<prompt> Rakaenderera mberi nokuita mimwe mitambo uye kurovedza muEgypt nePalestine vaAustralia vasati vaendeswa kunorwa navaItaly murenje reLibya muna January 1941 panguva yeOperation Compass. Nhevedzano yezviito yakarwiwa navaAustralia kumativi eBardia  <response>: neTobruk, pamberi peBrigade rechi19 risati rapinda muBenghazi muna February. 28th Battalion yakanga iine basa duku chete muhondo dzokutanga, asi yakabatanidzwa zvikuru mukurwisana kweTobruk, ichikandirwa mukurwisana neItaly yakasimba yakatsigirwa nemapurisa. Muna April 1941, sezvo vaAllies vakatanga kunetseka nezvokupinda kweGermany muGreece, mauto eBritain, eAustralia neNew Zealand akaendeswa ikoko achibva kuNorth Africa. Pakati pemamiriro okunze anotonhora zvikuru, battalion yacho yakabatanidzwa mukurwisana kwakapoteredza Vevi, kuchamhembe kweGreece pedyo nomuganhu neYugoslavia, vaAustralia vasati vadzoswa shure neuto guru. Nhevedzano yekubva yakatevera, panguva iyo 28th yakarasikirwa neakawanda emidziyo yayo uye yakakamurwa kuita mapoka akati wandei. Sezvo maGermany akapinda munyika, 28th yakabviswa pakupera kwemwedzi kuburikidza neKalamata; chikamu chebhationi anenge mazana maviri evashandi vakatamiswa negungwa kudzokera kuEgypt, nepo vamwe vese vangangoita mazana mana evashandi vakaburitswa pachitsuwa cheKrete kubva kuRoyal Navy vanoparadza, vakatanga kutanga pa Costa Rica, iyo yakanga yakanyudzwa munzira neAxis dive-bhomba dzinoverengeka. 