 The HQ of the 6th Infantry Division, which lacked complete and fully trained units, was renamed the Western Desert Force on 17 June.In Tunisia, the French had eight divisions, capable only of limited operations and about in three poorly armed and trained divisions in Syria, along with border guards, most as an army of occupation against the civilian population.Italian land and air forces in Libya greatly outnumbered the British in Egypt but suffered from poor morale and were handicapped by some inferior equipment and poor serviceability.