General Giuseppe Tellera, the commander of the Italian Tenth Army, considered the possibility of sending a force to relieve the Bardia fortress but in the end concluded that such an operation had no chance of success.
General Giuseppe Tellera, lederen af den 10. italienske armé. overvejede muligheden for at sende en undsætningsstyrke til Bardia; men endte med at konkludere, at sådan en operation ikke havde nogen chance for at lykkes.