Title: Attack on Convoy AN 14
Content: reinforce the ships around Rhodes and Leros, whose naval base of Porto Lago (Lakki) was the main Italian naval base in the Aegean. On 31 January 1941, the Italian torpedo boats departed Leros and performed an anti-submarine search in the Kasos Strait, when they spotted an Allied convoy escorted by a cruiser and three destroyers. The two vessels separated, for "Libra" to distract the escort while "Lupo" attacked with its torpedoes. The Italians reported that "Lupo" hit a large steamer with two torpedoes and then "Libra" launched another two at a cruiser without effect. The Italians were engaged by the

Title: Annibale Bergonzoli
Content: managed to avoid being captured when he escaped through the desert with other soldiers, arriving in Tobruk on 7 January 1941 after crossing some 120 km of desert on foot. He left Tobruk before the town was captured by Commonwealth forces on 22 January, but on 7 February 1941 Bergonzoli, along with the remnants of the Italian Tenth Army, was taken prisoner by Australian troops of the Australian 6th Division in the Battle of Beda Fomm. He was taken first to India and then to the United States as a prisoner of war. The importance of his capture is highlighted

Title: HMAS Sydney (D48)
Content: and were engaged in a sweep of the Aegean for Axis vessels, reaching as far north as the Dardanelles. No major incidents occurred until 28 October, when the Italians invaded Greece: the four ships were recalled to Alexandria, where they arrived that evening. Shortly after, the two cruisers were joined by HM Ships and and met the main force of the Mediterranean fleet west of Crete on 30 October. Over the next few days, the warships patrolled around Crete and along the Greek mainland, and provided cover for the first supply convoy to Crete. On 5 November, "Sydney" and departed

Title: 6th Division (Australia)
Content: pursued them back towards the Libyan border. In December 1940, the 6th Division was moved forward from training camps around Alexandria to relieve British troops around Bardia and at the end of December they were ordered to prepare to attack. On 3 January 1941, at Bardia, a small coastal town just inside the Libyan border, the first major Australian action of World War II took place. Amidst a heavy artillery barrage and supported by British Matilda tanks and Bren carriers of the divisional cavalry, the 6th Division penetrated the defences of the Italian stronghold. Despite some heavy resistance the town

Title: Italian prisoners of war in Australia
Content: Italian prisoners of war in Australia Italian prisoners of war in Australia were Italian soldiers captured by the British and Allied Forces in World War II and taken to Australia. On 10 June 1940, Italy entered the Second World War on the side of Germany. During the course of the war, Great Britain and their allies captured in Ethiopia and North Africa approximately 400,000 Italian troops, who were sent to POW camps all over the world, including Australia. Between 1941 and 1945, Australia received custody of 18,420 Italian POWs. Then, after Italy signed an armistice with the Allies in September

Question: Where in Lybia did Australian troops take a seaport occupied by the Italians in 1941?
Answer: Tobruk