Na June 17, na-eji isi ụlọ ọrụ nke British 6th Infantry Division, isi ụlọ ọrụ nke WDF (Lieutenant-General O'Connor) ka e guzobere iji chịkwaa ndị agha niile na-eche ndị Italians na Cyrenaica, ndị agha nke ihe dị ka ndị ikom 10,000, na ụgbọ elu, tankị na egbe. O'Connor ga-ahazi ngagharị iwe na-aga n'ihu n'akụkụ ókèala ma malite ịchịkwa ala onye ọ bụla site na ịmepụta "jock columns", mobile combined-arms formations based on units of 7th Armored Division. Ndị a dị obere, ndị a zụrụ nke ọma, ndị agha oge niile mere mwakpo mbụ na ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Itali na ebe ndị siri ike gafee ókèala ahụ.
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