Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, koinei te papa o te whakaahuru Itari nui, i whakawhiwhia e te XXIII Corps i raro i te whakahau a General Annibale Bergonzoli. I te 21 o Hune 1940, i whakaekehia te taone e te 7th Cruiser Squadron o te Mediterranean Fleet. Ko te kaha o te whakaeke i ngā kaipuke rangatū o Ingarangi, o Ahitereiria, o Ahitereiria, me ngā kaipuke whakangaromanga o HMS "Dainty", "Decoy", "Hasty", me te HMS "Bobby". Heoi, e kiia ana he iti noa iho te kino i puta mai i te parekura. Kua riro te pa
Operation Compass i te wa o nga ope o te Commonwealth, ko te nuinga o te Rōpū 6 o Ahitereiria i te pakanga i te 3 ki te 5 o Hanuere 1941 i te Pakanga o Bardia.