Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, shi ne wurin babban sansanin soja na Italiya, wanda rundunar XXIII ta yi a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Janar Annibale Bergonzoli. A ranar 21 ga Yuni, 1940, Squadron na 7 na Cruiser na Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum ya kai wa garin hari. Rundunar bombardment ta kunshi, Birtaniya da, da Australian cruiser, da kuma masu hallaka HMS "Dainty", "Decoy", "Hasty", da kuma. Duk da haka an bayar da rahoton cewa harin ya haifar da mummunan lalacewa. An kama garin.
Operation Compass a lokacin sojojin Commonwealth da suka hada da sashen na 6 na Australiya a cikin fadace-fadace a ranar 3 zuwa 5 ga watan Janairun 1941 a yakin Bardia.