Ku qor sii wadida sadarkan - Waqooyiga Afrika, Rhodesians ee 11th Hussars, 2nd Leicesters, 1st Cheshires iyo guutooyin kale ayaa gacan ka geystay Howlgalka Kompas inta u dhexeysa Diseembar 1940 iyo Febraayo 1941 iyagoo qayb ka ah Ciidanka Saxaraha Galbeed ee hoos yimaada Major General Richard O'Connor, oo ka dagaalamay Sidi Barrani, Bardia
, Beda Fomm iyo meelo kale. Weerarkan wuxuu ahaa mid aad u guuleystay, iyadoo Xulafada ay la kulmeen khasaare aad u yar - qiyaastii 700 oo la dilay iyo 2,300 oo dhaawac ah iyo kuwa la la'yahay - halka ay qabsadeen dekedda istiraatiijiyadeed ee Tobruk, in ka badan 100,000 oo askari oo Talyaani ah iyo inta badan Cyrenaica. Jarmalku waxay u jawaabeen iyagoo u diray "Afrika Korps" oo uu hoggaaminayo Erwin Rommel si ay u xoojiyaan ciidamada Talyaaniga. Rommel wuxuu hogaamiyay weerar xoog leh bishii Maarso-Abriil 1941 taas oo ku qasabtay dib u gurasho guud oo Allied ah oo ku wajahan Masar. Ciidamada Jarmalka iyo Talyaanigu waxay hareereeyeen Tobruk laakiin waxay ku guuldareysteen inay qabsadaan magaalada oo ay inta badan ku sugnaayeen ciidamada Australia, taasoo keentay go'doominta Tobruk ee muddada dheer socotay.