<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mauto eAustralia akatanga kuita basa muOperation Compass, hondo yakabudirira yeCommonwealth muNorth Africa yakaitwa pakati paDecember 1940 naFebruary 1941. Kunyange zvazvo 6th Division yakanga isina kugadzirirwa zvakakwana, yakanga yapedza kurovedzwa kwayo uye musi wa14 December, yakabvisa 4th Indian Division. Zvichipa basa rekutora nhare dzeItaly dzakapfuurwa neBritish 7th Armoured Division panguva yekufambira mberi kwayo, musi wa3 Ndira, chikamu chakaenda mu  <response>: chiito paBardia. Kunyange zvazvo nhare yacho yaichengetwa neuto guru, varwi vokuAustralia vakakurumidza kupinda mumutsetse wokuzvidzivirira weItaly vachitsigirwa nemotokari dzehondo dzeBritain uye zvombo zvehondo. Ruzhinji rwavanodzivirira rwakazvipira musi wa 5 Ndira uye vaAustralia vakatora vasungwa 40 000. Chikamu chechitanhatu chakatevera kubudirira uku nekurwisa nhare yeTobruk musi wa 21 Ndira, ichiichengetedza zuva raitevera uye kutora vasungwa veItaly zviuru makumi maviri nezvishanu. Pashure peizvi, vaAustralia vakadzokera kumadokero vachitevedza mugwagwa wokumahombekombe kuenda kuCyrenaica ndokutora Benghazi musi wa4 February. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, 6th Division yakabviswa kuti iendeswe kuGreece uye yakatsiviwa ne 9th Division isina kuongororwa, iyo yakatora mabasa evarwi muCyrenaica. 