NeTunisia, chikamu cheFrench North Africa kumadokero uye Egypt kumabvazuva, maItaly aifanira kudzivirira miganhu miviri uye vakagadzira North Africa Supreme Headquarters, pasi pekutungamira kweGavhuna-General weItaly Libya, Marshal weAir Force, Italo Balbo. Supreme Headquarters yaive ne5th Army (General Italo Gariboldi) kumadokero uye 10th Army (General Mario Berti) kumabvazuva, iyo pakati pe1940 yaive nemapfumbamwe madhivhisi emadhorobha evarume vangangoita zviuru gumi nezvitatu, matatu Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (Blackshirt) uye maviri maLibyan Colonial hondo ane varume zviuru zvisere.
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