanga ngomgwaqo osogwini oluya eCyrenaica futhi bathatha iBenghazi ngoFebhuwari 4. Kamuva ngaleyo nyanga, i- 6th Division yakhishwa ukuze isatshalaliswe eGrisi futhi yathathelwa indawo yi- 9th Division engavivinywanga, eyathatha imisebenzi ye-garrison eCyrenaica. 