<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chikamu cheMarmarica chakatangwa muna October 1939. Pakazosvika 10 June 1940 yakaiswazve kuBardia. Kubva 14 Chikumi 1940 kusvika 23 Chikunguru 1940 yakashandiswa kurwisa Fort Capuzzo pamakomo kumaodzanyemba kweSaqīfat az Zafarānah. 9 September 1940 boka reMarmarica rakasvika muEgypt kuzopinda mukupinda kweItaly muEgypt. Basa raMarmarica raiva rokudzivirira rutivi rworudyi rwomukati rwokufambira mberi kuenda kuSidi Barrani. Operation Compass. 13 September 1940, boka racho rakapfuura Halfaya Pass, uye nokukurumidza mirairo yakagamuchirwa yekumira uye kugadzirira kudzivirira. Operation Compass, yakatanga musi wa 18 Mbudzi 1940, yakatema chikamu kubva pachikamu chikuru chemauto eAxis. PaHondo yeMarmarica kutanga 11 Zvita 1940, divi raive paSidi Omar kumaodzanyemba kweSollum. Pazuva rokutanga rokurwa zvakava pachena kuti nzvimbo dze Marmarica dzakanga dzisingagoni kuchengetedzwa, naizvozvo kudzokera shure kwakaitwa kunhare yeBardia-Abyār ar Rujm - Zawiyat al Manestir - Bir al Ghirrīdīyah. Marmarica akanga agara panzvimbo itsva dzokuzvidzivirira pana December 16, 1940. Pana 3 January 1941, vaBritain vakatangazve kurwisa, zvichiita kuti  <response>: Hondo yeBardia. Sezvo mauto eAllied akafambira mberi, mauto makuru akawanda eItaly akakomberedzwa, akaparadzaniswa nezvokudya, uye akakundwa. Pashure pokurwisana kwakaoma, nzvimbo imwe pashure peimwe yakakumikidzwa. VaAustralia vakabata Bardia musi wa 5 Ndira, vachitora vasungwa 36 000 uye pfuti 462 nokuda kwekurasikirwa kwevanhu 130 vakafa uye 326 vakakuvadzwa vavo. Pose apo vaItaly vakasarudza kurwa, kurwa kwacho kwakanga kwakakasharara. Mumwe munyori wenhau dzakaitika wokuAustralia akazonyora kuti kune dzimwe nzvimbo kudzivirira kwavo kwakanga kwakanyatsobudirira uye kazhinji kacho kwakanga kwakashinga zvikuru. Asi ruzhinji rwemapoka eItaly rwakazviisa pasi pasina kurwa, tsika dzarwo dzakaparadzwa nenzara, nyota, nhunzi uye manyoka. 