WWII -1940 1941 - North African Campaign - The Reduced Capuzzo a border fort built along a track attached to the barbed wire, pictured after the bitter fighting between Italian and English. In early December, British Empire forces  an armoured division and two infantry divisions  launched a counterstrike codenamed Operation Compass. The Italians had previously invaded Albania and occupied part of the south of France, and had now made a military incursion into a British protectorate. The counterstrike involved the British pocketing two of the Italian camps against the Mediterranean, forcing their surrender. This led to a general Italian retreat to El Agheila. Tobruk was captured by British, Australian and Indian forces on 22 January 1941.