<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: I-Marmarica Division yasungulwa ngo-October 1939. Ngo-10 Juni 1940 yathuthelwa eBardia. Kusukela ngo-14 Juni 1940 kuya ku-23 Julayi 1940 yasetshenziselwa ukuhlasela iFort Capuzzo emagqumeni aseningizimu yeSaqīfat az Zafarānah. Ngo-September 9, 1940 isigaba i-Marmarica safika eGibhithe ukuze sihlanganyele ekuhlaselweni kweGibhithe yi-Italy. I-Marmarica yayihloselwe ukuvikela uhlangothi olungakwesokudla olungaphakathi oluya eSidi Barrani. Inhloso Ebizwa Ngokuthi ICompass. Ngo-13 Septhemba 1940, isigaba sadlula eHalfaya Pass, futhi ngokushesha sathola imiyalo yokuma nokulungiselela ukuzivikela. I-Operation Compass, eyaqala ngomhlaka 18 Novemba 1940, yanciphisa ingxenye enkulu yamabutho e-Axis. Ekuqaleni kweMpi yaseMarmarica ngoDisemba 11, 1940, lo mkhakha wawuseSidi Omar eningizimu yeSollum. Ngosuku lokuqala lokulwa kwaba sobala ukuthi izikhundla ze- Marmarica zazingeke zisekeleke, ngakho-ke ukubuyela emuva kwenziwa enqabeni yaseBardia-Abyār ar Rujm - Zawiyat al Manestir - Bir al Ghirrīdīyah. I-Marmarica yayihlala ezikhundleni ezintsha zokuzivikela ngoDisemba 16, 1940. NgoJanuwari 3, 1941, abaseBrithani baqala kabusha ukuhlasela, okwaholela  <response>: Impi YaseBardia. Njengoba amabutho ahlangene ayeqhubekela phambili, amayunithi amaningi amakhulu ase-Italy ayezungezwe, enqanyuliwe ekunikezelweni, futhi ehluliwe. Ngemva kokulwa kanzima, isikhundla ngasinye sasizinikezela. Ama-Australia athatha iBardia ngomhlaka 5 Januwari, athatha iziboshwa ezingama-36,000 nezibhamu ezingama-462 ngokulahleka kwabantu abangu-130 abafile nabangu-326 abalimele. Noma nini lapho amaNtaliyane ekhetha ukulwa, impi yayishubile. Kamuva isazi-mlando sase-Australia sabhala ukuthi ezingxenyeni ezithile ukuzivikela kwawo kwakuphumelela kakhulu futhi ngokuvamile kwakunesibindi esikhulu. Kodwa iningi lamayunithi ase-Italy lanikezela ngaphandle kokulwa, isimo sawo sokuziphatha sacekelwa phansi yindlala, ukoma, izintwala nesifo sohudo. 