 Complete the following phrase:  Fighting in North Africa started with the Italian declaration of war on 10 June 1940. On 14 June, the British Armys 11th Hussars assisted by elements of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment, 1st RTR crossed the border from Egypt into Libya and captured the Italian Fort Capuzzo. This was followed by an Italian counter-offensive into Egypt and the capture of Sidi Barrani in September and its recapture by the British in December following a British Commonwealth counteroffensive, Operation Compass. During Operation Compass, the Italian 10th Army was destroyed and the German Afrika Korpscommanded by Erwin Rommel, who later became known as The Desert Foxwas dispatched to North Africa in February 1941 during 